Wongorora Lotus Elise 2008

Derek Ogden anga achityaira maviri kwevhiki.

ELISE

Nerag top, kupinda nekubuda muLotus Elise musoro. . . nemaoko, makumbo nemusoro kana ukasangwarira.

Chakavanzika ndechekusaidzira chigaro chemutyairi kudzokera kumashure, tsveta tsoka yako yekuruboshwe pasi pechidhiraivho wogara pachigaro wakatsikitsira musoro. Kubuda kwakafanana mukudzokera shure.

Iyo iri nyore ndeyekubvisa jira repamusoro - zvimedu zviviri zvakakwana, zvipete uye uzvichengete muhunde nezvitsigiro zviviri zvesimbi.

Kuenzaniswa nedenga rakabviswa, ichi chidimbu chekeke. Dzvanya pamusoro pechikumbaridzo, simuka uye, uchibata chidhiraivho, zvishoma nezvishoma udzike muchigaro uye uchigadzirise kuti usvike. Iwe hausi kunyanya kugara muLotus sezvaunenge wakapfeka.

Kamwe mukati meiyo diki roadster, yave nguva yekubatidza kunakidzwa (er, sorry, injini). Imotokari inoshandiswa ne 1.8-lita yeToyota injini ine nguva yakasiyana-siyana yevhavha, iri kuseri kwekabati yezvigaro zviviri, ine simba re 100 kW, iyo inobvumira motokari kuti iwedzere kubva zero kusvika ku100 km / h mumasekondi 6.1 munzira yayo. kumhanya kwepamusoro kwe205 km/h.

100kW ingapa sei kuita kwakadai? Zvose pamusoro pehuremu. Kungorema 860kg, Elise S ine aruminiyamu chassis inorema 68kg chete. Chiedza chesimbi chinoshandiswawo.

Kudhiraivha uye mabhureki kunodaira zvakanyanya, sezvakaita kumiswa, iyo inogona kutaura panzvimbo dzisina kuenzana.

Izvi zvinogona kuregererwa kumotokari yakagadzirirwa kutora chinangwa chekutyaira motokari yemitambo. Muchokwadi, pamadhora mazana matanhatu nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe, iyi ndiyo sumo yakakwana kune iyo genre.

Iyo $8000 Touring package inowedzera zvinhu zvakaita sematehwe ematehwe, iPod connection, uye mapenera asinganzwiki - kwete kuti ruzha runofanira kunetsa kune yemitambo mota aficionado.

Iyo $7000 Sport Pack inosimudza bara neBilstein sport suspension dampers, switchable traction control, uye zvigaro zvemitambo.

EXIGE C

Kana Elise ari analogue yeLotus pamavhiri ekudzidzira, saka Exige S inyaya yakasiyana zvachose. Muchokwadi, ndiyo iri padyo iwe yaunokwanisa kusvika kumotokari yemujaho zviri pamutemo mumugwagwa.

Kunyange zvazvo Exige yakajairwa ichibudisa simba re163kW, Exige S ya2008 yave kuwanikwa nePerformance Pack inokwirisa kusvika 179kW ne8000rpm - zvakafanana neiyo shoma edition Sport 240 - nekuda kwe supercharger Magnuson/Eaton M62, nekuchimbidza. inoyerera nozzles, pamwe neyepamusoro torque clutch system uye yakawedzera kupinza mweya padenga.

Nekukwidziridzwa kwetorque kubva pa215 Nm kusvika 230 Nm pa5500 rpm, kusimudza simba uku kunobatsira Performance Pack Exige S kubva pazero kuenda pa100 km/h mumasekonzi 4.16 ichiperekedzana nekutinhira kunoshamisa kweinjini iri kuseri kwekabhu. . Mugadziri anoti hupfumi hwemafuta hune mwero 9.1 malita pa100 km (31 mpg) pane yakasanganiswa yeguta / mugwagwa mukuru.

Zvakare, muvengi wekare, uremu, akakundwa nesimba-ku-huremu reshiyo ye191kW/tonne, achiisa Exige S padanho remota huru. Inotyaira senge kart (kana inofanirwa kunge iri "mujaho", iyo Exige S inokurumidza kudaro).

Lotus Sport ine ruoko mune izvi nekupa Formula XNUMX-maitiro ekumisikidza kudzora, umo mutyairi anosarudza revs kuburikidza nedhiya padivi peiyo inotungamira koramu yekumira kwakaringana kunotanga.

Mutyairi anorayirwa kuti adzikisire accelerator pedal uye nekukasira kusunungura clutch, iyo kazhinji iri resipi yekutapurirana kukanganisa uye kuderedzwa kwevhiri spin simba.

Kwete nemwana uyu. Iyo damper inopfavisa iyo clutch uye yekutapurirana clutch simba kuti ideredze mutoro pane kutapurirana, pamwe nevhiri kutenderera kusvika pakumhanya kwe10 km / h, mushure meiyo traction control system inotanga kushanda.

Sezvakaita nekutanga kutonga, iyo dhigirii yekudzora traction inogona kugadziridzwa kubva pachigaro chemutyairi, ichichichinja pane nhunzi kuti ienderane nemakona maitiro.

Inogona kuchinjwa mukuwedzera kwemakumi matatu - seti nyowani yezviridzwa inoratidza kuti yakawanda sei kudzora kudzora kunodanwa mukati - kubva pa30 muzana inotsvedza matayi kusvika kupedzisa kuvhara.

Mabhureki akagamuchirawo Performance Pack kurapwa ane gobvu 308mm perforated uye ventilated discs kumberi, inodzorwa neAP Racing mana-piston calipers, nepo akajairwa mabhureki mapedhi akakwidziridza kuita uye akarukwa mabhureki hoses.

