The company has confirmed – as previously reported by evo – that the new Esprit will have a Lotus-developed V8 engine instead of the Lexus LF-A powerplant it was originally slated to use.

The Lotus Esprit had no major changes made to it for model years 2002 through 2004. However, some minor trim levels were adjusted and various packages had nominal tweaks. Aside from that, the car ...