Lotusi ntoya ubu ifite "igihangange cyabashinwa" Geely nkabanyamigabane benshi. Urebye ubwihindurize bwa Volvo nyuma yo kugurwa na Geely, ibyifuzo byigihe kizaza cya Lotusi byazamutse cyane.
Imodoka yimikino yo mubwongereza irazwi cyane kubera gukurikirana pound idakenewe hamwe ningaruka zerekana ibicuruzwa byayo. Byongeye kandi, serivisi za Lotus zarakenewe cyane mugutezimbere chassis, ubukanishi ndetse nibinyabiziga kubandi bakora.
Bimwe mubigaragara, nka Lotus Cortina cyangwa Lotus Omega, cyangwa vuba aha Tesla Roadster. Abandi muburyo bufifitse, aho rimwe na rimwe ubushishozi "bukorwa na" Lotus bwongewe kubisobanuro byurugero. N'abandi ndetse, aho twavumbuye nyuma yimyaka gusa Lotus yabigizemo uruhare.
Ingero zokwitabwaho kwa Lotus murashobora kuzisanga muburyo butazwi nka Isuzu Piazza, cyangwa izwi cyane nka generation yambere Toyota MR-2. Urutonde rurakomeza hamwe na DeLorean DMC-12 (kimwe no muri Back to the Future triology), imbaraga zose za Nissan GT-R (R34), cyangwa ishyushye ryababyeyi Proton Satria GTI.
Volvo na Lotus
Kuzenguruka uruziga, Volvo yamaze kwitabaza Lotus kugirango ibafashe, hamwe nabongereza bafatanya muguhagarika Volvo 480 no guteza imbere imbaraga. Kandi uyumunsi dufite Lotus na Volvo munsi yinzu imwe!
Roger Wallgren, ushinzwe iterambere ryihuse rya Volvo XC60 nshya, mu magambo yatangarije igitabo cyo muri Ositaraliya cyitwa Drive, yamaze gusiga umuryango w’inzobere za Lotus.
Roger Wallgren, Umuyobozi w'Ibinyabiziga DynamicsKuki? Ntabwo mbona ikibazo nkoresheje ubumenyi bwabo. Ntekereza ko ubumenyi bwabo bushobora gukoreshwa mubihe byose. Tugomba kugirana ibiganiro - dushobora kungurana ubumenyi nabo naho ubundi.
Nubwo hakiri kare kwerekana gahunda zihariye aho hakenewe abajenjeri ba Lotus, Wallgren yavuze icyifuzo cya Geely kubirango byayo byose, harimo na Polestar, ikirango cya Volvo.
Roger Wallgren, Umuyobozi w'Ibinyabiziga DynamicsPolestar ni ikirango kizakoreshwa cyane - ntituzareka ngo cyicare kandi ntacyo gikora. Bitinde bitebuke bazabona ikintu.
Reba aho dushaka kujya? Ntamuntu ushidikanya kubushobozi bwa Polestar. Vuba aha twamenye ko Volvo yahishe inyandiko yashyizwe i Nürburgring hamwe na S60 Polestar. Ariko kugira Lotus kumurwi bizamura ubushobozi nibiteganijwe kurushaho.
Tuzashobora kubona Volvo, cyangwa cyane cyane, Polestar, mumyaka iri imbere, ikora cyane kurugamba rwo hejuru ya "super salo" cyangwa na SUV zikora cyane? Cyangwa no kubona Volvo itunganyiriza amateka maremare muri coupés hamwe nicyitegererezo cyatejwe imbere na Lotus? Kurota ntabwo bisaba. Kandi n'amafaranga ya Geely biratwara make.