Equipment
Cross-drilled rotors, tinted glass, power windows, air conditioning, CD stereo, 25th Anniversary model.
Condition
A few inevitable stone chips on the nose but otherwise very good original paint. Clean wheels aside from the Lotus badge cap on the left rear, which is fading. Very good original interior. Looks like a car with fewer miles than the 38,410 showing, and one of the last, fastest, most developed series of Esprits.
Market commentary
Consignment # 1191; reported bid on the block for $45,000 hammer; later reported sold for this result. Late Esprits are still essentially just used exotics in terms of value, so while the reported high bid here is certainly less than the 90 grand or so that this car cost new, it's still right in line with current prices for similar examples. The consignor wisely reconsidered after it left the block an accepted this post-block offer.