Makore makumi matanhatu ekuyeukwa kweLotus Seven anopembererwa uye Caterham haana kurasikirwa nemukana wekumaka zuva nerutsva rwechirangaridzo rweManomwe. Iyo Caterham Super Sprint inotevera tsoka dzeSprint, yakaunzwa gore rapfuura, munzvimbo chaiyo imwechete - iyo Goodwood Revival.
Revenue haina kusiyana neSprint. Caterham anoti Super Sprint ndiyo "yekupedzisira mujaho remujaho", chimwe chinhu chakaita seyekupedzisira muchimiro chemujaho wechirume.
Iyo Super Sprint inodaidzira kune nostalgic matiri, zvichireva nguva yekutanga Lotus Seven. Izvi zvinogona kuonekwa mumavara akasarudzwa, ane zvirongwa zvitanhatu zvekusarudza kubva, nebhandi rakasiyana-siyana rakakomberedza mhino. Chidhiraivho chiri muhuni, windshield ishoma - mhando yeBrooklands - uye zvigaro zvematehwe zvine patani yakapetwa, ine misono inooneka.
Zvinoita kunge zvakabva kunhangemutange ye60s kusvika muzana ramakore rechi18. XXI, ichivimbisa kukwezva kwakasimba.
Simon Lambert, Musoro weDhipatimendi reMakwikwi uye Technical DirectorSaSprint, hapana mubvunzo kuti Caterham Sevem yatingadai takagadzira dai taiva pakati pema1960.
Super?
Iyo Super muSuper Sprint inoreva kukwenenzverwa uye kusimba kunoitwa, zvakajeka nekutyaira kwedunhu mupfungwa. Iyo Suzuki yepakutanga 660 cm3 inline matatu-cylinder yakafanana ne160 uye Sprint. Asi nerubatsiro rwedhipatimendi remakwikwi emhando, simba rakasimuka kubva pa80 hp kuenda kune "shoma" zvine mwero 95 hp. Tenda kuti hazvichadiwi.
Huremu hwakaderera hweCaterham - inongodarika hafu yetani - inoshandisa zvakanyanya huwandu hushoma hwemabhiza, ayo anoenderana nemavhiri madiki - 14-inch mavhiri esimbi uye matai 155/65 - uye masimba akasarudzika, anokwana chiitiko chakasiyana. panzira ipi neipi inomonereka.
Iyo Super Sprint inokwanisa kumhanyisa kusvika 96 km/h (60 mph) mumasekondi 6.9 uye inosvika 160 km/h. Iyo ine zvakare yekuzvivharira-yakasarudzika uye inochinjika kuturika, uye inogona kudzvanya chigaro chevatakuri, ine chivharo chemhando yetonneau panzvimbo.
Iyo Caterham Super Sprint ichaganhurwa kumayuniti makumi matanhatu, sezvakaita Sprint.