Based on the Lotus Eleven produced from 1956 to 1960, this unique model was bodied at the request of a wealthy customer by the Swiss company Ghia Aigle, led by Michelotti, who has agreements with Ghia in Italy but is financially independent. It was actually first introduced in 1957 as a spider, then received a plexiglass roof, reproduced here and unveiled in Geneva in March 1958.