ILotus 3-Eleven yeyona Lotus ikhawulezayo kwaye ibiza kakhulu. Kodwa ne-3-Eleven ayinako ukuthoba umothuko weSUV enophawu lweLotus.
Umnyhadala weGoodwood wawudlala ukwazisa ngeLotus 3-Eleven, eyona Lotus ikhawulezayo nebiza kakhulu kwaye mhlawumbi eyona nto isulungekileyo nengahluzwanga yento eyiLotus ngokwenene. Ukusuka kwiLotus kunye neLotus ekhoyo ngoku kuya kuba nzima ukwetyisa ukutsiba kwi-SUV ebhengezwe ngokusemthethweni yohlobo, mhlawumbi iLotus thabatha iLotus endleleni kwixesha elizayo. Yenzeka njani le nto?
Masiqale nge apha kwaye ngoku. I-Lotus 3-Eleven yinyathelo elilandelayo elimangalisayo ekuvuseleleni uphawu, emva kwe-Evora 400.
Ifumaneka kwiinguqulelo zeNdlela okanye zoMdyarho, i-3-Eleven enyanisweni yimoto yomzila, umatshini opheleleyo weentsuku zomkhondo, kodwa ivunyiwe ukuba isetyenziswe kwiindlela zikawonke-wonke (Indlela). Imvelaphi yengcamango kunye negama ilele kwi-Eleven yasekuqaleni, eyazalwa ekupheleni kwe-1950s, kwaye, kutshanje, ifunyenwe kwi-2-Eleven (2007).
I-2-Eleven yayiyi-ballistic ngokwenene. Ithathwe kwi-2006 Lotus Exige S, kunye ne-255hp ukuhamba nje i-670kg, usebenzisa i-4 cylinder esebenzayo i-Toyota 2ZZ-GE, eyongezwe i-compressor. I-3-Eleven, ngokweenkcukacha ezichaziweyo, iphakamisa amandla omntu owandulelayo ukuya kwinqanaba elihluke ngokupheleleyo.
EZIQHELEKILEYO: Le yiLotus Elise S Cup
Ndiyabulela kwi-3.5 litre V6 – nayo ephuma kwiyunithi yakwaToyota – ebekwe ngasemva kwindawo enqamlezileyo kwaye itshajiswe kakhulu ngecompressor, oku kukhokelela ku-450bhp (458hp) ku-7000rpm kunye ne-450Nm ku-3500rpm. Bekungayi kuba nzima ubunzima be-670kg yangaphambili, ngenxa ye-V6 enzima kunye ne-chassis enobungakanani bokuphatha ngaphezulu kwe-200hp. Nangona kunjalo, ukupapashwa okungaphantsi kwe-900kg kuchukumisa, okubangela umlinganiselo wamandla ukuya kubunzima obungaphantsi kwe-2 kg / hp! I-Visceral!
Zombini iinguqulelo ze-3-Eleven zisebenzisa i-Torsen-type limited-slip differential, kwaye zihleli ku-lightweight 18″ ngaphambili kunye ne-19″ yamavili angasemva, kunye ne-225/40 R18 ngaphambili kunye ne-275/35 R19 yamavili angasemva. I-AP Racing inikezela ngenkqubo yokuqhobosha, kunye ne-4 calipers ye-brake kwi-disc nganye, kwaye i-ABS ivela kwi-Bosch, nangona uhlengahlengiso olwenziwe yiLotus. Ikwanayo nekheji yokuqengqeleka, kunye nenguqulelo yoMdyarho yongeza izinto ezininzi ukuthobela imimiselo yeFIA.
Kwakhona entsha sisicelo sokuqala kwimoto yokuvelisa izinto ezintsha ezidibeneyo kwiipaneli zomzimba, ezithi, ngokutsho kweLotus, zikhaphukhaphu ngama-40% kuneepaneli ze-fiberglass zezinye iLotus.
Umahluko phakathi kwe-3-Eleven Road kunye neRace, ngaphezu kwe-roll cage, iyasebenza nakwi-transmission esetyenzisiweyo. INdlela isebenzisa i-6-speed manual transmission, ngelixa iRace isebenzisa i-gearshift ekhawulezayo eyi-6-speed sequential gearbox yeXtrac. I-aerodynamics nayo yahlukile, kunye nabaphangi abahlukileyo ngaphambili nangasemva. Olona gqatso lugqithileyo, lukwazi ukuvelisa i-215kg yokuthoba ngamandla ku-240km/h.
