I love the lotuses! :D I am not aware of how fast the espirit is, probably because it isn't out yet, but one can find out at (lotuscars.com/en/lotus-espirit) minus the parentheses of course.
it realy does depend on which lotus you are looking at...
however,
speed has never been lotus's specialty, they are more familiar with the handling and acceleration aspect of a car, but they do...