Lotus 3-Eleven ndiye Lotus yothamanga kwambiri komanso yokwera mtengo kwambiri. Koma ngakhale 3-Eleven ingachepetse kugwedezeka kwa SUV yokhala ndi chizindikiro cha Lotus.
Chikondwerero cha Goodwood chidachitikanso poyambitsa Lotus 3-Eleven, Lotus yothamanga kwambiri komanso yokwera mtengo kwambiri kuposa kale lonse ndipo mwina mawu oyera komanso osasefedwa a zomwe Lotus ali. Kuchokera ku Lotus kuphatikiza Lotus yomwe ilipo pakadali pano zidzakhala zovuta kukumba kudumpha kwa SUV yomwe yalengezedwa mwalamulo, mwina Lotus kuchotsa Lotus panjira mtsogolo. Kodi zimenezi zinachitika bwanji?
Tiyeni tiyambe ndi apa ndi pano. Lotus 3-Eleven ndiye gawo lotsatira labwino pakukonzanso mtunduwo, pambuyo pa Evora 400.
Imapezeka m'mitundu ya Road kapena Race, 3-Eleven kwenikweni ndi galimoto yama track, makina amtheradi amasiku apamtunda, koma ovomerezeka kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito pamisewu ya anthu onse (Msewu). Chiyambi cha lingaliro ndi dzina zili mu Eleven yoyambirira, yobadwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1950, ndipo, posachedwa, adachira mu 2-Eleven (2007).
2-Eleven inalidi yodabwitsa. Kuchokera ku 2006 Lotus Exige S, yokhala ndi 255hp kusuntha 670kg yokha, pogwiritsa ntchito 4 silinda ya Toyota 2ZZ-GE, yomwe yawonjezeredwa. 3-Eleven, malinga ndi zomwe zalengezedwa, imakweza kuthekera kwa omwe adatsogolera kumlingo wosiyana kwambiri.
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Chifukwa cha 3.5 litre V6 - yochokeranso ku Toyota unit - yoyikidwa kumbuyo m'malo opingasa komanso yolipiridwa kwambiri kudzera pa kompresa, izi zimapangitsa 450bhp (458hp) pa 7000rpm ndi 450Nm pa 3500rpm. Sizikanalemera 670kg ya zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa, chifukwa cha V6 yolemera komanso chassis kukula kwake kuti igwire 200hp. Ngakhale zili choncho, zotsatsa zosakwana 900kg zimakondweretsa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mphamvu zolemera zikhale zosakwana 2 kg / hp! Visceral!
Mitundu yonse iwiri ya 3-Eleven imagwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe a Torsen-mtundu wocheperako, ndikukhala pa mawilo opepuka 18 ″ kutsogolo ndi 19 ″ kumbuyo, ndi 225/40 R18 kutsogolo ndi 275/35 R19 matayala akumbuyo. Mpikisano wa AP umapereka ma braking system, okhala ndi ma brake calipers 4 pa disc, ndipo ABS imachokera ku Bosch, ngakhale kusintha kopangidwa ndi Lotus. Ilinso ndi khola la roll, ndi mtundu wa Race womwe umawonjezera zinthu zina kuti zigwirizane ndi malamulo a FIA.
Chatsopano ndikugwiritsanso ntchito koyamba m'galimoto yopangira zida zatsopano zamapanelo amthupi, zomwe, malinga ndi Lotus, ndizopepuka 40% kuposa mapanelo a fiberglass a Lotus ina.
Kusiyanitsa pakati pa 3-Eleven Road ndi Race, kuwonjezera pa khola la mpukutu, kumagwiranso ntchito pamayendedwe omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito. Msewu umagwiritsa ntchito 6-speed manual transmission, pamene Race imagwiritsa ntchito gearshift 6-speed sequential Xtrac gearbox. Ma aerodynamics nawonso ndi osiyana, okhala ndi zowononga zakutsogolo komanso zakumbuyo. Mpikisano woopsa kwambiri, umatha kutulutsa 215kg ya kutsika kwa 240km/h.
Masewero omwe adalengezedwawo ndi owopsa, okhala ndi masekondi ochepera a 3 kuchokera ku 0 mpaka 60mph (96km/h) komanso kuthamanga kwapamwamba kwa 280km/h (Race) ndi 290km/h (Msewu) kumaonekera, kusiyana kwake kuli koyenera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa magalimoto. ziwerengero zazitali bokosi masaizi pa Road. Pa dera la Lotus ku Hethel, 3-Eleven inawononga nthawi pamphepete, kukhala masekondi a 10 mofulumira kuposa Lotus yothamanga kwambiri ndi nthawi ya cannon ya 1 miniti ndi masekondi 22. Zomwe zingatheke ndikuti 3-Eleven ikwaniritse nthawi yosachepera mphindi 7 ku Nurburgring, liwiro lofanana ndi Porsche 918.
Ndiye Lotus yothamanga kwambiri, koma imabwera pamtengo. Kuyambira pa 115 zikwi za Euros, ndikukwera kufika ku 162,000 mu Race version, ilinso Lotus yodula kwambiri. Mitengo yomwe sinachitikepo ya Lotus yaying'ono, koma osati kuwopseza makasitomala. Mwa mayunitsi 311 omwe akuyenera kupangidwa, osachepera theka lakonzekera kale, ndipo kupanga kuyambira February 2016.
Lotus 3-Eleven ndiye chiwonetsero chachikulu cha zomwe Lotus ayenera kukhala. Chidaliro ndi bata zomwe zidayambanso mchaka chathachi, ndikutsika kwa ndalama zogwirira ntchito komanso kukwera kwa malonda, komanso lonjezo la zitsanzo zopepuka komanso zamphamvu zokonzedwanso, zidalengezedwa za SUV m'mapulani amtsogolo amtunduwo zimatidabwitsa. Ndi SUV? Kodi pangakhale galimoto yamtundu wanji yochepera Lotus?
