Pronunciation

[ninjadave]

How do people say the '111' part of 111R or 111S?

I started saying "one eleven".
Now I say "one one one".
Or is it "one hundred and eleven".
Possibly "evelen one", or "eleventy-one" as Tolkin might have said.

I don't want to be ousted when I meet real Lotus people!

Please - tell me what to say!!!

[bob_defly]

Say, "I should have bought an Exige!"

[BigAndy69]

I opt for "one eleven".

Andy

[bher]

In french we say "cent onze" meaning "hundred-eleven"
Because it is the shortest way...(2 sounds only)
Hopes this help .. but I doubt

Ben

[ninjadave]

bob_defly said:

Say, "I should have bought an Exige!"

Maybe I will to avoid this situation... The roof still comes off right?

[tonyhetherington]

One-Eleven for me

[xxplod]

Yip! Defo One-Eleven.

[[k]ar|]

I've always used "one-eleven-r" myself, and I used that pronunciation when talking to a Lotus ride and handling engineer at a trackday in April - he didn't pick me up on it, so I assume that is the "official" pronunciation. I must say that "one-eleven" seems to trip off the tongue much less awkwardly than "one-one-one" or "one hundred and eleven".

That said, and just to confuse matters further, one of the members of staff at my dealer referred to my car as a "triple-one-r", although I've never heard anyone else call it that.

[k]


>> Edited by [k]ar| on Monday 6th June 09:44

[NJS25]

111 is the project code for the Elise (technically the S1)

It is generally accepted (and referred to by Lotus) as Project One-Eleven, although it would appear that the 111r and s models are sometimes referred to as the triple 1.

Regards, Neil

[bob_defly]

One-Eleven sounds best...

[jitsukadave]

Nah - you're right, an Exige it may have to be.

[scotte]

its "one-eleven" for me too

[S Works]

One-Eleven S or R

If anyone argues just louder than they do Clarkson style.

[bogie]

its officially one-eleven