#esprit s2

[englishcarssince1946]

1979 Lotus Esprit S2

My tumblr-blogs:

www.tumblr.com/germancarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/frenchcarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/englishcarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/italiancarssince1946 & www.tumblr.com/japanesecarssince1947 & www.tumblr.com/uscarssince1935

[untouchvbles]

Lotus Esprit Turbo at Cassandra's Motorsports Open House (2023) in Pewaukee, WI.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Lotus Esprit St Tropez, 1990. A convertible conversion of the S2 and S3 generation Giugiaro-designed Esprit was initially carried out (3 cars) by PBB Design based in Bristol. Subsequently further conversions were carried out by Esprit Developments who took over the moulds, drawings and rights for the St Tropez conversion from PBB.

[diabolus1exmachina]

Lotus Elise S1 

Launched at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Elise was the first ‘affordable’ sports car Lotus had built since production of the Series 4 Seven ended in 1973. At 50% cheaper than the Elan S2 and a third of the price of an Esprit, it would become Lotus’ best-selling sports car ever.Styled by Julian Thomson, engineered by his best friend Richard Rackham and named after the granddaughter of Lotus (and Bugatti) chairman Romano Artioli.The Elise pioneered epoxy-bonded anodised aluminium extrusions as a means of constructing a road car chassis.A simple, high-sided tub with transverse torque boxes at both ends, it is exceptionally stiff – on a par with steel saloon bodies – and exceptionally light, at just 68kg without the body and rollbar, keeping the weight of the whole car to less than 750kg and making it a phenomenal performer without needing outrageous power.Steel is used only for the rollbar, galvanised rear subframe and bonded-in suspension mounts.The Rover K-series engine and gearbox were lifted unchanged from the MGF and various Rovers, but it was somehow happier in the Elise than in any of its original hosts.With double overhead cams, 16 valves and all-aluminium construction making it very light, it was more like a race-car engine than a road-car one, and, like the Triumph Stag engine in the ’70s, needed more monitoring and maintenance than lesser power units.

[greedandenby]

Transcript of all the French dialogue in Interview with the Vampire S2 E03 "No Pain".

You asked, yours Frenchly delivered. Bonne lecture ! (long-ass post incoming)

(did not use timestamps as these may vary, but rather scene descriptions)

Armand’s Children of Darkness:

Coven vampire: La mort punira toute infraction de la première et de la cinquième des grandes lois.

Armand sees Lestat at the theatre (performing Marivaux’s Le Triomphe de l’amour):

Lestat (as Arlequin): Ah ! Vous êtes donc des femmes !… (vous êtes deux) friponnes !… et par-dessus le march��, un honnête homme !...

Armand: Tu es le bâtard de Magnus. Je sais que tu peux m’entendre, mon enfant.

Lestat: Qui m’appelle « enfant » ?

Armand: Il est mort, n’est-ce pas ? Je peux prendre soin de toi. Je peux t’apprendre ce qu’il ne t’a pas appris. Viens à moi.

Lestat (as Arlequin): Mais de quoi s’agit-il, mes libérales dames ?

Armand: Viens à moi.

Lestat (as Arlequin): Encore plus honnête.

Armand confronts Lestat and Nicolas:

Armand (to the coven vampires): À la maison.

Coven vampires: Oui, maître. Désolés, maître.

Lestat (to Nicolas): Tu es si distrayant dans la fosse que je ne me rappelle plus du texte.

Nicolas: Je ne peux pas lire mes notes quand j’entends tes pieds sur le plancher… Nous allons nous faire attraper.

Lestat: Je l’espère… Entends-tu cela ?

Nicolas: Par-dessus tes incessantes divagations ? Comment pourrais-je entendre quoi que ce soit ?... Qu’est-ce ?

Lestat: Là… Quelqu’un me regarde.

Nicolas: Tu es toujours au centre de l’attention.

Lestat: Il pense que je ne sais pas qu’il est là.

Nicolas: Est-ce encore de la poésie ?... Viens plus près de mon oreille. Je peux seulement comprendre quand tu t’approches.

