Miyambo yamphamvu ya Lotus yotchula zitsanzo zake ndi mayina oyambira ndi chilembo "E" (pali zopatulapo) inayamba m'chaka cha 1956 ndipo ikupitirirabe lero.
Koma sizinali choncho nthawi zonse. Mtundu womwe unakhazikitsidwa ndi Colin Chapman udabadwa mu 1948 ndipo mtundu wake woyamba udatchulidwa, mophweka komanso momveka. Mark I.
Ndipo zitsanzo zotsatizana zinatsatira mfundo iyi (Maliko akutsatiridwa ndi chiwerengero cha Chiroma) - Mark II, III, IV, ndi zina - mpaka titafika 1956 pamene Lotus anali kukonzekera kukhazikitsa Mark XI (chitsanzo cha 11).
Komabe, makina osindikizira apadera anayamba kutchula chitsanzocho, mophweka, Lotus XI (lotus eleven, mu Chingerezi) - sichina "kugwedezeka" kwambiri, mwachiwonekere. Katswiri wa pragmatist, Chapman anafulumira kusankha kuchotsa dzina lakuti "Mark" kuchokera ku chitsanzo chake ndipo silinagwiritsidwenso ntchito.
Kunja kukakhalanso manambala achiroma. Pofuna kupewa chisokonezo pakati pa manambala a Chiarabu ndi Chiroma - "11" m'Chiarabu amafanana ndi "II" m'Chiroma - Chapman adaganiza zolemba nambala yomwe idazindikiritsa chitsanzocho: Khumi ndi chimodzi.
Lotus XI motero idadutsa Lotus Eleven, mwangozi kuyambitsa mwambo wa (pafupifupi) onse Lotus kukhala ndi dzina loyambira ndi chilembo "E".
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