Italy...the land of Giugiaro :)

[Martin]

Mario,

As our Italian Lotus Buzz representative :) , tell me how Lotus is doing in Italy. I have seen many Elises there over the years, do you ever see any classics running around?

[mario]

In Italy today Lotus sells around 80 cars per year......At the end of 90's with Elise S1 also 150 per year. Italy can to become a big market for Lotus(don't forget its the second world market for Ferrari).There are many Lotus entusiast as me:001_tt1:,but the problem is that the people that buy Elise\Exige are 88% track day fanatics or precicely entusiasth.The common people prefer Porsche:yawn: for comfort and reliability.There is a semi-official Lotus club.Lotus Club Italy with very appassionate people also about history and classic Lotus models.The president has an old and rare Turbo Esprit Giugiaro shaped:w00t:.

[WayneB]

Italy has produced some of the greatest automobile designs ever and the original Esprit was definately one of them.

I would have loved to see Giugiaro get another shot at doing a current day Esprit, I would be facinated to see what his take is on the design today.:)

[Al B]

Good to hear that there is a club there. The wife and I have had some serious discussions about moving to Italy after retirement. Love the country and had a great time with all the people we met there. A nice bottle of vino, a hunk of salami and some cheese and bread, and a nice veranda somewhere in the hills of Florence. Ciao baby!

[Martin]

Yes, I would be very happy to retire that way.

[Brian Skeoch]

Great, now you guys have me whistling the theme to " Godfather "

[Autocross7]

Great, now you guys have me whistling the theme to " Godfather "

I think the Esprit is much more of a Miami Vice tune... but if you gotta have Pacino, Scareface would be more correct for the production time period...

"Miaameee. I lobbe dis town. J-you know? Itsss like a gigantic *****, just waitn' ta get F('d)"....
http://nestimes.silius.net/scarface/index.php


Cameron

[mario]

Italy has produced some of the greatest automobile designs ever and the original Esprit was definately one of them.

I would have loved to see Giugiaro get another shot at doing a current day Esprit, I would be facinated to see what his take is on the design today.:)

Bertone,Pininfarina Gandini ecc.But Giorgetto Giugiaro is my favourite choice for Lotus Esprit.:beerchug:I love maserati merak bora shape.Lamborghini Gallardo is also a Giugiaro design its a modern esprit shape to me.The first Autocar rendering of new Esprit were in that direction.......