Lotus SUV idzayamba kupanga. Motani nanga chifukwa chiyani?
Ngakhale kukula kwachangu, kuonetsetsa kukhazikika kwa nthawi yayitali kwa Lotus yaying'ono ndizovuta. Ndi cholinga chogulitsa mayunitsi 3000 pachaka komanso mosasintha mpaka zaka khumi zitha, akadali ochepera theka la zomwe, tinene, Ferrari imagulitsa, ndipo mitengo ndiyotsika kwambiri. Lotus amakakamizika kusiyanasiyana ndipo ma SUV ndi Crossovers ndiwopambana padziko lonse lapansi, akupitilizabe kugulitsa ndikugawana nawo magawo azikhalidwe.
Izi sizinachitikepo. Porsche ikhoza kuthokoza mkhalidwe wake wachisomo kwa zolengedwa zosamvetsetseka ndi okonda kwambiri, monga Cayenne ndipo, posachedwa, Macan. Ndipo ena atsatira mapazi ake opindulitsa, monga Maserati, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Bentley komanso Rolls-Royce.
Komabe, Lotus SUV, yomwe imayang'ana Porsche's Macan, idzakhala ndi moyo wongokhala pamsika waku China. Ndi chifukwa? Ndi msika wawung'ono, womwe ukukulirakulira koma sunaphatikizidwebe, kotero pali elasticity kutenga zoopsa pazogulitsa ndi kuyika, kukulitsa mawonekedwe amtunduwo, pomwe m'misika yokhazikitsidwa zimakhala zovuta kutero.
Kuti izi zitheke, Lotus adachita nawo mgwirizano ndi Goldstar Heavy Industrial, yomwe ili ku likulu la mzinda wa Quanzhou. Kupanga kwa SUV yatsopano kukuchitika kale m'malo a Lotus ku Hethel, UK, koma ipangidwa pa nthaka yaku China yokha, ndikudzimasula kumitengo yotsika mtengo.
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Kodi SUV, yokhala ndi mphamvu yokoka komanso yowonjezereka, ingafanane ndi mfundo zomwe zimatetezedwa ndi Lotus, monga kupepuka komanso mphamvu zapadera? Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Lotus Jean-Marc Gales akunena motsimikiza kuti inde, mpaka kunena kuti ngati Colin Chapman akanakhala ndi moyo, akanatha kupanga imodzi. Mwano?
Manambala apamwamba amasiya kukayika kwina. Idzapikisana ndi Macan, ndipo idzakhala ndi miyeso yofanana ndi iyi. Ngakhale voliyumu yofanana yakunja, akuti kulemera kwake ndi 250kg pansi pa Macan, kukhazikika pa 1600kg. Mwachidziwitso kusiyana kumadabwitsa, koma Lotus yokhala ndi 1600kg? Kuposa 1400kg ya Evora, kumbali ina, imayambitsa nsidze.
Ndi kulemera kochepa kwambiri kuposa mdani wake, Lotus SUV idzachita popanda V6 Supercharged yomwe tingapeze mu Evora 400 kapena 3-Eleven. Idzakwaniritsa ntchito yofanana ndi Macan ndi injini ya 4-silinda yochokera ku Toyota unit, yomwe ilinso ndi supercharged. Sizikudziwikabe kuti ndi nsanja iti yomwe idzagwiritse ntchito, koma akuti ikhoza kubwera kuchokera ku mgwirizano ndi Malaysian Proton.
Mwachiwonekere, idzaphatikiza kutsogolo komwe kudzafanana ndi Lotus ina ndipo zolimbitsa thupi zidzawonetsa mawonekedwe a Lotus Elite 4-seater, kuyambira 70s.
Koma vuto lalikulu kwambiri lidzakhala kukweza malingaliro ndi khalidwe lenileni la zomangamanga ndi zipangizo ku mlingo wovomerezeka kuti ufanane ndi Porsche Macan. Munda womwe Lotus sasangalala ndi kutchuka kwakukulu. Khama loyang'ana uku zitha kuwoneka kale mu Evora 400 yatsopano, koma kutsutsa Macan ndi ena ochita nawo ma SUV, njira yotsetsereka iyenera kudutsa.
Ngakhale kuti adalengezedwa kale, Lotus SUV idzayamba ntchito yake ku China kumapeto kwa 2019 kapena kumayambiriro kwa 2020. Ngati bwino, kutumiza kwake kudzaganiziridwa pamisika ina, monga Europe. Lotus SUV ikadali kutali, koma mpaka pamenepo, sipadzakhala kusowa kwa zatsopano motsatizana mwachangu pamitundu yamakono yamtunduwu.
Pambuyo pa Evora 400 yodziwika bwino ndi 3-Eleven, tiwona mtundu wa roadster wa Evora 400, momwe denga lidzakhala ndi mapanelo awiri a carbon fiber, iliyonse yolemera 3kg. Momwemonso Evora 400 adapeza akavalo, adataya kulemera kwake, ndikuwona mwayi wopita mkati mwake mosavuta, tidzawona zochitika zofanana za Exige V6 yodabwitsa, yomwe idzagulitsidwe mu 2017. Elise wamuyaya adzalandiranso kukonzanso kwina, kulandira. kutsogolo kwatsopano, ndipo mudzataya mapaundi angapo pochita izi.
Pomaliza momwe tidayambira, ndi 3-Eleven yosangalatsa, yomwe sinafikebe pamzere wopanga, Jean-Marc Gales akuti magiya akuyenda kale kotero kuti mkati mwa zaka ziwiri 4-Eleven idzawonekera!