U-Romano Artioli, usomabhizinisi wase-Italy, wayengumnikazi wenye yezindawo ezinkulu ezihweba nge-Ferrari e-Italy, kodwa ekugcineni wayezokwaziwa, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngokuthengwa kwe-Bugatti ngo-1987, okwenza kube ne-EB110 enhle kakhulu. Akugcinanga lapho, ukuthenga iLotus kwaGeneral Motors ngo-1993, futhi kwakungesikhathi sobuholi bakhe iminyaka emithathu kuphela lapho Lotus Elise.
Ezemidlalo eziyisethenjwa, ezisathengiswa nanamuhla, zimake ukubuya kwemvelaphi yawo yiLotus. Lapho kufika isikhathi sokumbhapathiza, ngentando kaRomano, wathatha igama lomzukulu wakhe Elisa Artioli - umzuzwana owabhalwa ukuchuma, lapho owesifazane eseyingane.
Ngemva kweminyaka engu-22 futhi kakade Lotus ezandleni Geely sika, Elisa, owesifazane, wabuyela emagcekeni brand in Hethel, ukuze ahlangane Elise, imoto - njengengxenye yokugubha iminyaka engu-70 brand -; hhayi nje ngemodeli eyaqanjwa ngayo, kodwa ngemoto efanayo ncamashi eyathathwa kuyo izithombe - i-Lotus Elise chassis number 2.
U-Elisa Artioli, ngo-1996, nomkhulu wakhe, u-Romano Artioli, kanye ne-Lotus Elise
Mayelana "Nesiqalo Esibandayo". Kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu e-Razão Automóvel, kune-“Cold Start” ngo-9:00 ekuseni. Ngenkathi uphuza ikhofi lakho noma uqunga isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala unolwazi lwakamuva ngamaqiniso athakazelisayo, amaqiniso omlando namavidiyo abalulekile avela emhlabeni wezimoto. Konke ngamagama angaphansi kwama-200.