Emira Essex First Edition

[Lotusdoesit]

Received a Galpin 2025 calendar and guess which car was featured in May? Had never heard of this model before.

 

[dpgfunk]

They have this car listed for sale currently

 

[chirowolf]

Have to say not my favorite design

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Is this is something Galpin have come up with?

Ah, yes. It is, I found this on their Instagram:

This Galpinized Emira is an homage to the Essex F1 livery, which Lotus featured in the 1980’s.

Essex Petroleum became a key sponsor of the Lotus F1 team in 1979 and launched the lineup in 1980. We also fitted this Emira for it’s a Milltek performance exhaust system.

 

[Beachbum]

The Esprit version looks so much better
I'd not choose the Emira in this scheme, if it was offered to me

 

[Nick in Sydney]

The Esprit version looks so much better
I'd not choose the Emira in this scheme, if it was offered to me

Agree. It's hideous.

 

[netsinah]

My first thought was a red/white/blue car made to attract a ++ patriotic American, then I read the post by Nick in Sydney
about the "Esprit F1 Livery" and found this:



As my English ancestors would say: "Not my cup of tea."