Romano Artioli, umucuruzi w’Ubutaliyani, yari nyir'imwe mu bacuruzi bakomeye ba Ferrari mu Butaliyani, ariko amaherezo yaje kumenyekana, cyane cyane, kugura Bugatti mu 1987, bituma havuka EB110. Ntabwo byahagarara hano, kugura Lotus muri General Motors muri 1993, kandi mubuyobozi bwe bwimyaka itatu gusa ni bwo Lotus Elise.
Siporo yerekana, iracyagurishwa uyumunsi, yaranze kugaruka kwinkomoko yayo na Lotus. Igihe kigeze cyo kumubatiza, kubushake bwa Romano, yafashe izina ryumwuzukuru we Elisa Artioli - akanya kanditsweho gutera imbere, mugihe umugore yari akiri umwana.
Nyuma yimyaka 22 kandi asanzwe afite Lotus mumaboko ya Geely, Elisa, uyu mugore, yagarutse mubucuruzi bwi Hethel, guhura na Elise, imodoka - murwego rwo kwizihiza isabukuru yimyaka 70 -; ntabwo ari hamwe na moderi yitiriwe gusa, ariko hamwe nimodoka imwe noneho yafotowe muri - Lotus Elise chassis numero 2.
Elisa Artioli, mu 1996, hamwe na sekuru, Romano Artioli, na Lotus Elise
Ibyerekeye "Gutangira Ubukonje". Kuva kuwa mbere kugeza kuwa gatanu kuri Razão Automóvel, hariho "Ubukonje butangira" saa cyenda za mugitondo. Mugihe unywa ikawa yawe cyangwa ukusanya ubutwari bwo gutangira umunsi, komeza ugendane nibintu bishimishije, amateka yamateka na videwo bijyanye nisi yimodoka. Byose mumagambo atarenze 200.