Iyo bigeze kumashini zitwara neza, bake cyane barashobora guhuza na Caterham Irindwi . Yavutse mu mwaka wa 1957 - yego, wasomye ubwo burenganzira - nka Lotus Seven, kurema umuhanga wa Colin Chapman, kandi niba hari imashini ifata ihame rye rya "Byoroshe, hanyuma wongereho umucyo", ibyo imashini ni Irindwi.
Nyuma yo kurangiza kwa Lotus Seven, Imodoka za Caterham zayigurishije, amaherezo zizabona uburenganzira bwo kubyaza umusaruro mu 1973, kandi kuva icyo gihe izwi nka Caterham Seven, kandi ntabwo yigeze ihagarika ubwihindurize kugeza uyu munsi.
Nyamara, imyubakire yacyo nigishushanyo cyayo nticyahindutse kuva icyo gihe, nubwo hari itandukaniro - 485 R yageragejwe, kurugero, iraboneka hamwe na slim chassis, ikomoka kumurongo wambere wa 3, kimwe na chassis yagutse, SV , itwemerera guhuza neza cyane muri minimalist imbere.
Ubwihindurize bwiyumvamo urwego rukora kandi rufite imbaraga, rumaze kunyura kuri moteri ndende ya moteri zitabarika, kuva Rover K-Series kugeza kuri 1.3 ya Suzuki Hayabusa. 485 R ntaho itandukaniye. Gutera imbaraga nke Ibiro 525 by'uburemere - kimwe cya kabiri cya Mazda MX-5 2.0 (!) - twabonye Ford Duratec.
Iyandikishe mu kanyamakuru kacu
Litiro ebyiri zubushobozi, mubisanzwe byifuzwa, 240 hp kuri shrill 8500 rpm, 206 Nm kuri 6300 rpm , kandi uracyubahiriza ibipimo bigezweho byoherezwa mu kirere. Imashini ya garebox ifite umuvuduko wa gatanu gusa, kandi birumvikana ko ishobora gusa gutwara ibiziga byinyuma.
Hamwe na misa mike yo kwimuka ntabwo bitangaje ko ishobora kugera kuri 100 km / h muri 3.4s gusa. Ku rundi ruhande, ubwoko bwa "amatafari" bwo mu kirere, bivuze ko umuvuduko ntarengwa utarenza 225 km / h, ariko ni agaciro karangira ntaho bihuriye - "ntugomba kugenda byihuse kugirango ubone ibyiyumvo bihanitse. ”, Nkuko Diogo abivuga muri videwo.
Kandi biroroshye kumva impamvu. Reba gusa. Caterham Irindwi 485 R niyo modoka yagabanijwe kugeza muri rusange. Ndetse "inzugi" ni ibintu bikoreshwa. Amashanyarazi? Ubuhanga bwa siyanse… ABS, ESP, CT ni inyuguti zidafite icyo zimaze.
Nibimwe mubigereranirizo, visceral, ubukanishi dushobora kuba dufite inyuma yumuduga wimodoka. Ntabwo ari imodoka ya buri munsi, biragaragara… Nubwo bimeze bityo, Diogo ntiyigeze yanga gusangira amakuru yingirakamaro kubijyanye na Caterham: 120 l yubushobozi bwimizigo. Birahagije kugirango ugere… kuri supermarket.
Caterham Irindwi 485 ifite verisiyo ebyiri, S na R, twagerageje. S verisiyo ireba cyane imikoreshereze yumuhanda, mugihe R ireba umuzenguruko. Ibiciro bitangirira kumayero 62.914, ariko "yacu" 485 R igurwa hafi 80.000 euro.
Nibintu byemewe kubwibyo… ikiremwa cyibanze? Reka duhe ijambo Diogo: