1997 Lotus Esprit V8 auction history
This 1997 Lotus Esprit V8 sold once at auction, for $88,888 ($93,332 with buyer's fee) on Bring a Trailer in March 2026.
Every time it’s been to auction
1 appearance| Date | Where | Miles | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Bring a Trailer | 16,000 | Sold $88,888 ($93,332 with buyer's fee) |
What the listing said
When it sold in March 2026, the listing gave 16,000 miles and a Carfax report.
Only 5 Esprit V8 coupes have sold in the past two years, not enough for a range.
One of 5 Esprit V8 sales at auction in the past two years.
Other Esprit V8s that sold
Newest first- 200111,000 miles$87,000Sep 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200126,000 miles$77,000Sep 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200418,000 miles$94,000Aug 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200227,000 miles$77,000Aug 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200110,000 miles$85,000Jun 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200422,000 miles$95,000May 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200329,594 miles$69,500May 2026PCarMarket
- 199938,000 miles$56,500Apr 2026Bring a Trailer
- 199718,000 miles$71,000Apr 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200327,000 miles$74,499Feb 2026Bring a Trailer
- 200412,000 miles$100,067Nov 2025Bring a Trailer
- 1998miles not listed$52,166Nov 2025Cars & Bids
- 199833,000 miles$53,000Nov 2025Bring a Trailer
- 20008,000 miles$73,343Sep 2025Bring a Trailer
- 199736,000 miles$52,500Aug 2025Bring a Trailer
- 199843,000 miles$46,750Aug 2025Bring a Trailer
- 200135,000 miles$46,750Aug 2025Bring a Trailer
- 200315,000 miles$77,777Jul 2025Bring a Trailer
- 199958,796 miles$58,343May 2025Broad Arrow
- 20005,765 miles$151,200Feb 2025RM Sotheby's
- 200138,000 miles$75,888Feb 2025Bring a Trailer
- 199937,000 miles$67,000Jan 2025Bring a Trailer
- 200210,000 miles$90,000Dec 2024Bring a Trailer
- 200319,000 miles$102,001Oct 2024Bring a Trailer
- 199916,000 miles$51,000Sep 2024Bring a Trailer
Questions
- What did this car last sell for?
- $88,888 ($93,332 with buyer's fee) on Bring a Trailer in March 2026.
- How many times has it been to auction?
- Once: 1 sale and 0 unsold attempts.
- How does its last sale compare with others?
- There are not enough recent sales to say.
No chart, no estimate, no score. Every figure on this page is a hammer price from a real auction, matched to the car’s trim, body and gearbox, converted at the rate on the day it sold, with the replicas, projects and odd sales set aside. The range is where most of those sales landed. Where there aren’t enough sales to say something, we say that instead.
How Sam decides →GoAskSam links to every sale. Bidding happens on the auction site.