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Esprit
Convertible
This is an unofficial Esprit Convertible. Only seen on the Giugiaro Esprit, two companies chopped the roof and rear hatch and produced a hood and new hatch. This conversion doesn't look cheap with lots of bodywork changes.
Two companies changed Esprit into beautiful roadster :
1- PBB (or Paul Baron Bailey), an english manufacturer, made some
S2, S3 & Turbo Esprit convertibles in the 80's (the first was pearlescent
white). They are called "SAINT TROPEZ". (See blue Esprit below)
2- AUTOHAUS KOLLINGER GMBH, in Hamburg (Germany), made convertibles too from S2, S3 & Turbo Esprit called ESPRIT ROADSTER (see white version further below)
The above pictures were supplied by Pistonheads.com
JPS Convertible
This picture was sent in by a German GT3 owner. Found on German Ebay, its some sort of collecters card. Not much more is known about whether the JPS was original or not, personally I doubt it.
Esprit Beheaded!
Wind in the hair motoring is all very well, but when the wind is blowing at 130mph it can be just a trifle unpleasant. It hasn't daunted the purchasers of drop-head Jaguars and Porschess though, and it certainly wouldn't put us off the latest creation of the Hamburg coachbuilding company, Autohaus Kollinger. In fact it wouldn't be going too far to say that their latest creation is the most desirable open supercar of them all. . .
Starting with a Lotus Esprit Turbo, Kollinger have completely redesigned the section to the rear of the cockpit. In place of the fastback roofline and rear window there is now an asymmetric engine cover with individual head fairings and a large air intake on the righ hand side, plus a removeable centre section to give acces to the 210bhp four cylinder engine. In addition to the rear lip spoiler there's also a slight lip along the trailing edge of the windscreen surround in order to deflect the wind over the cockpit. It'll presumably do the same to raindrops when one is travelling at speed, though quite what you're meant to do when the car is stationary one can only speculate, since like Bertone's Athon show car of 1980 there's no provision for a hood.
KOLLINGER Convertible Giugiaros
from the website of Swiss Lotus www.lotusteam.ch which they apparantly call Kollinger.
Donington 1998
These pictures were taken at the Club Lotus Festival at Donington in 1998 by a German LEW user.
Lotus Esprit Turbo cabrio Prototyp - absolute Rarität
Karlsruhe, Deutschland, February 2007
This Esprit Cabrio was spotted on German Ebay by a LEW user. Supposedly a rare prototype esprit convertible. This is the translated text that accompanies the advert:The car is a prototype of the Lotus ESPRIT "St. Tropez" built in small series From this small series - there only exist approx.. 40 cars world-wide. The car, as it looks now (with the away-hinged Cabrio roof, the spoilers, the magnesium rims and the 43,700 km -not miles) is unique. It belongs however into affectionate collecting hands and not into the hands of a young speed freaks. The car has approx. 300-Turbo HP, inside leather, sound system, hardtop- away-hinged (not removable) Cabrio roof... The sound is ingenious... Now everything was exchanged, headlight, brake assembly, chassis, electronics, elbow union, radiator, leather equipment, magnesium running rims, Lotus emblems... etc.... The lacquer finish of the vehicle was not renewed yet, thus you can paint it in any colour you like..
From Castle Combe about 20 years ago
Taken by Ian May
If you have any further information on this Esprit. Feel free to e-mail so I can add it to this page. kato@lotusespritworld.com.
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