Lestat: En pardessus.

Armand: Gardes-tu ce garçon comme aide-mémoire ?

Nicolas: Lestat, connais-tu ce gitan ?

Armand: La solitude que tu ressens, il ne l’atteindra jamais. Sois avec les tiens.

[Side note: they translated « the loneliness you feel, he will not reach it » for « atteindra », but i think Armand is actually saying « il ne l’éteindra jamais », in the sense of « he will not extinguish it ». It makes a LOT more sense.]

Lestat: Et abandonner mon gilet à carreaux ? Mon col jabot ? Vivre comme une larve ?

Nicolas: Lestat, que se passe-t-il ?

Lestat: Rien. Il n’est rien… Bonne nuit, homme étrange !

Armand: Lestat ! Là !

Nicolas: Lestat ?

Lestat: Nicki !

Armand: Tu ne lui as pas révélé ta vraie nature, n’est-ce pas ?

Lestat: Quel est ce pouvoir ?... Je n’ai pas ce pouvoir !

Armand: Mais tu l’auras. Tu as le sang de Magnus. Tu gâches ton potentiel en menant cette vie-là.

Lestat: Relâche-le ! Relâche-le !!!

Armand: Et voici un buveur de sang !

Lestat: Qui es-tu ?

Armand: Je suis Armand. Je suis le chef de ton clan.

Lestat: Nicki !

Armand: Ramène ton gilet chez les larves, veux-tu ?

Lestat confronts the Children of Darkness:

Armand: Je suis heureux que tu sois venu. Il est sain et sauf.

Lestat: Il est saigné. Il ne se réveille pas… Est-ce si amusant de vivre dans une telle saleté et la puanteur ?

Coven vampire: Nous devons servir Dieu au travers de Satan et au travers d’Armand.

Lestat: Ah… Une trinité crottée.

Coven vampire: Tu vas attirer la colère de Dieu sur nous avec tes péchés !

Lestat: Qui sont ?

Coven vampire: Tu vis parmi les mortels ! Tu marches dans le temple de Dieu !

Lestat: Il parle de l’homme triste avec les mains clouées ? Ah… Bien. C’est un arbre tombé. Raboté simplement pour les simples d’esprit. Du même arbre, on fit le pied d’une table et, là, une flûte ! Rampez hors de cette prison qu’il bâtit pour vous… Dieu… Satan… Armand… Est-ce vrai ? Hm ? Nous sommes les Dieux. Vous êtes les Dieux !

Lestat visits Armand:

Lestat: Que s’est-il passé ?

Armand: Je pourrais parler jusqu’à la fin du monde sans jamais te dire tout ce que tu as détruit ici.

Lestat: Nous sommes seuls. Satan ne nous écoute pas… Comment transformes-tu l’air en feu ? Comment bouges-tu des objets par la simple force de ton esprit ?

Armand: Demande-t-il, tout en dansant dans les cendres… Tu as fait de ton Nicolas l’un des nôtres ? Est-ce que le garçon a accepté le don ?... Trop fragile. J’aurais pu te prévenir.

Lestat: Il s’en remettra.

Armand: Certainement pas.

Lestat: J’ai une idée.

Lestat performs for Armand at the theatre (again, Le Triomphe de l’amour) :

Lestat (as Arlequin): Oh ! Mes mignonnes, avant que de vous en aller, il faudra bien, s’il vous plaît, que nous…

(As Lestat) Ils viennent accompagnés, séduits dans un élan collectif. Ils rient ensemble, pleurent ensemble.

Armand: Qu’est-ce, pour un vampire ?

Lestat: Une opportunité. Hamlet est mort sous les coups d’une lame empoisonnée, mais l’acteur qui gît sous leurs yeux respire encore. Dans ce temple, croire protège. Annonce que tu es un vampire. Bois le sang à la vue de tous. Mets en scène les rituels de ton clan, pas depuis les égouts mais depuis le premier balcon.

Armand: Je n’ai pas de clan. Tu m’en as privé.

