Xa kufikwa koomatshini bokuqhuba obusulungekileyo, bambalwa kakhulu abanokulinganisa Caterham Seven . Wazalwa ngomnyaka okude we-1957 - ewe, ufunda loo nto ilungileyo - njengeLotus Seven, ukudalwa kobuqili uColin Chapman, kwaye ukuba kukho umatshini othatha umgaqo wakhe othi "Yenza lula, uze wongeze ukukhanya" ngokungqongqo, ukuba umatshini nguSixhenxe.
Emva kokuphela kokuveliswa kweLotus Seven, iCaterham Cars, eyabathengisayo, ekugqibeleni yayiza kufumana amalungelo okuvelisa ngo-1973, kwaye ukususela ngoko yaziwa ngokuba yiCaterham Seven, kwaye ayizange iyeke ukuvela kude kube namhlanje.
Nangona kunjalo, i-architecture kunye noyilo lwayo luye lwahlala lungaguqukiyo ukususela ngoko, nangona kukho ukuhluka - i-485 R evavanyiweyo, umzekelo, iyafumaneka kunye ne-chassis encinci, ephuma ngokuthe ngqo kwi-original Series 3, kunye ne-chassis ebanzi, i-SV. , esivumela ukuba singene ngcono kwi-minimalist yangaphakathi yakho.
I-evolution yazenza yaziva kwinqanaba lomatshini kunye ne-dynamic, emva kokudlula kwi-hood ende yeenjini ezingenakubalwa, ukusuka kwi-Rover K-Series ukuya kwi-1.3 ephazamisayo ye-Suzuki Hayabusa. I-485 R ayifani. Ukukhuthaza ubuncinci bakho 525 kg ubunzima - isiqingatha se-Mazda MX-5 2.0 (!) - sifumene iyunithi ye-Ford Duratec.
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Iilitha ezimbini zomthamo, ezinqwenelwayo ngokwendalo, I-240 hp kwi-shrill 8500 rpm, i-206 Nm kwi-6300 rpm , kwaye isathobela imigangatho yamva nje yokukhupha. I-gearbox ye-manual inezantya ezintlanu kuphela, kwaye kunjalo, inokuba yi-wheel-wheel drive kuphela.
Ngobunzima obuncinci bokushukuma akumangalisi ukuba ikwazi ukufikelela kwi-100 km/h nge-3.4s nje. Uhlobo lwayo lwe-aerodynamics "yezitena", kwelinye icala, luthetha ukuba isantya esiphezulu asidluli kwi-225 km / h, kodwa lixabiso eliphela lingenamsebenzi - "akuyomfuneko ukuba uhambe ngokukhawuleza kakhulu ukuze ufumane imvakalelo ephezulu. ”, njengoko uDiogo ebhekisa kwividiyo.
Kwaye kulula ukuqonda ukuba kutheni. Yijonge nje. I-Caterham Seven 485 R yimoto encitshiswe kwimo yayo. Nkqu "iingcango" zizinto ezilahlwayo. Ukuthintela isandi? Intsomi yeNzululwazi… ABS, ESP, CT ngoonobumba nje abangenantsingiselo.
Le yenye yeyona analogu, i-visceral, amava omatshini esinokuthi sibe nawo emva kwevili lemoto. Asiyomoto yemihla ngemihla, ngokucacileyo… Nakubeni kunjalo, uDiogo akazange onqene ukwabelana ngolwazi oluluncedo malunga nomba osebenzayo weCaterham: 120 l yomthamo wemithwalo. Kwanele ukubaleka… ukuya kwivenkile enkulu.
I-Caterham Seven 485 ineenguqulelo ezimbini, i-S kunye ne-R, esiyivavanye. Uguqulelo lwe-S lujolise ngakumbi kusetyenziso lwesitrato, ngelixa i-R ijolise ngakumbi kwisekethe. Amaxabiso aqala kwii-euro ezingama-62,914, kodwa “yethu” i-485 R ixabisa malunga ne-80,000 yee-euro.
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