THE Mudzimu weLotus iyo pasina kupokana kwakawanda ndeimwe yemhando dzakanyanya kufananidzira munhoroondo yeBritish brand yakavambwa naColin Chapman.
Yakagadzirwa neGiorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign, yakawanawo mukurumbira seimwe yemotokari dzeJames Bond - rangarira mota yepasi pemvura kubva ku "The Spy Who Loved Me"? -, uye yakakwira muyero weLotus (yakareba) makore makumi maviri nemasere, yakagadzirwa pakati pa1976 na2004.
Pasinei nebasa rakareba, havasi vazhinji vakagadzirwa - vanongopfuura zviuru gumi - saka chinenge chiitiko kuva neimwe yekutengesa. Iyi, zvisinei, yakakosha, sezvo yaive mota yemunhu muvambi weiyo brand, Colin Chapman.
A (yakanyanya) yakakosha Lotus Esprit
Yakagadzirwa muna 1981, muenzaniso watiri kutaura nezvawo nhasi hausi wega nekuti yaive mota yaColin Chapman.
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Pamusoro pekuve nezvimwe zvakati wandei zvinoisiyanisa nevamwe, iyi Lotus Esprit yakafambiswawo neyaimbove mutyairi weFormula 1 Elio de Angelis uye kunyangwe na… !
Chii chinokusiyanisa? Kutanga nekunze, simbi yegrey pendi ine akasiyana siyana magiraidhi, iyo yakaderedzwa kumiswa uye mavhiri eBBS anomira pachena (uyu waive wekutanga Esprit muenzaniso kuvaratidza).
Kana tave mukati memukati dzvuku reganda remukati tinowana yakasimbiswa kabhini kuti iite zvirinani aerodynamic ruzha, sirin'i yakaiswa ruzha system uye air conditioning.
Yakashongedzerwa nerubatsiro rwekutungamira, iyi Lotus Esprit zvakare yaive nenhevedzano yemasefa ekumesa nekuda kweallergies yakabata Colin Chapman.
Inoita marii?
Iine four-cylinder 2.2 l capacity yakaiswa kuseri kwevakagara, uye nerubatsiro rweGarrett turbo, Esprit iyi ine 213 hp ne271 Nm inotumirwa kumavhiri ekumashure kuburikidza negiya regiya remagiya mashanu.
Radhiyo iri padenga inoita kunge yakatorwa mundege.
Iine mamaira gumi nenomwe chete akafukidzwa (17,712 km) kubva 1981, iyi Lotus Esprit yave kupihwa kutengeswa naMark Donaldson.
Kunyangwe pasina kutaurwa nezve mutengo wekubvunza pasaiti, Mota naMutyairi vanoti Colin Chapman's Esprit. ine mutengo we124 zviuru zvemadhora, anenge 113 zviuru zveeuro.
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