Muri Nzeri ishize, Lotus Esprit yarohamye mu 007 - Irresitible Agent, yatejwe cyamunara kubera € 728.000. Muguzi? Elon Musk, umuyobozi mukuru wa Tesla Motors.
Millionaire Elon Musk afite imigabane mubigo nka Paypal na SpaceX, isosiyete yambere igurisha ingendo zukwezi. Usibye aya masosiyete yombi, Elon Musk ni umuyobozi mukuru wa Tesla Motors, isosiyete izagira uruhare mu guhindura Lotus Esprit yo mu bwoko bwa James Bond.
Icyitegererezo cyibanze cyubwato ni Lotus Esprit. Yerekanwe nk'igitekerezo muri salon ya Turin mu 1972 kandi cyashizweho na Gioretto Giugiaro, yari imwe mu moderi ya mbere y’umutaliyani “impapuro zizingiye”. Ibicuruzwa byatanzwe muri salon ya Paris 1975, hamwe nimpinduka nke muburyo bwo kwiga. Nibyiza, ariko nibyiza guhagarara hano, reka dusige inkuru yimwe mumamodoka meza ya siporo yo hagati yo hagati ya 70 ya mashini yacu igice cyashize.
Waba uri umufana wa firime 007 cyangwa utayifite, umukozi uzwi cyane mubanga wibanga ryabongereza kuva kera, rwose ishusho ya Lotus yera yera mumazi afite amababa ane ntabwo idasanzwe. Ariko, kandi udashaka kwangiza ibitekerezo byumwana imbere muri buri kimwe, ikigaragara ni uko Lotusi yahinduwe mubwato hamwe na kanda yoroshye ya buto, ntabwo yari ifite ubwo bushobozi. Ikinyabiziga cyo mumazi mubyukuri cyari umubiri wa Lotus hamwe na hydrodynamic ihinduka hamwe na moteri enye. Imbere ntabwo yari ifite amazi bityo rero kapiteni yagombaga kuba afite ibikoresho byo kwibira.
Nkumwana uvumbuye ko Santa Claus atabaho, Elon Musk yatengushye Lotus Esprit yarohamye kuva 007, ariko, amahirwe ye amwemerera guhindura bimwe mubitengushye inzozi, bityo Tesla Motors izaha ibikoresho byose byo mumazi nibikenewe byose bihindure imikorere (muburyo bwukuri bwijambo) ibinyabiziga bivangavanze.
