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1983 Lotus Esprit S3 review: Retro Road Test

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The first car I ever crashed was a Lotus Esprit. Rounding a corner too quickly, it flipped onto its side, bounced between the bannisters, then cartwheeled down the stairs. The Matchbox model in question was ‘Wet Nellie’, James Bond’s submarine supercar from The Spy Who Loved Me. Fittingly, I think it ended up submerged in our garden pond. My next encounter with the Esprit came as a teenager. I wasted countless hours wiggling my joystick (not a e…
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1983 Lotus Esprit S3 review: Retro Road Test

The first car I ever crashed was a Lotus Esprit. Rounding a corner too quickly, it flipped onto its side, bounced between the bannisters, then cartwheeled down the stairs. The Matchbox model in question was ‘Wet Nellie’, James Bond’s submarine supercar from The Spy Who Loved Me. Fittingly, I think it ended up submerged in our garden pond. My next encounter with the Esprit came as a teenager. I wasted countless hours wiggling my joystick (not a e…

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Retro Motor broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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