Lestat: Au contraire, maître.

(as Arlequin): Je n’ai encore qu’un commencement d’envie de n’en plus faire.

Outside the theatre:

… assouvir vos cruelles envies au théâtre des vampires !

At the theatre performance:

Victim: J’ai tant d’années ! Tant d’années !

Theatre vampire: Des années ? La mort ne respecte pas l’âge !

Armand: Regarde comme ils sont immobiles. Ils croient vraiment que c’est une pièce de théâtre. Des clous sur une porte à Wittenberg. Tu as mené une réforme, Lestat.

Lestat: Nous l’avons fait ensemble.

Armand: Tu fais une meilleure Mort.

Lestat: La faux fait tout le travail.

Armand: Après une centaine de nuits ici, tu t’ennuies déjà ?

Lestat: Seulement avec le jeu d’acteur… Allons-y.

Armand: Ici ? Maintenant ?

Lestat: C’est une loge spacieuse.

Armand: Il nous observe.

Lestat: Il devrait regarder sa partition.

Armand: Lestat… Je t’aime.

Lestat: Oui… Je t’aime aussi.

Aaaand that's it (for now), folks! Will do subsequent episodes if there's more French in them (more likely than not!). Bisous !

Episode 2 here

Episode 4 here

Tagging the peeps who requested: @nalyra-dreaming @indelicateink @chicalepidoptera @zailafaneez

[cosmonautroger]

1979 Lotus Esprit S2

[tonydaddingham]

same as quite a few people im slightly intrigued by this car that appears in ep1 (and im sure appears elsewhere in s2 if they are recycling scene dressings as much as they are the extras) (and no comment so far on whether this Means anything):

the car itself i think, could be important; im reasonably certain this is the ds3 crossback e-tense (again, im sure someone else has identified it too, im not pretending im a genius with a unique observation here):

in fact this fab post looking at the exact same thing (i spent ages bloody looking for it, only for it to just wander across my dash - typical) pinpointed it to potentially be the ds3 esprit de voyage which, if it is indeed (and may well be, im certainly not an expert on cars) supports the point made here*

but the question is the exterior, right? well, we know from set photos that there's a small market after the crossroads, as you head north-east up whickber street, that is selling a bunch of flowers as well as fruit and veg etc... but the car is positioned directly parallel to the coffeeshop, so the mottling can't be a reflection of that. furthermore, the mottling doesn't move as the car creeps forward, so it's either a matte pattern of sorts, or is something layered on top of the reflective bodywork.

which would leave it to be a wrap, or dust. starting with the latter; we know that a lot of the cars appear to be dressed with dust, which is understandable from a world-building perspective, even if it does happen rather inconsistently, raising its own conundrum... but let's say it's simply to make them look more lived-in and able to fade into the background scenery (a very shiny, newly washed and waxed car would stick out somewhat). also, i think (?) that s2 is set somewhere towards the tailend of summer/early autumn (not sure where i got this from though), so dust from dry london streets makes sense. but then again, the patterning of said dust on this car is strange; you'd expect it to be splashed along the sides essentially below the door handles, not splashed across it like a jackson pollock... and the windows (the rear-offside one, for reference) appear to be clear.

which brings me to the possibility of the former; as far as research tells me, this mottled grey isn't an official colour of the model, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything - people can get vehicles wrapped in mostly anything providing it's a recognisable colour by the DVLA. so, im now wondering if it might be a test vehicle (where new vehicles on test are covered with a camouflage wrap to prevent design ideas being stolen by competitors before official release), given that i think the facelift electric model of the e-tense* was released in november/december 2021, and s2 filming started in 2021 and wrapped in early 2022, so this would make sense. *alternatively, if this is the esprit de voyage model, this model looks to have been set for release in late 2023, which only furthers the above - in either case, that it was potentially on test and therefore would have been camo-wrapped...?