Kutungamira kwakananga kunopa mhinduro yakanyanya kumutyairi, nepo pasina chinhu pakati pechidhiraivho nemugwagwa, kusanganisira simba rekufambisa.

Kupaka uye kufambisa nekumhanya kwakaderera kunogona kunetesa, kungowedzerwa nekushaikwa kwekuonekwa kubva mukombi.

Iri mukati megirazi rekuona girazi rinobatsira sehomwe yehudyu mune sweatshirt, inopa maonero akajeka echinhu kunze kweiyo turbo intercooler inozadza hwindo rese rekumashure.

Magirazi ekunze anouya kuzonunura kana achidzokera kumashure.

Iyo 2008 Lotus Elise uye Exige siyana inoratidzira zviridzwa zvitsva zvine nyore kuverenga chena-pa-dema dhizaini. Pamwe chete nespeedometer inorova 300 km/h mark, maindicators ava kupenya pane dash anongedza kuruboshwe kana kurudyi, kusiyana nechiratidzo chaivepo kare.

Chiratidziro chekuchinja zvakare chinoshanduka kubva kune imwe LED kuenda kune matatu anoteedzana marambi matsvuku panguva yekupedzisira 500 rpm rev limiter isati yadzima.

Iyo dhizaini ine zvakare nyowani yepamusoro-tsanangudzo yeLCD meseji pani iyo inogona kuratidza inopuruzira meseji nehurongwa hwemotokari.

Information. Tsvuku padema inobatsira kuverenga muchiedza chezuva.

Mageji matsva anoramba achiratidza mafuta, tembiricha yeinjini uye odometer. Nekudaro, inogona zvakare kuratidza nguva, chinhambwe chafambwa, kana dhijitari kumhanya mumph kana km/h.

Nyevero zviratidzo hazvionekwe kusvikira zvave kushandiswa, kuchengetedza chiridzwa chepaneru chisingaoneki uye chinovhiringidza, uye airbags ndeyakajairika.

Iko kune itsva-imwe chidimbu alarm / immobilizer uye kiyi ine kiyi, kiinura uye aramu mabhatani. Iyo Lotus Exige S inotengesa $114,990 pamwe nemari yekufambisa, nePerformance Pack ichiwedzera $11,000.

Sarudzo dzakamira dzinosanganisira unidirectionally inogadzirika Bilstein madhamu uye kureba kwekukwira, Ultra-light split-type seven-spoke forged mavhiri, switchable Lotus traction control system, uye yekuzvivharira musiyano.

NHOROONDO YELOTUS

Chitambi cheLotus muvambi Colin Chapman, nehunyanzvi hwake hwekucheka-kumucheto tekinoroji uye kubatanidzwa kwezvinhu zvemijaho, inogona kuwanikwa pane ese Elise S uye Exige S modhi.

Lotus inonzi inokurudzira iyo yepakati-injini dhizaini yeIndycars, kugadzira yekutanga Formula One monocoque chassis, nekubatanidza injini uye kutapurirana sezvikamu zvechasi.

Lotus aivewo mumwe wemapiyona muF1, achiwedzera mafenda uye kuumba pasi pemota kuti iite kuderera, pamwe nekuve wekutanga kutamisa ma radiator kumativi emota kuti avandudze kuita kweaerodynamic uye kugadzira kumiswa kunoshanda. .

Chapman akatyaira Lotus kubva kumudzidzi murombo paYunivhesiti yeLondon kuenda kune multimillionaire.

Iyo kambani yakakurudzira vatengi vayo kumhanyisa mota dzavo, ndokupinda muFormula One pachayo sechikwata muna 1, iine Lotus 1958 inotyairwa neakavanzika Rob Walker uye ichityairwa naStirling Moss, ichihwina yekutanga Grand Prix makore maviri gare gare muMonaco.

Kubudirira kukuru kwakauya muna 1963 neLotus 25, iyo, naJim Clark pavhiri, yakahwina Lotus yayo yekutanga F1 World Constructors 'Championship.

Rufu rwaClarke rwusina nguva - akadonha muna 48 Formula 1968 Lotus muna Kubvumbi 1 mushure mekunge vhiri rake rekumashure ratadza kuHockenheim - raive dambudziko guru kuchikwata nekuFormula One.

Aive mutyairi ane simba mumotokari ine simba uye anoramba ari chikamu chakakosha chemakore ekutanga eLotus. Makwikwi emuna 1968 akahwinwa nechikwata chaClark Graham Hill. Vamwe vatasvi vakabudirira nemaroki vaiva Jochen Rindt (1970), Emerson Fittipaldi (1972) naMario Andretti (1978).

Sabhuku vaive vasinawo nungo kuseri kwevhiri. Chapman anonzi akapedza machira mukati memasekondi evatyairi vake veFormula One.

Mushure mekufa kwaChapman, kusvika pakupera kwema1980, Lotus akaramba ari mutambi mukuru muFormula One. Ayrton Senna akaridzira timu kubva 1 kusvika 1985, achihwina kaviri pagore nekutora 1987 pole zvinzvimbo.

Zvakadaro, nemujaho wekupedzisira weFormula 1994 wekambani muna XNUMX, mota dzakange dzisisina makwikwi.

Lotus akahwina mujaho we79 Grand Prix uye Chapman akaona Lotus achirova Ferrari sechikwata chekutanga kukunda makumi mashanu eGrand Prix kunyangwe Ferrari yaive yahwina makore mapfumbamwe apfuura.

Moss, Clark, Hill, Rindt, Fittipaldi, Andretti. . . wakanga uri mufaro uye ropafadzo kwandiri kugoverana nzvimbo navo vose.