Isabukuru yimyaka 60 ya Lotus irindwi irizihizwa kandi Caterham ntiyabuze amahirwe yo kwizihiza itariki hamwe ninshuro nshya yo kwibuka irindwi. Caterham Super Sprint ikurikiza inzira ya Sprint, yatangijwe umwaka ushize, muburyo bumwe - Goodwood Revival.
Amafaranga yinjira ntaho atandukaniye na Sprint. Caterham avuga ko Super Sprint ari "ikirenga muburyo bwa nyakubahwa basiganwa", ikintu kimeze nkicyiza muburyo bwa nyakubahwa.
Super Sprint irasaba nostalgic muri twe, yerekeza kubihe bya Lotusi ya mbere. Ibi birashobora kugaragara mumabara yahisemo, hamwe na gahunda esheshatu zo guhitamo, hamwe nibara ritandukanya ibara ryizuru. Ikizunguruka kiri mubiti, ikirahuri ni gito - Ubwoko bwa Brooklands - kandi intebe zuruhu zirimo ishusho ya padi, hamwe nibigaragara.
Birasa nkaho byaturutse mumarushanwa yo muri 60 kugeza mu kinyejana cya 18. XXI, byemeza ko ari ubujurire bukomeye.
Simon Lambert, Umuyobozi w'ishami rishinzwe amarushanwa akaba n'umuyobozi ushinzwe tekinikeKimwe na Sprint, nta gushidikanya ko Caterham Sevem twaba twarateje imbere iyo tuba hagati ya 1960.
Super?
Super muri Super Sprint bivuga uburyo bwo gutunganya no gukora neza, neza hamwe no gutwara ibizunguruka. Suzuki yumwimerere 660 cm3 inline ya silindari eshatu ni kimwe na 160 na Sprint. Ariko tubifashijwemo nishami rishinzwe amarushanwa, imbaraga zazamutse ziva kuri 80 hp zigera kuri "munsi" yoroheje 95 hp. Emera ko bitagikenewe.
Uburemere buke bwa Caterham - hejuru ya kimwe cya kabiri cya toni - bukoresha neza umubare muto wamafarashi, ajyanye niziga rito - ibiziga bya santimetero 14 na tine 155/65 - hamwe nimbaraga zidasanzwe, birahagije kuburambe budasanzwe ku nzira iyo ari yo yose.
Super Sprint irashobora kwihuta kugera kuri 96 km / h (60 mph) mumasegonda 6.9 ikagera kuri 160 km / h. Ifite kandi kwifungisha gutandukanya no guhagarikwa guhagarikwa, kandi irashobora guhagarika intebe yabagenzi, ikagira igifuniko cyubwoko bwa tonneau.
Caterham Super Sprint izagarukira kubice 60, kimwe na Sprint.