Wongorora Lotus Evora 2010
Vane makumi mana+ chete vane rombo rakanaka maAustralia ndivo vachave nemukana wekuve neanoshuvira mutsva weLotus modhi mumakore, iyo Evora 40+2. Pasi rose, ichange iri motokari inodiwa zvikuru nekambani iyi sezvo motokari zviuru zviviri chete dzichavakwa gore rino.
Dzimwe mota dzatove nemazita, uye maneja mukuru wekutengesa nekushambadzira weLotus Cars Australia, Jonathan Stretton, anoti chero munhu ari kuhodha izvozvi anofanira kumirira mwedzi mitanhatu.
Iyo yazvino Lotus, codenamed Project Eagle panguva yekusimudzira, ndiyo yekambani yekuchinja mota. Chinangwa chake ndechekutora vamwe vakwikwidzi veGerman vane mukurumbira, kunyanya referensi yePorsche Cayman.
Mutengo nemusika
Stretton anoda kuti Evora auye nevatengi vatsva kumhando. "Tine tarisiro yekukwezvera vatengi kubva kune mamwe emhando yepamusoro," anodaro. Maererano naye, nhamba duku ye serial yemotokari chikamu chinokosha, chakakosha kumufananidzo wemotokari. “Iyi imota ine vhoriyamu yakaderera, saka ichasiyana nevanhu vakawanda,” anodaro. Mutengo wekusarudzika uku i$149,990 yevanogara vaviri uye madhora maviri pamadhora maviri+156,990.
Injini uye bhokisi
Kunyange zvazvo Evora inopfuura nhamba yezvikamu zvayo, zvimwe zvezvikamu zvinoumba motokari yemitambo yepakati-enjini hazvisi izvo zvose. Iyo injini ndeyeJapan 3.5-litre V6 iyo inozivikanwa kune vatyairi veToyota Aurion.
Zvakadaro, Lotus yakateya V6 saka yave kuburitsa 206kW/350Nm ine retuned engine management system, freer exhaust flow and aLotus-designed AP Racing flywheel and clutch. Kusiyana neAurion, motokari inowana matanhatu-speed manual transmission kubva kuUK-model diesel Toyota Avensis. Iyo nhanhatu-kumhanya inoteedzana otomatiki transmission ine paddle shifters ichaonekwa chete pakupera kwegore rino.
Equipment uye kupedza
Kuwana kutapurirana kwakanyatso kudzika kune zvakwakanakira. Huremu hwemotokari uye mapaneru emuviri akaumbwa anobatsira kuwana hupfumi hwakasanganiswa hwemarita 8.7 pa 100 km zvichienzaniswa neinjini yeV6. Kunyangwe iyo flat-bottomed steering vhiri inogadzirwa kubva kuforged magnesium kuderedza huremu uye nzvimbo yemukati yevhiri.
Sezvinokodzera mota yemitambo, iyo kumiswa kunoshandisa lightweight forged kaviri-wishbone suspension, Eibach springs uye Bilstein dampers yakagadziridzwa neLotus. Mainjiniya vakazogarawo pakuisa simba rekufambisa vachifarira gadziriro yemagetsi.
Stretton anoti Evora ichabvumirawo varidzi veLotus varipo kuti vasimudzire kune hombe, mota yakanatswa. "Ichabatsirawo kuwedzera vateereri," anodaro. Mota dzekutanga dzinouya dzakashongedzerwa zvakakwana mu "Launch Edition" trim package, iyo inosanganisira tekinoroji package, sports package, bi-xenon headlights, premium audio system, rearview kamera nemagirazi emagetsi.
Iyo tech package inowanzoita $8200, nepo emitambo package iri $3095. Zvisinei nehukuru hwayo - yakareba 559mm kupfuura Elise - iyo yepakati-injini 3.5-litre V6 ndeyechokwadi 2+2 fomula, ine zvigaro zvekumashure zvakakura zvekukwanisa kugarisa vanhu vadiki kumashure uye mikwende yakapfava mubhutsu ye160-litre. "Iyo zvakare ine hunde chaiyo uye yakasununguka kupfuura vamwe vakwikwidzi vayo," Stretton anodaro.
Kuonekwa
Sezvineiwo, iyo Evora inotora mamwe magadzirirwo emhando kubva kuElise, asi kumberi kune yazvino kutora paLotus grille uye malights. Lotus Executive Injiniya Matthew Becker anobvuma kuti dhizaini yeEvora yakafemerwa neakakurumbira Lancia Stratos rally mota.
"Chimwe chezvinhu zvakakosha kwaive kusaita kuti mota ive hombe," anodaro. Kupa nzvimbo inokwana vana, Evora irefu 559mm, yakapamhama zvishoma uye kureba, uye wheelbase yayo i 275mm kureba kupfuura Elise. Iyo chassis ine chimiro chakafanana neElise, iyo inogadzirwa kubva kuextruded aluminium, asi yakareba, yakafara, yakaoma uye yakachengeteka.
"Elise chassis yakagadzirwa makore gumi nemashanu apfuura," anodaro Becker. "Saka takatora zvakanakisa zvechassis iyoyo tikaivandudza." Iyo mota ndiyo yekutanga muenzaniso weLotus 'Universal Car Architecture uye inotarisirwa kutsigira mamwe mamodheru mumakore anotevera.
