Lotus Cars Ltd are now offering (for a small fee) a certificate of Vehicle Provenance for your Esprit. Andy Graham from the Lotus Archives Department will search out the details of your Esprit from a vin number supplied. The fee will provide you with a certificate for your Esprit and includes a covering letter and postage. This will detail original colours and trim, specification, build date and engine numbers etc. They can then also add where your car comes in the production list (only included if it is in the first/last 50 cars of that particular model). You can see an examples below.

This is a brilliant opportunity to get some History of your Esprit from the Factory. This will help any records you have of the car, confirm things about your cars history when it left the factory and look great if you ever need to sell your Esprit. We'd like to thank Lotus for opening up there records to owners, making an Esprit even more of a pleasure to own. See more here

If you are interested in a Certificate of Provenance then contact Andy Graham via e-mail and provide VIN and full postal address. You'll need to pay £35 via debit/credit card which you can phone through on the number below. This service is available to all Lotus owners not just Esprit owners.