# Next gen. Esprit will be powered by BMW - 500 HP

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 19, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-gen-esprit-will-be-powered-by-bmw-500-hp/43730 "2008-02-19T22:19:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-gen-esprit-will-be-powered-by-bmw-500-hp/43730/1 "2008-02-19T22:19:48Z")

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[http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=17619](http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=17619)

Hope it’s true, but this rumor has been floating around a long time, so I think it’s a pretty safe bet.

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**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-gen-esprit-will-be-powered-by-bmw-500-hp/43730/2 "2008-02-19T22:26:14Z")

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mmbmw

edit\* found this tho  
[http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Lotus/Esprit/Spy/lotusspy.jpg](http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Lotus/Esprit/Spy/lotusspy.jpg)  
and there is another full size that doesnt seem to be working, but the image is there  
[http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=BMW+powered+Esprit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi](http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=BMW+powered+Esprit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)  
^^see the 3rd image on the second row? full size doesnt work