This is car #002 of 100 anniversary edition cars brought to North America in 2002 and 1 of 7 in Spice Yellow. This particular car made its debut at the 2002 L.A. car show. You’ll find various pictures of it on the internet including those taken at the L.A. show. Edmunds, in fact, uses these same pictures in its profile of the car. It’s also pictured on the Lotus Esprit World site.  It was originally sold by Symbolic Motors in La Jolla and then went to a buyer in Salt Lake City. I purchased this car in 2011 in Salt Lake City, shipped it to Phoenix, and it has been kept out of the blazing sun in my garage there since. It has been babied ever since, including never having been driven in the rain (not that it rains often in Phoenix). The previous owner neglected some of the maintenance like a leaky rear axle seal and front oil cooler lines that were taken care of by the then Lotus/Ferrari/Maserati dealer in SLC. It also received fresh rubber at that time. I have put approximately 4500 miles on the car. It already had the high torque upgrade to the ECU. Being my first British sports car, I expected to be spending a lot of time at the shop. That has not at all been the case. It’s had usual maintenance items like a thermostat, battery, and brakes under my ownership but it’s otherwise been absolutely trouble free. The car needs nothing. Absolutely everything works. It was serviced by the Phoenix Lotus/Ferrari/Maserati dealer until they dropped the Lotus franchise. It has since received servicing from former Lotus certified techs who worked at the dealership and moved on to start their own tuning shop when the dealer dropped the Lotus franchise.

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Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States