Kana zvasvika kune vadiki vavaki, hazvibviri kusakoshesa Lotus . Yakavambwa muna 1948 naColin Chapman, haina kumbobvira yasiya nzira yemuvambi kumotokari. "Rerutsa, wobva wawedzera kureruka" ndiyo motto yagara ichipfupisa Lotus, zvichibva mukugadzirisa mota dzakaita seNomwe, Elan, kana ichangoburwa Elise.
Kune makore 70 oupenyu, mazhinji awo nokuvapo kwawo kuchityisidzirwa, asi zvino, mumaoko aGeely, kunoratidzika kuva kune kuterama kuri madikanwa kutarisana nenguva yemberi.
Lotus '70th anniversary yakatocherechedzwa nekutanga kwemamwe edisheni akakosha emhando dzayo; yekusvika padanho rakakosha, kugadzirwa kwenhamba yemota yako 100 000, inogona kunge iri yako, kweanopfuura makumi maviri euros; uye ikozvino mhando yeBritish inotanga dambudziko rakasiyana zvachose: iyo yekutsvaga mota yaColin Chapman yekutanga yeLotus, iyo Lotus Mark I.
Lotus Mark I
Mota yekutanga yakatakura zita reLotus yaive mota yemujaho yakavakwa naChapman mugaraji revabereki vemusikana wake muLondon. Tichifunga nezve miganhu yemotokari yepakutanga, ine mwero Austin Seven, mudiki injiniya akawana mukana wekutanga wekushandisa dzidziso nemisimboti yake - izvo zvinoramba zviripo nhasi - kuwedzera mashandiro uye kupikisa vakwikwidzi vakagadzirira zviri nani.
Hapana chakasiiwa chisina kukuvadzwa mudiki Austin Seven mushanduko kuenda kune inoshanda Lotus Mark I mota yemujaho: yakagadziridzwa kumiswa dhizaini uye kumisikidzwa, chassis kusimbiswa, kuremerwa kwemuviri mapaneru uye kuve nechokwadi chekuti zvikamu zvinogara zvichikuvadzwa mumakwikwi zvinogona kuchinjwa nekukurumidza. Iyo yekumashure yakawedzerwawo kuti ibatanidze mavhiri maviri akasara, ayo aibvumira kugovanisa uremu zviri nani, kuve nechokwadi chekudhonza.
Yakagadzirwa nemaoko nerubatsiro rweshamwari nemusikana wake, mudzimai wemunguva yemberi Hazel - uye kunyange mutyairi-mutyairi - Lotus Mark I ndakasangana nekubudirira nekukurumidza mumijaho yekutanga yaakakwikwidza (mumijaho yenguva pamusoro pevhu pasi), nekubudirira kwemaviri. anokunda mukirasi yako. Injiniya asinganeti, zvidzidzo zvakadzidzwa kubva kuna Mark I zvakakurumidza kuiswa mukuita mukuvandudza kweLotus Mark II, iyo yakaonekwa gore rakatevera.
Iripi Lotus Mark I?
NaMark I akatsiviwa naMark II, Chapman aizoisa mota kutengeswa muna 1950, achiisa ad muMotor Sport. Motokari yaizotengeswa munaNovember, uye chinhu chega chinozikanwa nezvemuridzi mutsva ndechekuti aigara kuchamhembe kweEngland. Uye kubva ipapo, nzira yekutanga Lotus yakagadzirwa yakarasika.
Pakave nekuedza kwekare kutsvaga motokari, asi kusvika ikozvino pasina kubudirira. Lotus ikozvino inotendeukira kune vateveri vayo uye vanofarira kuti vawane mota yavo yekutanga, sezvatinogona kuverenga mumeseji Clive Chapman, mwanakomana waColin Chapman uye director weClass Team Lotus:
Iyo Mako I ndiyo tsvene yenhoroondo yeLotus. Yakanga iri nguva yokutanga baba vangu vakakwanisa kuisa dzidziso dzavo dzekuvandudza kushanda mukuita kuburikidza nekugadzira nekuvaka motokari. Kuwana iyi Lotus yakakosha apo isu tichipemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi manomwe ingave chiitiko chikuru. Tinoda kuti vatsigiri vatore mukana uyu kuona mumagaraji ose, mashedhi, matura anotenderwa. Zvinotogona kuti Mark I akabva kuUK uye isu tinoda kuziva kana ichipona kune imwe nyika.
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