Lotus 3-Eleven shine Lotus mafi sauri kuma mafi tsada har abada. Amma ko da 3-Eleven ba zai iya rage girgizar SUV mai ɗauke da alamar Lotus ba.
Bikin na Goodwood ya buga bakuncin gabatarwar Lotus 3-Goma sha ɗaya, Lotus mafi sauri kuma mafi tsada har abada kuma watakila mafi tsafta da rashin tacewa na abin da Lotus yake da gaske. Daga Lotus da Lotus da ke wanzuwa a halin yanzu zai yi wahala a narke tsalle zuwa alamar SUV da aka sanar a hukumance, wataƙila Lotus cire Lotus akan hanya a nan gaba. Ta yaya hakan ya faru?
Bari mu fara da nan da yanzu. Lotus 3-Eleven shine babban mataki na gaba a cikin sake farfado da alamar, bayan Evora 400.
Akwai a cikin nau'ikan Hanya ko na tsere, 3-Eleven shine ainihin motar waƙa, injina cikakke don kwanakin waƙa, amma an yarda da amfani da shi akan titunan jama'a (Road). Asalin ra'ayi da sunan yana cikin asali goma sha ɗaya, waɗanda aka haife su a ƙarshen 1950s, kuma, kwanan nan, an dawo dasu a cikin 2-Eleven (2007).
2-Eleven na da gaske ballistic. An samo shi daga Lotus Exige S na 2006, tare da 255hp don motsawa kawai 670kg, ta amfani da effervescent 4 cylinder Toyota 2ZZ-GE, wanda aka ƙara da kwampreso. 3-Eleven, ta hanyar bayanan da aka sanar, yana ɗaga ƙarfin magabata zuwa wani matakin daban.
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Godiya ga V6 lita 3.5 - wanda kuma aka samo daga naúrar Toyota - wanda aka sanya shi a baya a cikin matsayi mai jujjuyawa kuma ana cajin shi ta hanyar kwampreso, wannan yana haifar da 450bhp (458hp) akan 7000rpm da 450Nm akan 3500rpm. Da kyar zai auna nauyin 670kg na wanda ya gabace shi, saboda V6 mafi nauyi da kuma chassis mai girma don ɗaukar sama da 200hp. Duk da haka, abin da aka yi tallan da bai wuce 900kg ba yana burgewa, wanda ke haifar da ƙimar ƙarfin-zuwa-nauyi na ƙasa da 2 kg/hp! Visceral!
Dukansu nau'ikan 3-Eleven suna amfani da nau'in nau'in nau'in Torsen mai iyakance-zamewa, kuma suna zaune akan ƙafafu masu nauyi 18 ″ gaba da 19 ″ na baya, tare da 225/40 R18 gaba da 275/35 R19 tayoyin baya. AP Racing yana ba da tsarin birki, tare da 4 calipers kowane diski, kuma ABS ya fito daga Bosch, duk da gyare-gyaren da Lotus ya yi. Hakanan yana fasalta kejin juyi, tare da nau'in Race yana ƙara ƙarin abubuwa don bin ƙa'idodin FIA.
Hakanan sabon shine aikace-aikacen a karon farko a cikin motar samar da sabon kayan haɗin gwiwa don bangarorin jiki, wanda, a cewar Lotus, sun fi 40% haske fiye da bangarorin fiberglass na sauran Lotus.
Bambance-bambancen da ke tsakanin Titin 3-Eleven da Race, ban da kejin nadi, kuma ya shafi watsa da ake amfani da shi. Hanyar tana amfani da watsa mai sauri 6, yayin da Race ke amfani da akwatin gear-gear mai sauri 6 mai sauri. Aerodynamics kuma daban-daban, tare da daban-daban na gaba da na baya. Mafi girman tseren, yana iya samar da 215kg na raguwa a 240km / h.
Wasannin da aka sanar suna da ɓarna, tare da ƙasa da daƙiƙa 3 daga 0 zuwa 60mph (96km/h) da kuma saurin gudu na 280km/h (Race) da 290km/h (Hada) ya fito fili, tare da bambamcin da aka samu ta hanyar tashin hankali. ma'auni masu tsayin akwatin girma akan Hanya. A da'irar Lotus a Hethel, 3-Eleven ya lalata lokacin kowace cinya, kasancewar daƙiƙa 10 cikin sauri fiye da Lotus na gaba mai sauri tare da lokacin igwa na minti 1 da sakan 22. Yiwuwar ita ce 3-Eleven yakamata su cimma lokacin ƙasa da mintuna 7 a Nurburgring, taki daidai da Porsche 918.
Lotus shine mafi sauri har abada, amma hakan yana zuwa akan farashi. An fara daga Yuro dubu 115, kuma ya tashi zuwa 162,000 a cikin nau'in Race, kuma shine Lotus mafi tsada. Farashin da ba a taɓa gani ba don ƙaramin Lotus, amma ba don tsoratar da abokan ciniki masu yuwuwa ba. Daga cikin raka'o'i 311 da za a samar, akalla rabin an riga an kaddara, inda za a fara samarwa a watan Fabrairun 2016.
Lotus 3-Goma sha ɗaya shine mahimmin bayanin abin da Lotus yakamata ya kasance. Amincewa da kwanciyar hankali da aka dawo da su a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, tare da faɗuwar farashin aiki da hauhawar tallace-tallace, da kuma alƙawarin sabbin samfura masu sauƙi da ƙarfi, sun ba da sanarwar SUV a cikin tsare-tsare na gaba na alama suna ba mu mamaki. SUV ba? Wani irin mota kasa Lotus zai iya zama?
