ZEN
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| posted on 5/9/09 at 09:45 PM |
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Lotus E....
I was wondering why all lotus cars names starts with the letter "E"? Except the ones with numbers of course.
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marcjagman
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| posted on 5/9/09 at 10:04 PM |
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Now that is a good point
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mookaloid
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| posted on 5/9/09 at 10:13 PM |
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Pure coincidence? 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 5/9/09 at 10:14 PM |
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LOT OF TROUBLE USUALLY SERIOUS = LOTUS
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scootz
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| posted on 5/9/09 at 10:16 PM |
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Been debated loads of times in Lotus circles... no-one's sure 'exactly' how it came to be, but the general consensus is that it
started with the Lotus XI.
There was confusion surrounding what to call it... was it an X-I, was it an Eleven, was it the one-one, etc, etc.
Chapman favoured the 'Eleven' approach, as he felt it rolled well off the back off the word Lotus, as did other words that started with
the letter 'E'.
Then it just became habit on the road cars. People will cite the 340R as being 'different', but it's a variant of the Elise... the
Elise 340R (340 being the BHP per ton they wanted - but failed to achieve).
The name Elise was given by the Italian chap who owned Lotus and Bugatti in the mid-90's. He named the car after his granddaughter!
My favourite has to be the 'Exige'... French for demand!
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 5/9/09 at 10:17 PM |
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Maybe theres a connotation to drugs there? 
Maybe the same reason each day of the week ends with a Y...
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 6/9/09 at 05:35 AM |
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Hope skootz is right as it sounds a great explanation to something that I have always wondered about . Barry
[Edited on 6/9/09 by LBMEFM]
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907
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| posted on 6/9/09 at 07:09 AM |
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I think names are so much better than the modern trend of using numbers.
Just take my immediate family. The "boy" has a "6", his partner a "5", and they're selling the
"2".
I have a "3", and building a "7".
Now how boring is that? 
A bloke in the pub the other night said he had a 323! We thought blimey, he runs three cars.
Cheers
Paul G
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zilspeed
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| posted on 6/9/09 at 07:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
I think names are so much better than the modern trend of using numbers.
Just take my immediate family. The "boy" has a "6", his partner a "5", and they're selling the
"2".
I have a "3", and building a "7".
Now how boring is that?
A bloke in the pub the other night said he had a 323! We thought blimey, he runs three cars.
Cheers
Paul G
Paul
There's more than a little irony in your post...
(Or should I call you 907 ? )
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907
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| posted on 6/9/09 at 08:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
quote:
Originally posted by 907
I think names are so much better than the modern trend of using numbers.
Just take my immediate family. The "boy" has a "6", his partner a "5", and they're selling the
"2".
I have a "3", and building a "7".
Now how boring is that?
A bloke in the pub the other night said he had a 323! We thought blimey, he runs three cars.
Cheers
Paul G
Paul
There's more than a little irony in your post...
(Or should I call you 907 ? )
Yup, but that's because I AM a boring old fart.
I was once asked to give a lecture down the local insomniacs club.
cheers
907
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