It’s always a trip when a design house or speed shop puts its mark on a famous car—and few are more famous than the machines that appear in each instalment of the James Bond franchise. This time, ...

Although James Bond is most associated with legendary Aston Martins like the DB5, the Vanquish V12 and the Vantage V8, those aren’t the only British vehicles to have graced the silver screen on his ...

A little British company called Encor is marking the 50-year anniversary of the Lotus Esprit’s spectacular debut at the 1975 Paris Motor Show with a new restomod, essentially a ground-up redo of the ...

There was already plenty to be encouraged by with the Encor Series 1, a car that promised to meld the beauty of the original Lotus Esprit with the firepower of the later V8. Sprinkle some restomod ...

Encor’s Series 1 keeps the wedge profile but replaces fiberglass with carbon from nose to tail – a lightweight recreation of a collector’s delight. The Lotus Esprit is at a very specific corner of car ...

Encor is a British start-up that has ‘Singer-ed’ the OG Esprit. But there’s another idea at play here: 400bhp is plenty in a car that weighs less than 1,200kg. Encor can do this because it uses a ...

On the 50th anniversary of the Lotus Esprit’s Paris debut, a new British venture called Encor is set to unveil a modern reinterpretation of the original Esprit S1, called the Encor Series 1. While the ...

If you’re still struggling to think of stuff for your Christmas list, and have been a particularly good petrolhead this year, may we suggest this jaw-dropping carbon fibre V8-powered remaster of the ...

A company called Encor has announced its intention to resurrect the Lotus Esprit. This is it. Sorta. We’ll see the full thing in November, but for now, this company called Encor has shared a few ...

It's exactly half a century since the world first saw a Lotus Esprit - now it's making a V8-powered comeback Just when it seemed like every sports car on the planet, from MX-5 to Diablo, had enjoyed ...

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Hong Kong-based fashion label Esprit is making a powerful comeback with a new flagship store in Causeway Bay, following the shutdown of all stores across Asia in 2020. Amid shifting market dynamics, ...