字母e的帽子（为什么都以字母E开始）

莲花汽车推出一款炫酷的车型~

命名为什么都以E开头呢。。。

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莲花汽车是英国著名跑车品牌与法拉利、保时捷一起并称为世界三大跑车制造商，汽车工业史上，莲花品牌与众不同。它是英国杰出的工程师柯林·查普曼(Colin Chapman)个人奋斗与智慧的结晶。无论是批量生产的跑车还是赛车，他都亲自参与设计与研制，倾注了毕生心血。莲花汽车公司是世界上著名的运动汽车生产厂家，成立于1951 年，公司总部设在英国诺里奇市，雇员总数为500人，年产汽车4000辆左右。莲花生产的汽车重心很低，造型具有良好的流线形，风阻系数只有0.3左右。发动机功率强大，最低都为160马力，车速高达300公里/小时。

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Here's why all Lotus vehicle names start with the letter 'E'

所有Lotus车辆名称都以字母“E”开头

And the tradition continues on July 6.

而这个传统在7月6日继续生效。

If you haven't noticed, all Lotus road cars begin with the letter 'E'. Well, almost. And just like any vehicle nomenclature that follows a standard format, there's a good story behind this, as bared by Lotus Cars itself.

如果您没有注意到，所有莲花汽车名称都以字母“E”开头。嗯，几乎全部。就像任何遵循标准格式的车辆命名法一样，这背后有一个很好的故事，就像莲花汽车本身所揭示的那样。

According to the automaker, the tradition started in the '50s but has roots that started with the marque's beginnings in 1948. Colin Chapman, the founder of the British brand, named the first Lotus road vehicle he designed and built the Mark I, choosing to use Roman numerals to represent the number.

据莲花汽车制造商称，这一传统始于20世纪50年代，但其根源始于1948年的品牌创立时。这一英国品牌的创始人科林·查普曼（Colin Chapman）将自己设计和制造的第一辆莲花汽车命名为“Mark I”，他选择用罗马数字来表示数字。

That tradition went on with the subsequent models up until Mark X. While the next car in line would have been called the Lotus Mark XI, the motoring media back in 1956 seemed to have preferred calling it the Lotus XI instead. Chapman chose to drop Mark from the naming system moving forward.

这一传统一直延续到后来的型号直到Mark X。虽然下一辆车将被称为莲花Mark XI，1956年的汽车媒体似乎更喜欢称它为莲花 XI。查普曼选择放弃Mark的命名系统了。

However, to avoid the confusion of the Arabic numeral '11' that's visually similar to Mark II, Chapman decided to spell out the name, therefore giving birth to Lotus Eleven. This also marked the birth of the tradition that we all know today for all Lotus road cars, which will continue on July 6, 2021 with the birth of the Lotus Emira.

然而，为了避免阿拉伯数字“11”在视觉上与 Mark II相似而令人混淆，查普曼决定全拼出这个名字，因此诞生了莲花Eleven。这也标志着这一传统的诞生，我们今天都知道所有莲花汽车都遵循了，这将继续在2021年7月6日与莲花Emira的诞生中印证。

The Emira is the final internal combustion engine-powered Lotus, the swan song before it completely enters the electrification era. The Geely-owned, Norfolk-based automaker announced the model in January of this year, with the latest teaser released a few days ago revealing so much about its styling.

Emira 是最终版莲花内燃机动力车，是莲花汽车完全进入电气化时代的天鹅之歌。这家总部位于诺福克的吉利旗下的汽车制造商于今年1月宣布推出这款车型，几天前发布的最新预告片透露了这款车型的诸多造型。

While exact details about the Emira's powertrain are scarce at the moment, Lotus had historically used Toyota’s 3.5-litre V6, which could also make its way into the Emira. However, there are rumours that a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder from a new partner could make its appearance in the newest Lotus sports car.

虽然目前关于Emira动力系统的确切细节还不多见，但莲花汽车曾在历史上使用过丰田的3.5升V6发动机，这也有可能用在Emira上。不过，有传言称，新合作伙伴推出的涡轮增压2.0升四缸发动机可能会出现在最新的莲花跑车上。

We won't have to wait for long to know the final details of the Emira, which will happen in a few days.

我们不需要等太久就能知道埃米拉的最终细节，这将在几天后发生。

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