Isebenze nePorsche, Jaguar, Bentley, futhi isebenza ne-Alfa Romeo neMaserati. Futhi kufanele isebenze neLamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin ngisho neFerrari. Kusobala ukuthi ngikhuluma ngokufakwa kwamaSUV ezinhlangeni zabakhiqizi abaziwa kakhulu ngezemidlalo noma amasaluni kanokusho. Futhi iLotus nayo ifuna ucezu lwesenzo.
Kungase kube ukuhlubuka futhi kungabi nangqondo, kodwa i-SUV kanye ne-crossover ithengisa njengama-popcorn kumamuvi futhi iqinisekisa ngokwezimali isisekelo esiqinile semikhiqizo ukuthuthukisa amaphrojekthi wesikhathi esizayo.
Iwebhusayithi yamaShayina i-PCauto ikhiphe uchungechunge lwezithombe zokufakwa kwelungelo lobunikazi eziveza okubukeka njenge-SUV yesikhathi esizayo yeLotus. I-SUV ebukeka inamandla, ihambisana neziphakamiso ezifana ne-Maserati Levante noma i-Alfa Romeo Stelvio, kodwa enezici ze-Lotus ezicacile, njengoba kubonakala ngaphambili nangemuva.
I-SUV iyaqhubeka, noma ngabe i-Geely igibele
ILotus isanda kuthengwa ngabakwaGeely, umnikazi weVolvo nePolestar, futhi okulindelwe ngekusasa lomkhiqizi omncane waseBrithani kuphezulu. UJean-Marc Gales, oyi-CEO yayo, manje uchaza nalabo ababhekele i-Geely isu lekusasa namamodeli omkhiqizo. Kodwa into eyodwa ibonakala iqinisekile: azikho izithiyo zokuthi i-SUV iqhubekele phambili.
Kulindeleke ukuthi igcinwe emakethe yaseShayina, okungenani ekuqaleni, futhi ivele ngo-2020. Ngokusho kukaJean-Marc Gales, iLotus izohlale inezimoto zezemidlalo, kodwa kufanele babheke olunye uhlobo lwemoto. Ama-SUV ayazihlukanisa, njengoba kwenzeka ezimotweni, eziphakamisweni eziqondile kakhulu noma ze-niche.
Futhi i-Lotus ifuna ukwenza i-niche yayo, nge-SUV noma i-crossover futhi "elula, i-aerodynamic futhi eziphatha ngokungafani nezinye". Njengoba i-Geely isigibele manje, kuzodingeka silinde isikhashana ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi uhlelo lwangempela luphethe.
Khumbula ukuthi, ekuqaleni, yonke into yayikhomba imbangi yePorsche Macan, kodwa ilula kakhulu - cishe 200 kg - kanye nenjini egcwele amasilinda amane.