Iyo bigeze kububatsi buto, ntibishoboka kudashima Lotus . Yashinzwe mu 1948 na Colin Chapman, yishimye ntabwo yigeze ireka uburyo uwashinze imodoka. "Koroshya, hanyuma ongeraho urumuri" niyo ntego yamye ivuga muri make Lotus, ikomoka mubikorwa byerekana ibipimo ngenderwaho nka karindwi, Elan, cyangwa Elise iheruka.
Hariho imyaka 70 yubuzima, inyinshi murizo hamwe nubuzima bwabo bwugarijwe, ariko ubu, mumaboko ya Geely, bisa nkaho bifite umutekano muke kugirango duhangane ejo hazaza.
Isabukuru yimyaka 70 ya Lotus yaranzwe no gutangiza inyandiko zidasanzwe za moderi zayo; kugirango ugere ku ntambwe igaragara, umusaruro wimodoka yawe nimero 100 000, ishobora kuba iyanyu, kumayero arenga 20 gusa; none ikirango cyabongereza gitangiza ikibazo gitandukanye rwose: ibyo byo kubona imodoka ya Lotus ya mbere ya Colin Chapman, Lotus Mark I..
Lotus Mark I.
Imodoka ya mbere yitiriwe Lotus yari imodoka yo gusiganwa yubatswe na Chapman muri garage yababyeyi b'umukunzi we i Londres. Urebye aho imodoka yambere igarukira, Austin irindwi yoroheje, injeniyeri ukiri muto yagize amahirwe yambere yo gushyira mubikorwa amahame ye n'amahame - bigifite agaciro muri iki gihe - kugirango azamure imikorere kandi ahangane nabahanganye biteguye neza.
Ntakintu na kimwe cyasigaye kitavunitse muri gitoya Austin Irindwi muguhindura imodoka yimodoka ya Lotus Mark I ikora neza: guhindura imiterere yo guhagarikwa no kuboneza, gushimangira chassis, imibiri yoroheje yumubiri no kwemeza ko ibice byangirika kenshi mumarushanwa bishobora gusimburwa vuba. Inyuma kandi yaguwe kugirango ishyiremo ibiziga bibiri by'ibicuruzwa, byemerera kugabanura ibiro neza, bikurura cyane.
Yubatswe n'intoki abifashijwemo n'inshuti n'umukunzi we, umugore we Hazel - ndetse na mugenzi we - Lotus Mark Nahuye natsinze ako kanya mumarushanwa yambere yarushanwaga (mumarushanwa yagenwe hejuru yigitaka), hamwe nabageraho babiri atsindira mu ishuri ryawe. Injeniyeri udacogora, amasomo twakuye kuri Mariko I yahise ashyirwa mubikorwa mugutezimbere Lotus Mark II, yagaragaye umwaka ukurikira.
Ari Lotusi I?
Hamwe na Mark I yasimbuwe na Mark II, Chapman yashyiraga imodoka kugurishwa muri 1950, agashyira amatangazo muri Motor Sport. Imodoka yagurishwa mu Gushyingo, kandi ikintu kizwi kuri nyirayo mushya ni uko yari atuye mu majyaruguru y'Ubwongereza. Kuva icyo gihe, inzira ya Lotus ya mbere yakozwe yarazimiye.
Habayeho kugerageza gushaka imodoka, ariko kugeza ubu nta ntsinzi. Lotus noneho yitabaje abakunzi bayo nabakunzi bayo kugirango ibone imodoka yambere, nkuko dushobora kubisoma mubutumwa Clive Chapman, umuhungu wa Colin Chapman akaba numuyobozi wa Classic Team Lotus:
Ikimenyetso cya I nigitekerezo cyera cyamateka ya Lotusi. Bwari ubwambere data abasha gushyira mubitekerezo bye kunoza imikorere mubikorwa ashushanya kandi yubaka imodoka. Kubona iki kimenyetso Lotus mugihe twizihiza isabukuru yimyaka 70 byaba ari ibintu byiza cyane. Turashaka ko abafana bafata umwanya wo kureba muri garage zose, amasuka, ibigega byemewe. Ndetse birashoboka ko Mark I yavuye mubwongereza kandi twifuza kumenya niba ikiri mu kindi gihugu.
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