THE Mzimu wa Lotus mosakayikira ndi imodzi mwazojambula zodziwika bwino m'mbiri ya mtundu waku Britain wokhazikitsidwa ndi Colin Chapman.
Poyambirira idapangidwa ndi Italdesign ya Giorgetto Giugiaro, idapezanso kutchuka ngati imodzi mwamagalimoto a James Bond - kumbukirani galimoto yapansi panthaka kuchokera ku "The Spy Who Loved Me"? -, ndipo adakweza mtundu wa Lotus kwa (kutalika) zaka 28, atapangidwa pakati pa 1976 ndi 2004.
Ngakhale ntchito yayitali, si ambiri omwe adapangidwa - opitilira 10,000 - ndiye zatsala pang'ono kukhala ndi imodzi yogulitsa. Iyi, komabe, ndi yapadera, chifukwa inali galimoto ya mwiniwake wa mtunduwo, Colin Chapman.
A (kwambiri) Lotus Esprit wapadera
Chopangidwa mu 1981, chitsanzo chomwe tikunena lero sichinangokhalapo chifukwa chinali galimoto ya Colin Chapman.
Lembetsani ku kalata yathu yamakalata
Kuphatikiza pa kukhala ndi zowonjezera zingapo zomwe zimasiyanitsa ndi ena, Lotus Esprit iyi idayendetsedwanso ndi dalaivala wakale wa Formula 1 Elio de Angelis komanso… Margaret Thatcher, "Iron Lady", Prime Minister waku United Kingdom pakati pa 1979 ndi 1990. !
Kodi mumasiyanitsa chiyani? Kuyambira kunja, zojambula zachitsulo zotuwa zokhala ndi zithunzi zosiyanasiyana, kuyimitsidwa kotsitsidwa ndi mawilo a BBS zimawonekera (ichi chinali chitsanzo choyamba cha Esprit kuwonetsa).
Tikalowa mkati mwachikopa chofiyira timapeza kanyumba kolimbitsidwa kuti tigwirizane bwino ndi phokoso la aerodynamic, makina amawu okwera padenga komanso zoziziritsira mpweya.
Yokhala ndi chiwongolero chothandizira, Lotus Esprit iyi inalinso ndi zosefera zingapo za mungu chifukwa cha ziwengo zomwe zidakhudza Colin Chapman.
Amagulitsa bwanji?
Ndi mphamvu ya 2.2 l ya 4 ya cylinder yomwe ili kumbuyo kwa anthu okhalamo, komanso mothandizidwa ndi Garrett turbo, Esprit iyi ili ndi 213 hp ndi 271 Nm yotumizidwa ku mawilo akumbuyo kudzera pa gearbox yothamanga asanu.
Wailesi yokwera padenga ikuwoneka ngati yatengedwa mundege.
Ndi ma kilomita 11,006 okha (17,712 km) kuyambira 1981, Lotus Esprit iyi yaperekedwa kuti ikugulitsidwa ndi a Mark Donaldson.
Ngakhale palibe zonena za mtengo wofunsidwa patsambali, Car and Driver amati Colin Chapman's Esprit. ili ndi mtengo wa 124 madola zikwi, pafupifupi ma euro 113 zikwi.
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