THE Umoya weLotus ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo amaninzi yenye yezona modeli zibalaseleyo kwimbali yophawu lwaseBritane olwasekwa nguColin Chapman.
Ekuqaleni yayiyilwe yi-Italdesign kaGiorgetto Giugiaro, nayo yafumana udumo njengenye yeemoto zikaJames Bond - khumbula imoto yangaphantsi kwamanzi evela "kwi-Spy Who Loved Me"? -, kunye noluhlu lweLotus (ixesha elide) iminyaka eyi-28, iveliswe phakathi kwe-1976 kunye ne-2004.
Ngaphandle komsebenzi omde, ababaninzi baveliswayo - ngaphezulu nje kwe-10,000 - ngoko ke iphantse ibe ngumsitho ukuba ube nentengiso. Lo, nangona kunjalo, ukhethekile, njengoko yayiyimoto yobuqu yomseki we-brand, uColin Chapman.
A (kakhulu) iLotus Esprit ekhethekileyo
Iveliswe ngo-1981, umzekelo esithetha ngawo namhlanje awukho kuphela kuba yayiyimoto kaColin Chapman.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Ukongeza ekubeni nezinto ezininzi ezongeziweyo eziyahlula kwabanye, le Lotus Esprit yayiqhutywa ngumqhubi weFomula 1 uElio de Angelis kwaye nkqu… !
Wahlulwa yintoni? Ukuqala ngomphandle, ipeyinti yentsimbi engwevu enemizobo eyahlukeneyo ethile, ukunqunyanyiswa okuthotyiweyo kunye namavili e-BBS agqamile (lo ibingumzekelo wokuqala we-Esprit ukubabonisa).
Nje ukuba singaphakathi ngaphakathi kwesikhumba esibomvu sifumana ikhabhathi eyomeleziweyo ukuze ikwazi ukwenza ngcono ingxolo ye-aerodynamic, isilingi efakwe kwisandi sesandi kunye ne-air conditioning.
Ixhotyiswe ngesikhokelo esincedisiweyo, le Lotus Esprit nayo yayinoluhlu lwezihluzo ezithile ze-pollen ngenxa ye-allergies eyachaphazela uColin Chapman.
Ingaba ibiza malini?
Inomthamo oyi-four-cylinder 2.2 l ebekwe ngasemva kwabakhweleyo, kwaye ngoncedo lweGarrett turbo, le Esprit inama-213 hp kunye ne-271 Nm ethunyelwa kumavili angasemva nge-gearbox enesantya ezintlanu esenziwa ngesandla.
Irediyo ebekwe eluphahleni ibonakala ngathi ithathwe kwinqwelomoya.
Ngeemayile eziyi-11,006 kuphela (17,712 km) ukusukela ngo-1981, le Lotus Esprit ngoku inikezelwe ngentengiso nguMark Donaldson.
Nangona kungekho kubhekiswa kwixabiso elibuzayo kwindawo, iMoto kunye noMqhubi babanga ukuba uColin Chapman's Esprit inexabiso le-124 lamawaka eedola, malunga ne-113 lamawaka eeuro.
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