Lotus SUV zai matsa zuwa samarwa. Ta yaya kuma me yasa?
Duk da haɓakar haɓakawa, tabbatar da dorewa na dogon lokaci na ƙananan Lotus shine kalubale. Tare da manufar siyar da raka'a 3000 kowace shekara kuma akai-akai har zuwa ƙarshen shekaru goma, har yanzu bai kai rabin abin da Ferrari ke siyarwa ba, kuma farashin sun yi ƙasa kaɗan. An tilasta Lotus don haɓakawa kuma SUV da Crossovers ba shakka nasara ce ta duniya, suna ci gaba da samun tallace-tallace da rabawa daga sassan gargajiya.
Wannan ba lamari ne da ba a taba yin irinsa ba. Porsche na iya godewa halin da yake ciki na alheri na yanzu ga halittun da mafi yawan masu sha'awar sha'awa suka yi rashin fahimta, irin su Cayenne da, kwanan nan, Macan. Kuma wasu za su bi sawunsa masu riba, kamar Maserati, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Bentley da ma Rolls-Royce.
Koyaya, Lotus SUV, wanda ke kaiwa Porsche's Macan, da farko zai kasance yana keɓe ga kasuwar Sinawa. Domin kuwa? Kasuwa ce ta ɗan ƙaramin ɗan kasuwa, tana faɗaɗa kuma ba ta haɓaka ba tukuna, don haka akwai elasticity don ɗaukar kasada a cikin samfura da matsayi, faɗaɗa hasashen alamar, inda a cikin kasuwannin da aka kafa zai yi wahala yin hakan.
Don haka, Lotus ya shiga wani kamfani na hadin gwiwa tare da Goldstar Heavy Industrial, mai hedikwata a birnin Quanzhou. An riga an fara aikin samar da sabon SUV a harabar Lotus da ke Hethel na kasar Birtaniya, amma za a kera shi ne kawai a kasar Sin, tare da 'yantar da kanta daga harajin shigo da kayayyaki masu yawa.
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Shin SUV, tare da babban cibiyar nauyi da ƙarin ballast, zai iya daidaita ƙimar da Lotus ke kare, kamar haske da haɓaka na musamman? Shugaban Lotus Jean-Marc Gales ya ce eh, har ya zuwa ya ce idan Colin Chapman na da rai, tabbas zai yi daya. Zagi?
Manyan lambobi suna barin wasu shakku. Za ta yi gogayya da Macan, kuma za ta kasance tana da girma irin wannan. Duk da irin wannan girma na waje, an kiyasta cewa nauyin yana 250kg a ƙarƙashin Macan, yana daidaitawa a 1600kg. Haƙiƙa bambancin yana burgewa, amma Lotus mai nauyin 1600kg? Fiye da 1400kg na Evora, a daya bangaren, yana haifar da tashin gira.
Tare da ƙarancin nauyi fiye da kishiyarta, Lotus SUV zai yi ba tare da V6 Supercharged wanda zamu iya samu a cikin Evora 400 ko 3-Eleven ba. Zai cim ma aiki daidai da Macan tare da injin silinda 4 da aka samu daga sashin Toyota, wanda kuma ya cika. Har yanzu ba a san ko wane dandali ne zai yi amfani da shi ba, amma ana hasashen cewa zai iya fitowa daga hadin gwiwa da Proton na Malaysia.
A gani, zai haɗa gaban da zai yi kama da sauran Lotus kuma aikin jiki zai gabatar da alamun Lotus Elite 4-seater, daga 70s.
Amma babban kalubalen tabbas shine haɓaka hasashe da ingantaccen ingancin gini da kayan aiki zuwa matakin yarda da za a kwatanta da Porsche Macan. Filin da Lotus ba ya jin daɗin babban shahara. Ana iya ganin kokarin da ake yi a wannan hanyar a cikin sabon Evora 400, amma don kalubalantar Macan da sauran masu fafatawa da SUV, dole ne a bi hanya mai zurfi.
Kodayake an riga an sanar da shi a hukumance, Lotus SUV zai fara aikinsa a China a ƙarshen 2019 ko farkon 2020. Idan ya yi nasara, za a yi la'akari da fitar da shi zuwa wasu kasuwanni, kamar Turai. Lotus SUV har yanzu yana da nisa, amma har sai lokacin, ba za a sami ƙarancin ƙima ba cikin sauri ga samfuran samfuran na yanzu.
Bayan saba Evora 400 da 3-Eleven, za mu ga wani roadster version na Evora 400, wanda rufin zai kunshi biyu carbon fiber panels, kowane nauyi 3kg. Kamar yadda Evora 400 ya sami dawakai, rasa nauyi, kuma ya ga damar yin amfani da shi cikin sauƙi, za mu ga irin wannan motsa jiki na Exige V6 mai ban mamaki, da za a sayar da shi a cikin 2017. Elise na har abada zai fuskanci wani gyare-gyare, yana karbar. wani sabon gaba, kuma za ku kuma rasa 'yan fam a cikin tsari.
Ƙarshen irin yadda muka fara, tare da 3-Eleven mai ban mamaki, wanda bai kai ga samar da layin ba tukuna, Jean-Marc Gales ya ce gears sun riga sun fara motsawa ta yadda a cikin shekaru biyu 4-Eleven zai bayyana!