Mike If you have both cars to look at, can you take some pictures of the frame and suspension - front and rear? I would really like to see why it handles so much better than the D. I especially interested in the design of the front suspension components. Tom Niemczewski vin 6149 (in Poland!) Google earth: 52°25'17.30"N 21° 1'58.00"E dmctom@xxxxxxxxx www.deloreana.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [DML] Re: New Delorean production.... > The Esprit was 4 years old by the time DeLorean got involved with > Lotus. Hardly a new car. And you might want to branch out in > your reading materials. There are a lot of books available covering > the history of Lotus that also adds information to this era. The view > from SSI is different than views from people within Lotus. > > I have compared the Esprit with the DeLorean side by side - for the past > 10 years. I own an '83 Esprit Turbo (since 1997) and an '81 DeLorean > (since 1992). To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/