Xa kuziwa kubakhi abancinci, akunakwenzeka ukuba ungayixabisi Ilotus . Yasekwa ngo-1948 nguColin Chapman, ngolonwabo ayizange iyilahle indlela yomseki kwimoto. "Yenza lula, emva koko wongeze ukukhanya" isaci esihlala sishwankathela iLotus, sisuka kwinkqubo yemoto efana neSixhenxe, i-Elan, okanye i-Elise yamva nje.
Kukho iminyaka engama-70 yobomi, uninzi lwayo ngenxa yobukho bayo busesichengeni, kodwa ngoku, ezandleni zikaGeely, kubonakala kukho uzinzo oluyimfuneko ukuze kujongwe ikamva.
Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-70 yeLotus sele iphawulwe ngokusungulwa kwezinye iintlelo ezikhethekileyo zeemodeli zayo; ukufikelela kwinqanaba elibalulekileyo, ukuveliswa kwenombolo yemoto yakho 100 000, enokuba yeyakho, ngaphezu kwe-euro ezingama-20; kwaye ngoku uphawu lwaseBhritane lusungula umceli mngeni owahluke ngokupheleleyo: Oko kukufumana imoto yokuqala kaColin Chapman yeLotus, iLotus Mark I.
Lotus Mark I
Imoto yokuqala yokuthwala igama likaLotus yayiyimoto yomdyarho eyakhiwe nguChapman kwigaraji yabazali bentombi yakhe eLondon. Ukunikezelwa kwemida yemoto yokuqala, i-Austin Seven ethozamileyo, injineli encinci yafumana ithuba lokuqala lokusebenzisa ithiyori kunye nemigaqo yakhe - ehlala isebenza namhlanje - ukunyusa ukusebenza kunye nokucela umngeni kwiimbangi ezilungiselelwe ngcono.
Akukho nto ishiywe ingonakaliswanga kwiAustin yesiXhenxe encinane kuguqulo lwemoto yogqatso lweLotus Mark I esebenzayo: uhlengahlengiso olulungisiweyo lokumiswa kunye nokulungelelaniswa kwe-chassis, iiphaneli zomzimba ezikhaphukhaphu kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba amacandelo afumana ukonakala rhoqo kukhuphiswano anokutshintshwa ngokukhawuleza. Ngasemva kwakhona kwandiswe ukubandakanya amavili amabini asecaleni, avumela ukuhanjiswa kobunzima obungcono, ukuqinisekisa ukutsaleka ngakumbi.
Isandla esakhelwe ngoncedo lwabahlobo kunye nentombi yakhe, umfazi wexesha elizayo uHazel - kunye nomqhubi we-co-umqhubi - iLotus Mark ndadibana nempumelelo ekhawulezileyo kwimidyarho yokuqala ekhuphisanayo (kwimidyarho enexesha phezu kwemigangatho emdaka), kunye nokuphumelela ezimbini. uyaphumelela eklasini yakho. Injineli engakhathali, izifundo ezifunyenwe kuMarko I zaye zasetyenziswa ngokukhawuleza ekuphuhliseni iLotus Mark II, eyavela kunyaka olandelayo.
Iphi iLotus Mark I?
NgoMarko I endaweni kaMark II, uChapman wayeza kuthengisa imoto kwi-1950, ebeka isikhangiso kwi-Motor Sport. Imoto yayiza kuthengiswa ngoNovemba, kwaye ekuphela kwento eyaziwayo malunga nomnini omtsha kukuba uhlala emantla eNgilani. Kwaye ukususela ngoko, umkhondo weLotus yokuqala eyenziwe yalahleka.
Kukho iinzame zangaphambili zokufumana imoto, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngaphandle kwempumelelo. I-Lotus ngoku iphendukela kubalandeli bayo kunye nabanomdla ukuze bafumane imoto yayo yokuqala, njengoko sinokufunda kumyalezo uClive Chapman, unyana kaColin Chapman kunye nomlawuli weClassic Team Lotus:
UMarko I yigrail engcwele yembali yeLotus. Yayilixesha lokuqala ubawo wakwazi ukubeka ithiyori yakhe ukuphucula ukusebenza ngokuyila nokwakha imoto. Ukufumana le Lotus ibalulekileyo njengoko sibhiyozela iminyaka engama-70 iya kuba yimpumelelo enkulu. Sifuna abalandeli bathathe eli thuba babone kuzo zonke iigaraji, iishedi, iishedi ezivumelekileyo. Kunokwenzeka ukuba uMarko ndishiye e-UK kwaye singathanda ukwazi ukuba iyasinda kwelinye ilizwe.
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