Caterham akanunurwa naLotus boss
Caterham “aigara aine chikwereti,” anodaro Chris van Wyck, maneja weCaterham Cars Australia.
Kambani yemotokari yemitambo yeBritish iri nyore yave mumaoko aTony Fernandez, muzvinabhizinesi wekuMalaysia ane Air Asia Bhd nechikwata cheLotus Grand Prix. Panotova nerunyerekupe rwekuti Fernandes anogona kupa zita rechikwata chake cheF1 kuCaterham kana akarasikirwa nemakakatanwa aripo neRenault F1 pamusoro pekushandisa zita reLotus muFormula One.
Kutenga muAustralia kune zvinorehwa zvakajeka sezvo Caterham yakangotengesa mota nhatu kubva 2007 uye yakatarisana nekumiswa kwekugadzira muna 2013 nekuti mota hadziuye neESP kugadzikana kwekutonga system iyo iri kuve inosungirwa munyika yose kubva 2012.
“Iye zvino tave kugara nechikwereti. Ndinovimba kuti izvi zvinoreva zvinhu zvakanaka,” anodaro Chris van Wyck, maneja maneja weCaterham Cars Australia.
“VaCaterhams vari kundiudza kuti havanetse netsvina yekudzora mitambo iyi nekuti havaide kuEurope. Asi ini ndinofungidzira kuti Caterham ichave nerutsigiro rwakawanda nekudyara mune ramangwana. Zvese zvandinonzwa nezvemuridzi mutsva zviri pamusoro. Muchiitiko ichi, mikana yavo yekuita extrasensory maonero inogona kuwedzera. "
Caterham haina kumbobvira yave mutengesi mukuru muAustralia, nekuda kwechikamu chemitengo yakakwira yemota, iyo yakaramba isina kushanduka kubva muvambi weLotus Colin Chapman akaigadzira seLotus 7 muma1950s.
The Caterham i-no-frills, yakavhurika-seater iyo inowanzotengeswa semotokari yakakwana - izvo zvisingagoneke muAustralia - kune dzimwe nyika. Kudzikiswa kwemitengo gore rino kwaunza mubereko wakawanda, asi van Wyck anoramba akaodzwa mwoyo nekushaikwa kwekufarira motokari.
"Panguva ino, ichokwadi franchise yeClaytons. Ndakangotengesa motokari nhatu chete kubva muna 2007,” anobvuma kudaro. “Chikumbiro chinonzi ‘kirabhu’ kuAustralia chiri pamadhora makumi matatu ezviuru kusvika pamadhora makumi mashanu neshanu. Uye isu hatipo. Izvi zvinoshungurudza zvakanyanya nekuti ini ndinoda brand uye chigadzirwa. Ndaifunga kuti tichava nekutengesa zvishoma ikozvino kuti tiri munzira ye $ 30,000 kana $ 55,000, asi izvozvo hazvina kuitika."
Fernandez anoti anotarisira kushandura Caterham, iyo yakangotengesa mota zviuru zviviri negumi muna 500, kuti ive mhando yepasi rose mukirasi yemotokari dzemhando dzemhando dzakaita seAston Martin.
Caterham, yakatumidzwa zita reLondon suburb kwayakatangira, ine vashandi vangangosvika zana pane chimwe chirimwa chiri kumaodzanyemba kweguta guru reBritish uye yakatumira purofiti yemadhora mazana maviri gore rapfuura. Asi van Wyk akaona chimwe chakanaka kubva pakutenga Fernandez neCaterham itsva yakapendwa nemavara akafanana nemota dzegore rino dzeLotus F100 dzinotyairwa naJarno Trulli naHeikki Kovalainen.
“Ndine munhu akanaka anoda mota muLotus livery. Saka chibereko chakanaka,” anodaro van Wyk.
