Ƙarfin al'adar Lotus na sanya sunayen samfuransa tare da sunayen da suka fara da harafin "E" (akwai keɓancewa) ya fara ne a cikin shekara mai nisa na 1956 kuma yana ci gaba a yau.
Amma ba koyaushe haka yake ba. Alamar da aka kafa ta Colin Chapman an haife shi a cikin 1948 kuma ana kiran samfurin ta na farko, a sauƙaƙe kuma cikin ma'ana. Mark I.
Kuma samfurori na gaba sun bi wannan ma'ana (Mark ya biyo bayan lambar Roman) - Mark II, III, IV, da dai sauransu - har sai da muka kai 1956 lokacin da Lotus ke shirin kaddamar da Mark XI (11th model).
Duk da haka, ƙwararrun 'yan jarida da sauri sun fara kiran samfurin, a sauƙaƙe, Lotus XI (lotus goma sha ɗaya, a cikin Turanci) - bai "slur" da yawa ba, a fili. Wani masanin fasaha, Chapman ya yi sauri ya yanke shawarar kawar da sunan "Mark" daga samfurinsa kuma ba a sake amfani da shi ba.
A waje kuma akwai lambobin Roman. Don guje wa rudani tsakanin lambobin Larabci da Roman - "11" a cikin Larabci yana kama da na gani da "II" a cikin Roman - Chapman ya yanke shawarar rubuta lambar da ta gano samfurin a maimakon: Goma sha ɗaya.
Lotus XI ta haka ya wuce Lotus goma sha ɗaya, ba da gangan ya fara al'adar (kusan) duk Lotus yana da suna yana farawa da harafin "E".
Game da "Cold Start". Daga Litinin zuwa Juma'a a Razão Automóvel, akwai "Farkon Sanyi" da ƙarfe 8:30 na safe. Yayin da kuke shan kofi ko samun ƙarfin hali don fara ranar, ci gaba da sabunta abubuwan ban sha'awa, abubuwan tarihi da kuma bidiyoyin da suka dace daga duniyar mota. Duk cikin kasa da kalmomi 200.