Lotus Exige S roadster 2014 ongororo

Mutsara wemota dzine ruvara rwezvihwitsi dzinofamba dzichitevedza mutsara wegungano, sekunge nhevedzano yemavara yakasarudzwa kuti iite zvakanyanya. Iwe ungadai usina kuzvifungidzira kubva kumutsara wekugadzira, asi fekitori iri pakati pemunda munzvimbo yakati sandara uye inonyanya kurima yekumabvazuva kweEngland.

Ndiri muHethel, Norfolk, kunogara Lotus uye fekitori, chikamu chenzvimbo yakakura zvinoshamisa, inogara munzira isingashamisi yenyika. Pamusoro peichi chivakwa nemahofisi, kune shopu yependi, mabhenji ekuedza injini, emission uye anechoic chambers, uye nzvimbo dzakakura dzeinjiniya. Vashandi chiuru vari pasaiti vakapatsanurwa pakati pekugadzira mota neLotus Engineering, kambani inobvunza nyanzvi yemagetsi, kuita, masimba ekutyaira uye kuvaka kwakareruka.

Kugadzira tekinoroji

Sezvo nyika yemotokari inotora imwe nhanho hombe yakananga kualuminium nesarudzo yeFord yekuvaka maF-series pickups kubva kusimbi, makore eLotus 'eruzivo mukuumba nekubatanidza zvinhu zvakakosha. Ese mota dzake - Elise, Exige naEvora - dzakagadzirwa nealuminium. uchishandisa chimiro chakafanana. Iyo aruminiyamu chassis inotakurwa kuenda kuHethel kubva kuLotus Lightweight Structures muMidlands, imwe kambani inoitawo zvikamu zveJaguar naAston Martin, pakati pevamwe.

KuHethel, chassis inosanganiswa nemitumbi yakagadzirwa kubva kwakasiyana-siyana - zvinhu zvaimboiswa pamwechete pasi pezita rekuti fiberglass - yakapendwa uye yakaunganidzwa mumotokari dzakapera. Lotus yakawira panguva dzakaoma, asi mamiriro eHethel ane tariro. Mitsetse yeGungano iri kushanda zvakare (pasinei nekufamba kunoonekwa) pamotokari makumi mana nemana pasvondo. Uye huwandu hweLotus huri kuwedzera.

Iyo nyowani yekuwedzera ndeye Exige S Roadster, inokodzera muAustralia showrooms mwedzi uno. Yakakura kudarika Elise uye inopfuura 200 kg inorema. Ichiri kureruka nemaitiro anhasi, pa1166kg chete, uye, zvisina kujairika, yakareruka 10kg pane coupe.

Kuseri kwekombi kune 257kW supercharged 3.5-litre V6 pane kukwirisa mana-cylinder. Kumhanyisa kusvika ku100 km/h mumasekonzi mana, iyi ndiyo inokurumidza kuchinjika yakambovakwa neLotus. Nemota iyi, Lotus ine maviri anochinja kuti awedzere kugona kwemotokari dzayo. Iyo Exige ihama yakura yeazvino iri kutengeswa Lotus Elise S, asi yakanyanya kutenderedzwa uye yakanatswa.

Kutyaira

Nekudaro, mushure mekukurumidza kumhanya nemuruwa rweNorfolk nedenga pasi, kufanana kwayo necoupe - uye kunyange Eriza - izvo zvinomira pachena. Ndakatyaira Exige coupe gore rapfuura uye inoratidza kusimba kweiyo brand: inokurumidza, inokwanisa mota yemitambo inonzvenga zvakawanda zvemazuva ano asi inopa yakanyatso kutyaira isina kufanana nechero chinhu chiri pamusika.

Lotus inonyanya kuzivikanwa pakati pevazhinji vagadziri vadiki vanodyisa vanofarira kutenderera pasirese. Mazita emhando yepamusoro haaite kuti zviome uye zvine ruzha zvakare. Nekudaro, iyo Exige S Roadster kuyedza naLotus kuwedzera vateereri vayo.

Zviri nyore kupinda nekubuda uye zvine zvimwe zvinobatsira. Nepo Elise achichengeta mapurasitiki akaoma, asina aluminium uye zvigaro zvemachira, iyo Exige ine quilted dehwe. Muchokwadi, yakapfava kupfuura chero yapfuura Lotus yandati ndamboona. Kungodaro, kumwe kuomarara kwakabviswa kubva pakumiswa.

Iyi iLotus, Exige cocktail ine twizzle stick, muorivhi uye amburera. Zvisinei, inoganhurirwa nenzira isingadzivisiki nepokutangira kwayo. Iyo yemukati mavakirwo inoonekwa zvakafanana mune ese Exige roadster uye Elise, sezvo dehwe rinotevera makona ezvaizowanzova epurasitiki. Kune akafanana yakafara sills uye diki nhumbi nzvimbo.

Kudzokera kumba kuSydney uye kukwanisa kuedza Elise S Roadster kunosimbisa kusiyana. Denga rinoramba riri purojekiti yeBoy Scout, magirazi ekumativi anochinjika nemaoko, uye sipidhimita idiki kwazvo kuchengetedza rezinesi. Hapana kwese kwekuisa chero chinhu uye hapana kwekuviga zvinhu zvakakosha.

Iwe haungambofungi nezve nzira yemugwagwa, uye yakaoma zvokuti motokari inogona kukandwa mumugwagwa wakashata, uye vhiri rinoputika mukupindura. Inozununguka pazvitsitsinho zvayo kana ichimhanyisa, asi kana zvisina kudaro muviri unotadza kufamba. Mumakona, chassis inotaura nuance kumutyairi semamwe mashoma mota.

Zvisinei nekushomeka kwesimba kweElise 95kW, iine huremu hushoma hwekufamba, mana-cylinder inonzwa ichipindura uye ichimhanya. Haisi kukurumidza seExige inoshandurwa, asi mutsauko mudiki.

Munzira dzakawanda, Elise anonzwa semotokari yakatendeseka, kwete kuedza kuvanza makona ayo akapinza. Kwakareruka uye hakuchinjiki, sezvaungatarisira. Nechekunze, ndiye zvakare akanaka pavaviri ava, achikweva nyemwerero kwese kwaanoenda. Izvi zvinondigadzirisa.

Kunyangwe nerunako rweExige cocktail, kana ndichizove hardcore Lotus, ini ndichatora yangu yakachena.