Idan ya zo ga injunan tuƙi masu tsabta, kaɗan ne kawai za su iya daidaitawa Caterham Seven . An haife shi a cikin shekara mai nisa na 1957 - eh, kun karanta wannan daidai - kamar yadda Lotus Bakwai, ƙirƙirar ƙwararren ƙwararren Colin Chapman, kuma idan akwai injin da ke ɗaukar ka'idarsa ta "Sauƙaƙe, to ƙara haske" da gaske, cewa inji shi ne Bakwai.
Bayan kawo karshen samar da Lotus Bakwai, Caterham Cars, wanda ya sayar da su, zai sami haƙƙin haƙƙin samarwa a 1973, kuma tun lokacin ana kiransa Caterham Seven, kuma bai daina haɓakawa ba har yau.
Koyaya, gine-ginensa da ƙirar sa sun kasance kusan ba su canzawa tun lokacin, kodayake tare da wasu bambance-bambancen - 485 R da aka gwada, alal misali, yana samuwa tare da slim chassis, wanda aka samo shi kai tsaye daga ainihin Series 3, da kuma babban chassis, SV. , wanda ke ba mu damar dacewa da mafi kyau a cikin mafi ƙarancin ciki.
Juyin halitta ya yi wa kansa jin kanshi a matakin injina da kuzari, bayan ya ratsa dogayen kaho na injuna marasa adadi, daga Rover K-Series zuwa frenzied 1.3 na Suzuki Hayabusa. 485 R ba shi da bambanci. Ƙarfafa ƙarancin ku 525 kg na nauyi - rabin Mazda MX-5 2.0 (!) - mun sami sashin Ford Duratec.
Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu
Lita biyu na iya aiki, wanda ake so a zahiri, 240 hp a wani shrill 8500 rpm, 206 nm a 6300 rpm , kuma har yanzu suna bin sabbin ka'idojin fitar da hayaki. Akwatin gear na hannu yana da gudu biyar kacal, kuma ba shakka, yana iya zama tuƙi ta baya kawai.
Tare da ɗan ƙaramin taro don motsawa ba abin mamaki bane zai iya kaiwa 100 km / h a cikin 3.4 kawai. Nau'insa na "bulo" aerodynamics, a daya bangaren, yana nufin cewa matsakaicin gudun ba ya wuce 225 km / h, amma yana da darajar da ta ƙare ba ta da mahimmanci - "ba dole ba ne ka yi sauri don samun babban abin mamaki. ”, kamar yadda Diogo ke nuni a cikin bidiyon.
Kuma yana da sauƙin fahimtar dalilin. Kalle shi kawai. Caterham Seven 485 R shine motar da aka rage zuwa ainihin ta. Ko da "ƙofofi" abubuwa ne da za a iya zubarwa. Kiyaye sauti? Almarar Kimiyya… ABS, ESP, CT haruffa ne kawai marasa ma'ana.
Wannan shine ɗayan mafi kyawun analog, visceral, gogewar injiniya da wataƙila za mu iya samu a bayan motar mota. Ba motar yau da kullun ba ce, a sarari… Duk da haka, Diogo bai ji kunya ba don raba wasu bayanai masu amfani game da yanayin aikin Caterham: 120 l na iyawar kaya. Isa don tafiya… zuwa babban kanti.
Caterham Seven 485 yana da nau'i biyu, S da R, waɗanda muka gwada. Sigar S ta fi karkata zuwa amfani da titi, yayin da R ya fi karkata. Farashin yana farawa daga Yuro 62,914, amma “namu” 485 R ana saka farashi a kusan Yuro 80,000.
Shin jimlar da za a iya gaskatawa ga irin wannan… na farko ta halitta? Bari mu ba Diogo ƙasa: