New Car Sales Atlas Beta

How many Lotus Esprit vehicles were sold in Australia in 1998?

See how many Lotus Esprit vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: October 2026
Version 3.02
1998 ×Lotus ×Esprit ×
Lotus Esprits sold
15
1998
Peak year
1998
15 sales
Share of Lotus
23.1%
of all Lotus sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1998, Lotus Esprit recorded 15 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 23.1% of Lotus's sales in 1998. It was the highest annual result in the loaded history. That was 15.4% higher than the previous full-year result.

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1998 · Lotus · Esprit).

Sales by year: 1998 · Lotus · Esprit

Year-by-year totals for 1998 · Lotus · Esprit.
YearTotalvs prev
20010−100.0%
20002−60.0%
19995−66.7%
199815+15.4%
199713+333.3%
19953—
Data Notice

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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 1998.
Rank in Lotus#2
Esprit sales15
Share of Lotus23.1%
1
Elise
4873.8%
2
Esprit
1523.1%
3
Elan
23.1%

Key notes: 1998 · Lotus · Esprit

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1998: 15
Lotus total in 1998: 65
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: /1998/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 October 2026.