Imigenzo ikomeye ya Lotus yo kwita amazina yayo amazina atangirira ku nyuguti ya “E” (hariho ibitemewe) yatangiye mu mwaka wa 1956 kandi iracyakomeza.
Ariko ntabwo buri gihe byari bimeze. Ikirangantego cyashinzwe na Colin Chapman cyavutse mu 1948 kandi icyitegererezo cyacyo cya mbere cyiswe, byoroshye kandi byumvikana, Ikimenyetso I..
Moderi yakurikiyeho yakurikije iyi logique (Mariko ikurikirwa numubare wabaroma) - Mariko II, III, IV, nibindi - kugeza tugeze 1956 mugihe Lotus yiteguraga gushyira ahagaragara Mark XI (moderi ya 11).
Nyamara, itangazamakuru ryihariye ryatangiye guhamagara icyitegererezo, mu buryo bworoshye, Lotus XI (lotus cumi n'umwe, mucyongereza) - ntabwo "yatoboye" cyane, uko bigaragara. Pragmatiste, Chapman yihutiye gufata icyemezo cyo gukuraho izina "Mark" kuri moderi ye kandi ntabwo yongeye gukoreshwa.
Hanze nayo yaba imibare yabaroma. Kugira ngo wirinde kwitiranya imibare y’icyarabu n’Abaroma - “11” mucyarabu bisa nkaho “II” mu Baroma - Chapman yahisemo kwandika umubare werekana icyitegererezo aho: Cumi n'umwe.
Lotus XI rero yatsinze Lotus Cumi na rimwe, kubwimpanuka itangiza umuco wa (hafi) Lotusi yose ifite izina ritangirana ninyuguti "E".
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