Inoshandisa anobvisika kumberi nekumashure subframes kuti agone kutsiviwa uye kugadziriswa mushure metsaona. Mamwe matatu matsva eLotus modhi, kusanganisira iyo 2011 Esprit, anotarisirwa kushandisa chikuva chakafanana mumakore mashanu anotevera.
Kutyaira
Lotus yagara ichishuvira kuve inopfuura kungoita diki niche yemitambo mota inogadzira. Uye isu tichinakidzwa nekukwira Elise neExige, havazombofa vakave vemazuva ese. Idzi imotokari dzemitambo chete dzevanoda. Weekend Warriors.
Evora ipfungwa yakasiyana zvachose. Yakagadzirwa nekunyaradza mupfungwa pasina kupira iyo Lotus pedigree yekuita uye kubata. Zvese zvinhu zvinosiyanisa Elise neExige kubva kune vafambi zvakaverengerwa muEvora. Mathreshold akadzikira uye akatetepa, nepo magonhi akareba uye akavhurika zvakafara, zvichiita kuti kupinda nekubuda kushoma kwehusiku hweacrobat.
Inotaridzika semotokari yemitambo yakakomba, asi Lotus anonzwisisa kuti kuitira kukwikwidzana nemotokari dzakadai sePorsche Boxster, inofanira kuva yakawanda-inoshamwaridzana. Vakabudirira. Kupfeka Evora kwakafanana nekupfeka sutu yeArmani yakanyatsogadzirwa. Inokodzera chaizvo, asi panguva imwechete inotonhorera uye inosimbisa.
Paunogara muzvigaro zvekumbundira chidya, pane zvakawanda zvegumbo uye headroom pasina kunzwa kweclaustrophobia. Ichi ndicho chipingamupinyi chekutanga kukurirwa. Chechipiri chipingamupinyi ndiyo yakanyanya kushanduka mhando yeakapfuura Lotus modhi uye mukurumbira wavo se "kit mota". Evora akaenda kure kubvisa rusaruro rwakadaro.
Panyaya yekugadzira, inosiyana kubva kune yakanyatsoshanda uye yeGerman Boxster. Zvichida isu chete gripe nemukati ndeyekuti imwe yechipiri switchgear ichiri kutaridzika seyakabva kuToyota zvikamu bhini. Asi mhando yacho ndiyo yakanakisa yatakaona kubva kuBritish automaker mumakore, kubva kumusoro kusvika kune yakanyatsopedzwa zvigaro zvematehwe.
Zvese zvinoregererwa kana wakona kiyi worova mugwagwa. Iyo inotungamira yakapinza, pane chiyero chakanaka pakati pekukwira nekubata, uye yepakati-injini V6 ine chinyorwa chinotapira. Kufanana nevamwe vevakwikwidzi vayo, Evora inowana "sporty" yekumisikidza inosimudzira kutora kwemutyairi nekudzora mamwe akavakirwa-mukati ekuchengetedza nannies.
Lotus nehungwaru yakasarudza hydraulic steering rack pamusoro pemagetsi sisitimu yekunzwa zvirinani uye mhinduro. Kufanana neElise, Evora inoshandisa huremu, hunyanzvi hwekugadzira tekinoroji inova kiyi yekushanda kwakanaka kwemota.
Iine 1380kg, iyi mota yemitambo yakaderera iri paavhareji yeJapan hatchback, asi Toyota yakagadziridzwa patsva 3.5-litre six-cylinder injini inopa simba rakawanda. Iwo matanhatu anoshanda uye anotsvedzerera, achiunza yakatsetseka simba uye yakawanda yakaderera revs inotora nekukurumidza kana revs yadarika mazana mana.
Injini ine chinyorwa chikuru murwiyo rwakazara, asi pakumhanya kwakanyanya inoumbwa uye yakanyarara. Kune vamwe vanofarira, V6 inogona kunge isina ruzha rwakakwana kuti ione kuti imota inorova 100 km/h mumasekondi 5.1 kana kurova 261 km/h, asi kujeka uye nekukasira kwekutakura kwevatanhatu kuchiri kushamisa.
Zvinoshamisa zvakaenzana mabhureki makuru - 350mm kumberi uye 330mm kumashure - uye kubata kwePirelli P-Zero matayi. V6 inosungirirwa kune matanhatu-speed manual transmission kubva kuToyota, yakagadziridzwa neLotus. Shifting inonzwa yakanamirwa pakati pekutanga neyechipiri pakutanga, asi kujairika kunobatsira kugadzirisa shanduko.
Kana iwe uchinge wawana kureba kwayo, iwe unogona nechivimbo kutora Evora kure kupfuura yakajairwa kubata zvikumbaridzo. Hatina kusvika padhuze neakanyanya dynamic miganhu yemota. Nekudaro, kunyangwe isina sport mode activated, inoramba ichinyanya kunakidza.
Hapana mubvunzo kuti Evora anoita seElise mukuru. Inogona kunge iine mari yakakwana yekukwezva vamwe vatengi vekuita kubva kune mamwe akasimbiswa maGerman brand. Iyo yemazuva ese Lotus yaunogona pakupedzisira kugara nayo.