*important, as all but the bentley were electric cars re: filming on an indoor set.

regardless of the exact model, it is potentially a bit strange that a new vehicle, on test, would be used as an extra in the show, but (and im not an expert) i think that as a co-production with the BBC that the rules on product placement would apply, even if it doesn't broadcast on BBC... so, say for example that the props department needed to source a variety of electric vehicles, available in the edinburgh area, but couldn't enlist multiple of the same model because of these guidelines (avoid undue prominence). so, they find the above model, but as it's a new model due for release, it needs to be wrapped?

idk, bit of a stretch, but the alternative is that the car appears in the show, in this way, for some reason that serves an ulterior plot point... which, seems to me to be a bit stretched? it might well be! but taking into account the potential of the above, plus COVID limitations, i do wonder if it's just that they had to source and dress a variety of electric vehicles from the area, and it just so happened that this one being not yet available for public release had to be wrapped?

[deehellcat]

Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII Masterpost!

all done! posting the final count for my blackout badge in @tonystarkbingo.

S1—kink: held down –Trust, Embodied, chapter 2. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53154721/chapters/134497288

S2—DUM-E—When Matchmakers Attack, chapter 2. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53066173/chapters/134261038

S3—forcibly adopted— surpassing things we’ve known before, chapter 2 https://archiveofourown.org/works/52011907/chapters/131531194

S4—Picture of Pepper and Iron Man suit—Trust, Embodied, chapter 1. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53154721/chapters/134496550

S5—canon divergent/nobody dies—The Obvious and In Betweens, chapter 1. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53411896/chapters/135187480

T1—Stony—When Matchmakers Attack, chapter 1. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53066173/chapters/134260444

T2—present tense—I Must Admit, I Can’t Explain. https://archiveofourown.org/works/52732039

T3—adopted prompt 1980s au (subbed for DUM-E)—Just Gonna Change the World https://archiveofourown.org/works/49994290

T4—body modification—Wee Dragon Tony https://deehellcat.tumblr.com/post/728267075201744896/i-love-stretching-tonystarkbingo-prompts-d-in  

T5—hurt/comfort— surpassing things we’ve known before, chapter 1 https://archiveofourown.org/works/52011907/chapters/131530381

A1—going on vacation together—The Obvious and In-Betweens, chapter 3. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53411896/chapters/135188488

A2—time travel to the past— surpassing things we’ve known before, chapter 3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/52011907/chapters/131531665

A3—FREE—Love Is A Fruit https://deehellcat.tumblr.com/post/733366682468384768/well-that-went-quickly-lolol-i-present-the

A4—Quarantined—The Obvious and In-Betweens, chapter 2. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53411896/chapters/135187948

A5—tonynat— A Timeline of my Life https://deehellcat.tumblr.com/post/728848689903386624/another-moodboard-for-tonystarkbingo-this-time

R1—abducted—all eyes on you, my magician (all eyes on us) https://archiveofourown.org/works/51236866

R2—billionaire—In Season At All Times https://archiveofourown.org/works/51434401  

R3—anthropomor-fic—A World Where People Like Me Don't Have To Hide https://www.tumblr.com/deehellcat/724212640575045632/my-first-moodboard-and-my-first-fill-for-tony

R4—new team—Esprit de Corps https://archiveofourown.org/works/51380359

R5—dirty talk—When Matchmakers Attack, chapter 3. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53066173/chapters/134261821

K1—mafia au—They Know When to Jump https://www.tumblr.com/deehellcat/724237784386289664/now-that-ive-discovered-the-dark-art-of-making

K2—sokovia—An Impression So Deep, chapter 1. https://archiveofourown.org/works/49668364 K3—ironstrange—Broken Shadows https://archiveofourown.org/works/51060175

K4—apology—An Impression So Deep, chapter 2. https://archiveofourown.org/works/49668364/chapters/125362726

K5—‘let me do it’—Nine Lives https://archiveofourown.org/works/48967366

[rampantrhino]

Esprit turbo S2 😍😍😍

[silhouettehistory]

Lightweight ES SilhouetteHistory

Silhouettes of trims of Lotus Esprit (Giorgetto Giurgiaro design), including: S1, S2, Essex Turbo and S3

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[untouchvbles]

Lotus Esprit Turbo

[musicandmotors]

Lotus Esprit S2 – photo by Bahman Cars

[greedandenby]

Transcript of the French dialogue in IWTV S2 Ep4 - "I Want You More Than Anything in the World"

Aftershow discussion:

Eglee: Qu’est-ce que tu penses faire ?... Remets tes miches dans ton bloomer, salope !