Iimidlalo ezibhengeziweyo ziyingozi, kunye nemizuzwana engaphantsi kwe-3 ukusuka ku-0 ukuya ku-60mph (96km / h) kunye nesantya esiphezulu se-280km / h (Race) kunye ne-290km / h (iNdlela) ivelele, kwaye umehluko ungqinelwa ngokumangalisayo umlinganiselo weesayizi zebhokisi ezinde kwiNdlela. Kwisekethe yeLotus eHethel, i-3-Eleven yatshabalalisa ixesha kwi-lap nganye, ibe yimizuzwana ye-10 ngokukhawuleza kuneLotus elandelayo ngokukhawuleza kunye nexesha le-cannon ye-1 iminithi kunye ne-22 imizuzwana. Okunokwenzeka kukuba i-3-Eleven kufuneka ifezekise ixesha elingaphantsi kwemizuzu eyi-7 eNurburgring, isantya esilingana nePorsche 918.
Yeyona Lotus ikhawulezayo kwezakhe zakho, kodwa iza ngexabiso. Ukuqala kwi-115 lamawaka e-Euro, kwaye ukunyuka ukuya kwi-162,000 kwinguqulo yoMdyarho, ikwayeyona ibiza kakhulu iLotus. Amaxabiso angazange abonwe ngaphambili kwiLotus encinci, kodwa hayi ukoyikisa abathengi abanokubakho. Kwiiyunithi ezingama-311 eziza kuveliswa, ubuncinane isiqingatha sele simiselwe, kunye nemveliso eqala ngoFebruwari ka-2016.
I-Lotus 3-Eleven yeyona nto ibonakalisa ukuba iLotus kufuneka ibe yintoni. Ukuzithemba kunye nokuzinza kufunyenwe kwakhona kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kunye neendleko zokusebenza ezihlayo kunye nokuthengiswa kwentengiso, kunye nesithembiso semodeli ekhaphukhaphu kwaye enamandla ngakumbi ehlaziyiweyo, yenza isibhengezo se-SUV kwizicwangciso zexesha elizayo ze-brand zisishiya sibambekile. ISUV? Loluphi uhlobo lwemoto olunokubakho ngaphantsi kwe-Lotus?
ILotus SUV iya kuhambela kwimveliso. Njani yaye ngoba?
Ngaphandle kokukhula kwesantya, ukuqinisekisa ukuzinza kwexesha elide leLotus encinci ngumngeni. Ngenjongo yokuthengisa iiyunithi ezingama-3000 ngonyaka kwaye ngokungaguquguqukiyo kude kuphele ishumi leminyaka, kusengaphantsi kwesiqingatha sento ethi, iFerrari ithengisa, kwaye amaxabiso aphantsi kakhulu. I-Lotus inyanzelekile ukuba yahluke kwaye i-SUV kunye ne-Crossovers ngokungenakuphikiswa yimpumelelo yehlabathi, iqhubeka ifumana ukuthengisa kunye nokwabelana ukusuka kumacandelo emveli.
Le asiyomeko engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. IPorsche inokubulela imeko yayo yangoku yobabalo kwizidalwa ezingaqondwa kakuhle ngabona bathanda kakhulu, njengeCayenne kwaye, kutshanje, iMacan. Kwaye abanye baya kulandela emanyathelweni ayo anengeniso, njengeMaserati, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Bentley kunye neRolls-Royce.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Lotus SUV, ejolise kwi-Porsche's Macan, iya kuqala ukubakho kurhwebo lwaseTshayina. Kungenxa yokuba? Yimarike eselula ngokwentelekiso, eyandayo kwaye ayikadityaniswa, ngoko ke kukho ukunwebeka ukuthatha umngcipheko kwiimveliso kunye nokubeka indawo, ukwandisa i-horizons ye-brand, apho kwiimarike ezimiselweyo kuya kuba nzima ukwenza oko.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iLotus yangena kwindibaniselwano kunye neGoldstar Heavy Industrial, ekomkhulu kwisixeko saseQuanzhou. Ukuphuhliswa kweSUV entsha sele kusenzeka kwizakhiwo zeLotus eHethel, e-UK, kodwa iza kuveliswa kuphela kumhlaba waseTshayina, izikhulule kumaxabiso anzima avela kwamanye amazwe.
