Uma kukhulunywa ngemishini yokushayela emsulwa, bambalwa kakhulu abangakwazi ukufanisa Caterham Seven . Wazalwa ngonyaka okude we-1957 - yebo, ufunda lelo lungelo - njengoLotus Seven, ukudalwa kukaColin Chapman ohlakaniphile, futhi uma kukhona umshini othatha isimiso sakhe esithi "Yenza lula, bese wengeza ukukhanya" ngokungathí sina, ukuthi umshini oyisiKhombisa.
Ngemuva kokuphela kokukhiqizwa kweLotus Seven, iCaterham Cars, eyabadayisa, yagcina ithole amalungelo okukhiqiza ngo-1973, kanti kusukela lapho ibiyaziwa ngeCaterham Seven, futhi ayikaze iyeke ukuvela kuze kube namuhla.
Kodwa-ke, ukwakhiwa kwayo kanye nomklamo kuhlale kungashintshile kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, nakuba kube nokuhlukahluka okuthile - i-485 R ehloliwe, isibonelo, iyatholakala ne-chassis encane, ethathwe ngokuqondile ku-Series 3 yasekuqaleni, kanye ne-chassis ebanzi, i-SV. , okusivumela ukuthi silingane kangcono kakhulu ngaphakathi kwe-minimalist yakho yangaphakathi.
Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kwazenza kwazwakala ezingeni lomshini kanye ne-dynamic, sedlule kuhood ende yezinjini ezingenakubalwa, kusukela ku-Rover K-Series kuya ku-1.3 enomsindo we-Suzuki Hayabusa. I-485 R ayihlukile. Ukugqugquzela okuncane kwakho 525 kg isisindo - ingxenye ye-Mazda MX-5 2.0 (!) - sithole iyunithi ye-Ford Duratec.
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Amalitha amabili omthamo, afiselekayo ngokwemvelo, 240 hp ku-8500 rpm shrill, 206 Nm ku-6300 rpm , futhi isahambisana namazinga akamuva akhishwayo. U-gearbox oshintshwayo unamajubane amahlanu kuphela, kanti-ke kungenzeka ukuthi udonsa ngamasondo angemuva kuphela.
Njengoba incane kangaka ikwazi ukuhamba akumangazi ukuthi ikwazi ukufika ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-3.4. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uhlobo lwayo lwe-aerodynamics “yezitini” lusho ukuthi ijubane elikhulu alidluli ku-225 km/h, kodwa liyinani eligcina lingasenamsebenzi — “akudingeki ukuba uhambe ngokushesha kakhulu ukuze uthole imizwa ephezulu. ”, njengoba u-Diogo esho kuvidiyo.
Futhi kulula ukuqonda ukuthi kungani. Awubheke nje. ICaterham Seven 485 R iyimoto eyehlisiwe yaba wumnyombo wayo. Ngisho "neminyango" yizinto ezilahlwayo. Ukuvikela umsindo? Inganekwane yesayensi… ABS, ESP, CT izinhlamvu nje ezingenangqondo.
Lesi ngesinye se-analogue, i-visceral, isipiliyoni sokusebenza okungenzeka sibe nakho ngemuva kwesondo lemoto. Akuyona imoto yansuku zonke, ngokusobala… Noma kunjalo, u-Diogo akazange agweme ukwabelana ngolwazi oluwusizo mayelana nesici esiwusizo se-Caterham: 120 l womthamo wemithwalo. Kwanele ukubaleka… ukuya esitolo.
ICaterham Seven 485 inezinguqulo ezimbili, i-S kanye ne-R, esiyihlolile. Inguqulo ye-S iqondiswe kakhulu ekusetshenzisweni komgwaqo, kuyilapho i-R igxile kakhulu kwisekethe. Izintengo ziqala kuma-euro angu-62,914, kodwa “yethu” 485 R inenani elilinganiselwa kuma-euro angu-80,000.
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