Highlights
- Ultimate Peter Stevens 280bhp Turbo SE model
- Very well-kept car in handsome colour scheme
- Meticulously maintained car with vast history records
- Recent gearbox rebuild, cambelt change and new steering rack
- Serviced up to May 2024
- MOT to June 2025 with no advisories
The Appeal
Peter Stevens’ late-life makeover of the Esprit was much more than a refresh. It clever evolved the razor-edge styling into something more modern and saw the introduction of much-improved mechanicals.
Just 1,608 examples like this car were built. It is the ultimate Stevens-era model, the Turbo SE with revised Type 910 engine delivering 280bhp and SE trim, which includes extra exterior drama like the spoiler and side skirts.
The Esprit’s reputation as a blue-blooded British supercar is cemented in. When buying one of these cars you’ll want to be reassured by the service and maintenance history. Which is where this car absolutely shines. Check the photos and you will see a five page, neatly typed list of continuous investment from 2010 to the present day. This is no mere catalogue of new bulbs and spark plugs. Highlights include a cambelt in 2020, gearbox rebuilt and new clutch in 2024, interior reconditioning this year too and a new steering rack in 2022. Naturally the servicing has been kept up to date despite the cars low mileage for the year. The last service was in May 2024.
To cap it all off the car is finished in the fetching combination of dark blue metallic with a cream leather interior. As with the history file, the sense of fastidiousness is carried through to the interior and exterior. A long, advisory-free MOT to June 2025 underlines the sense of a very well kept car in fine order.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 1st August 1990
- Nine registered keepers
- Current keeper since October 2010
- Highly detailed records kept by current keeper since purchase
- These are noted in five typed pages as shown in the history file
- Recent highlights include rebuilt gearbox, new clutch, reconditioned seats and armrest, cambelt and reconditioned steering rack
- Regularly serviced with last service in May 2024
- Large history file supporting the typed list of work
- Factory handbook
- V5C in current keeper’s name
- MOT to 23rd June 2025 with no advisories
- 4,691 miles showing on MOT test and 5,853 miles showing in photos
- Buyers should note that this is likely to be 105,853 based on MOT records but this is not verified
The Condition
- Handsome and understated ‘moonstone’ blue metallic paintwork in very good condition
- Standard car in SE specification with rear spoiler, Citroën CX mirrors, side skirts and additional air ducts of this trim level
- Paintwork presents well with few signs marks or stone chips for age of car
- Bodywork presents well with straight panels appearing well kept and with no accident damage advised
- Factory standard car including seven-spoke ‘OZ’ alloy wheels which have recently been refurbished
- Specification includes glass sunroof, Pioneer Bluetooth stereo and a tool kit as shown
- Cream leather interior recently reconditioned as detailed above and in superb condition
- Cabin shows few if any signs of age and appears to be factory standard except radio
- Leather dashboard, plus door cards, knee roll and centre console all in very good order
- Cabin veneers are smart and well-kept with no obvious deterioration
- We have no reports of electrical or switchgear malfunctions or warning lights
- No structural advisories on last MOT and underside presents well in photos
The Mechanics
- Later car with revised Type 910 2,174cc 4cyl turbocharged engine
- Delivers 280bhp and 0-60mph in 4.7secs
- 5spd manual gearbox
- Very tidy engine bay with smart red-top engine finish appearing to have been well-detailed
- Vast and meticulous history file as shown in photos
- This includes very detailed maintenance records which we recommend you inspect in the photos
- No reported running or driving issues
- No mechanical or running gear advisories on MOT
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