Isebenze nePorsche, iJaguar, iBentley, kwaye isebenza noAlfa Romeo kunye neMaserati. Kwaye kufuneka isebenze neLamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin kunye neFerrari. Ngokucacileyo ndithetha ngokongezwa kwee-SUV kuluhlu lwabavelisi abaziwa kakhulu ngemidlalo yabo okanye iisaluni zodidi oluphezulu. Kwaye uLotus ufuna iqhekeza lesenzo.
Isenokuba yinkohliso kwaye ayinangqondo, kodwa i-SUV kunye ne-crossover zithengisa njengepopcorn kwiimuvi kwaye ziqinisekisa ngemali isiseko esiluqilima seempawu zokuphuhlisa iiprojekthi zexesha elizayo.
Iwebhusayithi yaseTshayina iPCauto ikhuphe uthotho lwemifanekiso yokufaka i-patent etyhila into ejongeka njenge-SUV yekamva yeLotus. YiSUV ekhangeleka iguquguquka, ihambelana nezindululo ezifana neMaserati Levante okanye iAlfa Romeo Stelvio, kodwa inezinto ezicacileyo zeLotus, njengoko ibonakala ngaphambili nangasemva.
I-SUV iyaqhubeka, nokuba i-Geely ikhwele
I-Lotus isanda kuthengwa nguGeely, umnini weVolvo kunye nePolestar, kwaye ukulindela kwikamva lomenzi omncinci waseBrithani kuphezulu. UJean-Marc Gales, i-CEO yayo, ngoku ichaza kunye nabo banoxanduva lwe-Geely isicwangciso sekamva kunye neemodeli zohlobo. Kodwa inye into ibonakala iqinisekile: akukho zithintelo kwiSUV ukuya phambili.
Kulindeleke ukuba ivalelwe kwintengiso yaseTshayina, ubuncinci ekuqaleni, kwaye ivele ngo-2020. Ngokutsho kukaJean-Marc Gales, iLotus iya kuhlala ineemoto zemidlalo, kodwa kufuneka ijonge olunye uhlobo lwemoto. Ii-SUV ziyazahlula ngokwazo, njengoko kwenzekileyo ezimotweni, kwizindululo ezithe ngqo okanye ze-niche.
Kwaye iLotus ifuna ukwenza i-niche yayo, kunye ne-SUV okanye i-crossover "elula, i-aerodynamic kwaye eziphatha ngendlela engafaniyo". Nge-Geely ngoku ebhodini, kuya kufuneka silinde ixesha elide ukuze siqinisekise isicwangciso sokuqala.
Khumbula ukuba, ekuqaleni, yonke into yalatha kwimbangi yePorsche Macan, kodwa ilula kakhulu - malunga ne-200 kg - kunye nenjini ene-cylinder ezine.