Tag: automotive icon

Encor Design remasters Lotus Esprit with carbon-fiber Series 1

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 5, 2025 | Aftermarket, Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Passenger Cars, Startups, Vehicles

About 50 years after the Paris debut of the Esprit S1, the UK startup’s Series 1 is a respectful, ground-up remastering of the original, rebuilt with a carbon bodyshell, modern engineering and a renewed design philosophy, with deliveries beginning in Q2 2026 on a limited production run of 50 cars.

Iconic GT40 goes electric with Everrati, Superformance partnership

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jul 19, 2021 | Aftermarket, Business Development, Electrification, Icons, Vehicles

Both companies are on a mission to preserve and update automotive icons, and the Superformance GT40 will add to Everrati’s product line-up that already features electric-vehicle versions of the Porsche 911 (964), Land Rover Series IIA, and Mercedes-Benz SL Pagoda.

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