NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, i-Lotus Esprit engaphantsi kwamanzi engafiyo kwi-007 - i-Agent engenakunqandwa, yathengiswa nge-728,000 ye-€ 728,000. Umthengi? U-Elon Musk, i-CEO yeTesla Motors.
U-Millionaire u-Elon Musk unezabelo kwiinkampani ezifana ne-Paypal kunye ne-SpaceX, inkampani yokuqala yokuthengisa iinqwelomoya zenyanga. Ukongeza kwezi nkampani zimbini, u-Elon Musk yi-CEO ye-Tesla Motors, inkampani eya kubandakanyeka ekuguqulweni kwe-James Bond submersible Lotus Esprit.
Imodeli esisiseko yenkwili yiLotus Esprit. Yaziswa njengengqikelelo kwisaluni yaseTurin ngo-1972 yaza yayilwa nguGioretto Giugiaro, yayiyenye yeemodeli zokuqala “zamaphepha asongiweyo” omyili wase-Italiya. Inguqulo yemveliso yanikezelwa kwi-1975 Paris Salon, kunye neenguqu ezimbalwa kwimodeli yokufunda. Ewe, kodwa kungcono ukuba sime apha, masishiye ibali lenye yezona moto zibalaseleyo kwi-injini yemidlalo yee-70s zoomatshini bethu becandelo elidlulileyo.
Nokuba ungumlandeli weefilimu zika-007 okanye awukho, eyona arhente iyimfihlo yaziwayo yaseBritani, ngokuqinisekileyo umfanekiso weLotus emhlophe ephantsi kwamanzi enamaphiko amane awunto ingaqhelekanga. Nangona kunjalo, kwaye engafuni ukonakalisa ukucinga komntwana ngaphakathi komnye nomnye, inyaniso kukuba iLotus eyaguqulwa yaba yinqanawa yangaphantsi kunye nokucofa iqhosha, yayingenabo ngokwenene loo mandla. Isithuthi sangaphantsi kwamanzi ngokwenene sasingumzimba weLotus kunye notshintsho oluthile lwe-hydrodynamic kunye ne-thrusters ezine zombane. Umbindi wenqanawa wawungenamanzi ngoko ke umphathi-mkhosi kwakufuneka axhotyiswe ngezixhobo zokuntywila.
Njengomntwana ofumanisa ukuba iSanta Claus ayiyonyani, u-Elon Musk waphoxeka nge-submersible Lotus Esprit esuka kwi-007, nangona kunjalo, ubutyebi bakhe bumvumela ukuba aguqule ukuphoxeka kube ngamaphupha, ngoko iTesla Motors iya kuxhobisa inqanawa kunye nayo yonke into efunekayo. yiguqule ibe yinto esebenzayo (ngeyona ngqiqo yegama) isithuthi esingumxube.
