How we made our model selection: HotCars considered every sports car ever built with a small-block V8 engine. Each vehicle ... The S4 variant of Lotus' high-end Esprit sports car was the last ...

The wildest thing about it was its engine, a V8 designed by Lotus. It was called the Isuzu 4200R. This article focuses on the Isuzu 4200R concept car.

Lotus is working overtime getting the next Esprit ready for its late-2013 production target, and that means development of everything from an in-house V8 to a ... and mid-engine platforms will ...