Claudia invites Madeleine to the show (I kept in the English here, for more fluidity):

Claudia: You sold me a dress. Dans ta boutique. Une soie lavande. Très chic.

Madeleine: Ouais, tu m’avais trop payée. Avec des billets froissés, des boucles d’oreille pleines de sang… Comme si elles avaient été arrachées des lobes.

Claudia: Pas le souvenir que ça t’ait gênée.

Madeleine: Ton corps était pas encore formé mais ton esprit déjà sophistiqué. Et puis tu souriais pas.

Claudia: Funny, you made no impression on me at all.

Madeleine: I liked you. What, you moved on from pickpocket? You’re clowning now?

Claudia: I’m an actress now.

Madeleine: Ah, okay. Théâtre des Vampires ? I’ve seen this show. A divertissement.

Claudia: Still dressing your windows for your German tourists?

Madeleine: Your French is still ugly, like your doll outfit.

Claudia: I agree. I just wouldn’t say it cause it’s rude and obvious.

Madeleine: … Merci !

"Je n’aime pas fenêtres quand fermées" song:

[Side note: in French this should in fact be "Je n’aime pas les fenêtres quand elles sont fermées", but let’s let this one slide… poetic licence or something]

Je n’aime pas fenêtres quand fermées

Le vent sauvage (est doux ?? – not sure about that one, the French accent is horrendous... Sorry...), je veux voler

Arcs-en-ciel, arbres et abeilles

Non, je n’aime pas fenêtres quand fermées

Elle n’aime pas fenêtres quand fermées

At the museum:

Guard: Monsieur, vous ne pouvez pas être…

Armand: Rest… Merci.

Guard: Qui êtes-vous ? Qui vous a autorisé… ?

[Side note for one of the terms in Claudia and Madeleine’s discussion, which was erroneously transcribed as "flag it out" in the subtitles:

At one point Madeleine says : Go bang, or go flagada, or go cold.

This is a French informal term that means "shattered, knackered, beat".]

[Side note number 2, because I’m a stickler for linguistics. During Louis and Lestat’s conversation on the bench, Louis asks Lestat to say "apple" in French. Lestat answers "la pomme", which is, in fact, not exactly the way a French speaker would answer. We’d just say "pomme", the way an English speaker would simply answer "apple" rather than "the apple".]

That's it for this fabulous episode! I doubt there'll be much French in the next one, but who knows! See ya next week, maybe!

Episode 2 here

Episode 3 here

[carspottingtheworld]

When the car show takes up half of the town, you know the car spotting is going to be great!  997.1 GT3RS, Citroen DS, NSX, 930 Turbo, 69 Mustang, Esprit S2, and SRT-10 Viper all spotted surrounding the Geneva Concours in 2015

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[rainydaydriversclub]

some very interesting chassis rigidity figures

The bigger the number, the more force is required to twist the chassis 1 degree. Final figure is torsional rigidity compared to weight which makes the RX8 the clear winner on this list...

