Ever since the Lotus Evora debuted last year, we've been expecting two more models to come on the car's extended mid-engine platform. It's the first new platform since the Elise debuted in 1995, and just as the Elise platform served for the Exige and Europa, the Evora platform will have to pull multiple-badge duty as well.
The next car to roll out will be here in under 100 days, at the Paris Motor Show. And it'll likely be a mid-engine supercar.
The name Esprit immediately comes to mind when talking about Lotus supercars, and there's so much brand equity in the title, it's a very likely candidate. On the flip side, there's also no shortage of memories of the faults and foibles of the last Esprit, both mechanically and electrically, so Lotus may choose an entirely new moniker as it did with the Evora.
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