New Car Sales Atlas Beta

How many Lotus Esprit vehicles were sold in Australia in 1997?

See how many Lotus Esprit vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
1997 ×Lotus ×Esprit ×
Lotus Esprits sold
13
1997
Peak year
1997
13 sales
Share of Lotus
16.9%
of all Lotus sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1997, Lotus Esprit recorded 13 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 16.9% of Lotus's sales in 1997. It was the highest annual result in the loaded history.

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1997 · Lotus · Esprit).

Sales by year: 1997 · Lotus · Esprit

Year-by-year totals for 1997 · Lotus · Esprit.
YearTotalvs prev
199713+333.3%
19953—
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Purchase data

Lotus model context: Esprit

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Lotus range for 1997.
Rank in Lotus#2
Esprit sales13
Share of Lotus16.9%
1
Elise
6280.5%
2
Esprit
1316.9%
3
Elan
22.6%

Key notes: 1997 · Lotus · Esprit

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1997: 13
Lotus total in 1997: 77
Model context uses Lotus range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1997/lotus/esprit
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.