BMW Mini Cooper S - 24,500 Nm/° - 1130 kg - 21.68 Nm/°/kg BMW Mini Cooper Convertible - 9000 Nm/° - 1175 kg - 7.66 Nm/°/kg BMW E90 - 22,500 Nm/° - 1425 kg - 15.79 Nm/°/kg BMW Z4 - 14,500 Nm/° - 1385 kg - 10.47 Nm/°/kg BMW Z4 M Coupe - 32,000 Nm/° - 1495 kg - 21.40 Nm/°/kg BMW E36 Touring - 10,900 Nm/° - 1498 kg - 7.28 Nm/°/kg BMW E36 Z3 - 5,600 Nm/° - 1175 kg - 4.77 Nm/°/kg BMW E46 Sedan (w/o folding seats) - 18,000 Nm/° - 1430 kg - 12.59 Nm/°/kg BMW E46 Sedan (w/folding seats) - 13,000 Nm/° - 1430 kg - 9.09 Nm/°/kg BMW E46 Wagon (w/folding seats) - 14,000 Nm/° - 1430 kg - 9.79 Nm/°/kg BMW E46 Coupe (w/folding seats) - 12,500 Nm/° - 1430 kg - 8.74 Nm/°/kg BMW E46 Convertible - 10,500 Nm/° - 1570 kg - 6.69 Nm/°/kg Volkswagon Passat - 32,400 Nm/° - 1660 kg - 19.52 Nm/°/kg Volkswagon Touareg - 36,900 Nm/° - 2332 kg - 15.82 Nm/°/kg Volkswagon Phaeton - 37,000 Nm/° - 2395 kg - 15.45 Nm/°/kg Volkswagon Fox - 17,941 Nm/° - 1012 kg - 17.73 Nm/°/kg Volkswagon Golf V GTI - 25,000 Nm/° - 1357 kg - 18.42 Nm/°/kg Saab 9-3 Sport - 21,000 Nm/° - 1305 kg - 16.09 Nm/°/kg MG ZT - 24,000 Nm/° - 1625 kg - 14.77 Nm/°/kg MG MGF - 7,100 Nm/° - 1087 kg - 6.53 Nm/°/kg MG MGTF - 8,500 Nm/° - 1115 kg - 7.62 Nm/°/kg Lotus 33 - 3,253 Nm/° - kg - ? Nm/°/kg Lotus Esprit SE Turbo - 5,850 Nm/° - 1300 kg - 4.50 Nm/°/kg Lotus Elan - 7,900 Nm/° - 997 kg - 7.92 Nm/°/kg Lotus Elan GRP body - 8,900 Nm/° - kg - ? Nm/°/kg Lotus Elise - 10,500 Nm/° - 756 kg - 13.89 Nm/°/kg Lotus Elise 111s - 11,000 Nm/° - 714 kg - 15.41 Nm/°/kg Lotus Elise S2 Exige - 10,500 Nm/° - 935 kg - 11.23 Nm/°/kg Mazda MX5 NA - 6000 Nm/° - 940 kg - 6.38 Nm/°/kg Mazda MX5 NB - 6000 Nm/° - 1000 kg - 6.00 Nm/°/kg Mazda MX5 NC - 8800 Nm/° - 1095 kg - 8.04 Nm/°/kg Mazda RX7 FB - 9150 Nm/° - 995 kg - 9.20 Nm/°/kg Mazda RX7 FC - 10500 Nm/° - 1223 kg - 8.59 Nm/°/kg Mazda RX7 FD - 15000 Nm/° - 1280 kg - 11.72 Nm/°/kg Mazda RX8 - 30000 Nm/° - 1345 kg - 22.30 Nm/°/kg Honda DC2 Integra VTiR - Nm/° - 1150 kg - ? Nm/°/kg Honda DC2 Integra Type R - Nm/° - 1050 kg - ? Nm/°/kg Honda S2000 - 20000 Nm/° - 1250 kg - 16.00 Nm/°/kg McLaren F1 - 13500 Nm/° - 1100 kg - 12.27 Nm/°/kg Ferrari 360 Modena - 23000 Nm/° - 1390 kg - 16.55 Nm/°/kg Ferrari 360 Spider - 13800 Nm/° - 1450 kg - 9.52 Nm/°/kg Ferrari F430 - 27600 Nm/° - 1450 kg - 19.03 Nm/°/kg

main ones to note are the RX8 compared to the Ferraris, the E46 with folding seats compared to those without, the Z4 vs the VWs, the McLaren F1 compared to the S2000. i do wish the honda data was complete, but this is still pretty cool and handy to refer back to.