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Ngaba i-SUV, eneziko eliphezulu lomxhuzulane kunye ne-ballast eyongezelelweyo, inokuthelekisa amaxabiso akhuselwe yiLotus, njengokukhanya kunye namandla akhethekileyo? I-CEO yeLotus uJean-Marc Gales uthi ewe, ukuya kuthi ga ngoku ukuba uColin Chapman wayephila, mhlawumbi wayenokwenza enye. Ukunyelisa?
Amanani aphezulu ashiya amathandabuzo athile. Iza kukhuphisana ne-Macan, kwaye iya kuba nemilinganiselo efana nale. Nangona umthamo wangaphandle ofanayo, kuqikelelwa ukuba ubunzima buyi-250kg ngaphantsi kwe-Macan, ihleli kwi-1600kg. Ngenjongo umahluko uyachukumisa, kodwa iLotus ene-1600kg? Ngaphezu kwe-1400kg ye-Evora, kwelinye icala, ibangela ishiya eliphakanyisiweyo.
Ngobunzima obusezantsi kakhulu kunembangi yayo, iLotus SUV iyakwenza ngaphandle kweV6 Supercharged esinokuyifumana kwiEvora 400 okanye 3-Eleven. Iya kufezekisa ukusebenza okulinganayo kwe-Macan kunye ne-injini ye-4-cylinder ephuma kwiyunithi ye-Toyota, nayo i-supercharged. Akukaziwa ukuba leliphi iqonga eliza kulisebenzisa, kodwa kuqikelelwa ukuba linokuvela kwiinzame ezidityanisiweyo neProton yaseMalaysia.
Ngokubonakalayo, iya kubandakanya umphambili oya kufana nenye iLotus kwaye umsebenzi womzimba uya kubonisa umkhondo weLotus Elite 4-seater, ukusuka kwi-70s.
Kodwa owona mngeni mkhulu ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuba kukuphakamisa imbono kunye nomgangatho wokwenene wokwakha kunye nezixhobo ukuya kwinqanaba elamkelekileyo ukuba lithelekiswe nePorsche Macan. Intsimi apho iLotus ingonwabeli udumo olukhulu. Iinzame kweli cala sele zibonakala kwi-Evora 400 entsha, kodwa ukucela umngeni kwiMacan kunye nabanye abakhuphisana neeSUV, indlela engumnqantsa kuza kufuneka igqitywe.
Nangona sele ibhengezwe ngokusemthethweni, i-Lotus SUV iya kuqalisa umsebenzi wayo e-China ekupheleni kwe-2019 okanye ekuqaleni kuka-2020. Ukuba iphumelele, ukuthunyelwa kwayo kwamanye amazwe kuya kuqwalaselwa kwezinye iimarike, ezifana neYurophu. I-Lotus SUV isekude, kodwa kude kube ngoko, akuyi kubakho ukunqongophala kwezinto ezintsha ngokulandelelana ngokukhawuleza kwiimodeli zangoku ze-brand.
Emva kwe-Evora 400 kunye ne-3-Eleven eyaziwayo, siya kubona inguqu ye-roadster ye-Evora 400, apho uphahla luya kuba neepaneli ezimbini ze-carbon fiber, nganye inobunzima be-3kg. Ngendlela efanayo ukuba i-Evora 400 yafumana amahashe, yalahlekelwa ubunzima, kwaye yabona ukufikelela ngaphakathi kwayo kulula, siya kubona umsebenzi ofanayo we-Exige V6 emangalisayo, eya kuthengiswa ngo-2017. umphambili omtsha, kwaye uya kuphulukana neekhilogram ezimbalwa kwinkqubo.
Ukugqiba ngale ndlela siqale ngayo, nge-3-Eleven emnandi, engekafikeleli kumgca wemveliso okwangoku, uJean-Marc Gales uthi iigiya sele zihamba ukuze kwiminyaka emibini ivele i-4-Eleven!