New, Retro Lotus Esprit Turbo Tombow Pencil 12 Pencils These pencils are 30 years old. They are not for practical use. Please consider them for display purposes. ○Lotus Esprit Turbo Appeared in 1975 (Showa 50) as a flagship car to succeed the Europa. The styling was by Italian master G. Giugiaro. In 1987 (Showa 62), based on that design, renowned designer Peter Stevens made improvements. In 1993 (Heisei 5), with the introduction of the S4 equipped with a 265ps turbo engine, it immediately joined the ranks of high-performance GT sports cars. In 1996 (Heisei 8), it was equipped with a V8 engine. The compact V8, when twin-turbocharged, produced 355ps. Born as a lightweight handling machine, it is a rare model that evolved over nearly 30 years as a supercar capable of competing with Ferraris and others.