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Pretty Woman Lotus Espirit for sale

Posted by Team Boxwish on 07 January 2009 at 12.47PM

In 1990’s Cinderella story Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts’s “hooker with a heart” Vivian reveals that as a young girl she dreamt of “being a princess trapped in a tower and this knight on a white horse would come charging up and rescue me”. Well, she doesn’t grow up to become a princess, nor can love interest wealthy businessman Edward (Richard Gere) claim to be a white knight, but I’m sure she wasn’t too disappointed by his stand-in for the white horse – a silver Lotus Espirit. This sleek motor features significantly during the first meeting between the pair as a lost Edward asks Vivian for street directions and now that actual car has been put on sale by the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois, USA.

Interestingly, the seller reveals that other top brand car manufacturers declined to supply the blockbusting romance with a car. Both Porsche and Ferrari refused, unwilling for their names to be associated with silver screen prostitution (Porsche was still smarting after being used in Risky Business) and so the producers turned to Lotus who proved far less fussy. It proved a smart move as in the wake of the film’s huge commercial success demand for the car tripled in 1990-91.

The silver 1990 Espirit is a standard S.E. with a reworked turbocharged 4-cyclinder engine that goes from 0 to 60mph in 4.7 seconds and with a top speed of 165mph. It was one of only 324 such sold in the US in 1990 and only has 23,000 miles on its clock. If this all sounds too good for you to resist, dig deep in your pockets for the asking price of $55,000 and head over to the Hemmings website here.

[via New Car Net]

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Comments (3)

If I was going to splash out on a film car I'd never want one from a ropey chick flick!

Posted by LaraGirl_83 on 07 January 2009 at 02.30PM
Yer, but it's still a nice car, if a little retro...

Posted by Swiss_Cheese on 07 January 2009 at 02.44PM
I don't get why anyone would want this car, it's ugly!

Posted by BettyBoop_1 on 07 January 2009 at 05.29PM