Diki Lotus ikozvino ine "Chinese hofori" Geely semugovani wayo mukuru. Uye tichifunga nezvekushanduka-shanduka kweVolvo mushure mekutorwa neGeely, zvinotarisirwa nezveramangwana reLotus zvakangowedzera.
Iyo mhando yemotokari yemitambo yeBritish ine mukurumbira nekuda kwekutsvaga kwayo isingakoshi mapaundi uye nereferensi simba rezvigadzirwa zvayo. Pamusoro pezvo, masevhisi eLotus anga achidiwa zvakanyanya mukusimudzira chassis, makanika uye kunyange mota dzevamwe vagadziri.
Zvimwe zvinooneka, senge Lotus Cortina kana Lotus Omega mareferensi, kana nguva pfupi yadarika iyo Tesla Roadster. Vamwe nenzira yakanyanyisa, apo dzimwe nguva "kubata ne" kungwara kweLotus kunowedzerwa kune tsanangudzo yemhando. Uye vamwe kunyange, umo takazongoona makore gare gare kuti Lotus aibatanidzwa.
Mienzaniso yekupindira kwakakosha kweLotus inogona kuwanikwa mumhando dzisingazivikanwe seIsuzu Piazza, kana dzinozivikanwa zviri nani sechizvarwa chekutanga Toyota MR-2. Rondedzero yacho inoenderera mberi neDeLorean DMC-12 (yakafanana neyoKudzokera kune Ramangwana triology), iyo ine simba rose Nissan GT-R (R34), kana inopisa-hatch yemubereki Proton Satria GTI.
Volvo uye Lotus
Kutenderedza denderedzwa zvakare, Volvo yakatotendeukira kuLotus kuti iwane rubatsiro, neBritish ichibatana pakumiswa kweVolvo 480 uye kusimudzira simba. Uye nhasi tine Lotus neVolvo pasi pedenga rimwe!
Roger Wallgren, anoona nezvekuvandudzwa kweVolvo XC60 itsva, mukutaura kuAustralian publication Drive, akatosiya gonhi rakavhurirwa nyanzvi dzeLotus.
Roger Wallgren, Mutungamiriri Wechikwata Vehicle DynamicsKuregererei? Ini handione paine dambudziko ndichishandisa ruzivo rwavo. Ndinofunga kuti ruzivo rwavo runogona kushandiswa mune chero mamiriro ezvinhu. Tinofanira kuita nhaurirano - tinogona kuchinjana ruzivo navo uye zvichipesana.
Kunyangwe kuchiri kumberi kuratidza hurongwa chaihwo panodiwa mainjiniya eLotus, Wallgren akataura shuviro yeGeely yemhando dzayo dzese, kusanganisira Polestar, Volvo's performance brand.
Roger Wallgren, Mutungamiriri Wechikwata Vehicle DynamicsPolestar imhando ichashandiswa zvakanyanya - isu hatiisiye ichigara pasi uye isingaite chinhu. Nokukurumidza kana kuti gare gare vangangoona chimwe chinhu.
Munoona kwatinoda kuenda? Hapana anokahadzika kugona kwePolestar. Isu takangoziva nguva pfupi yadarika kuti Volvo yakaviga rekodhi yakaiswa kuNürburgring neS60 Polestar. Asi kuve neLotus pachikwata kunosimudza kugona uye zvinotarisirwa zvakatowedzera.
Tichakwanisa here kuona Volvo, kana kunyanya, Polestar, mumakore anotevera, ichinyanya kushingaira muhondo yehukuru hwe "super saloons" kana kunyange maSUV epamusoro-soro? Kana kutoona Volvo ichinatsiridza nhoroondo yayo refu mumacoupes nemuenzaniso wakagadzirwa mukudyidzana neLotus? Kurota hakudhure. Uye nemari yeGeely inotodhura.