Kwakuyizinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi sibike ukuthengiswa kweLotus Esprit ekhetheke kakhulu; ekhethekile ngoba ingeyomsunguli wohlobo lwaseBrithani, uColin Chapman. Manje sesiyazi ukuthi i-Lotus ngokwayo ithenge le modeli eyingqopha-mlando, esebenza njengekhophi yokuqala ye- uhlelo olusha lwe Isitifiketi se-Lotus Provenance.
I-Lotus Certificate of Provenance ithatha uhlobo lwebhokisi lesethulo, elinikezwa umnikazi wemoto.
Leli bhokisi liqukethe, emvilophini emnyama, imibhalo embalwa efana neSitifiketi Sokuzibonela ngokwaso; incwadi eneMiciko Yokukhiqiza; kanye nencwadi yomuntu siqu esayinwe yisikhulu esiphezulu seLotus Cars uPhil Popham.
I-Certificate of Provenance idokhumenti yephepha efingqa izici ezihlukahlukene zemoto, njengenombolo yayo ye-serial noma usuku lapho ukukhiqizwa kwayo kwaqedwa khona e-Hethel, phakathi kokunye.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
I-Assembly Specifications inemininingwane eyengeziwe, iya ezicini zenjini kanye nokudlulisa, kanye nezinto ezihlukahlukene ezizilethe njengezijwayelekile, kanye nezinketho ezikhona kuyunithi okukhulunywa ngayo.
Ekugcineni, incwadi yomuntu siqu iwukubonga okuvela ku-CEO we-Lotus ngokutholwa kwayo kanye nokwesekwa okunikezwe kulesi sigaba sokuguqulwa kwenkampani (njengoba yathengwa ngabakwa-Geely ngo-2017).
Ibhokisi lesethulo liqukethe nezinto ezimbalwa: i-aluminium plaque eqoshwe igama lomnikazi wemoto kanye nolwazi mayelana Nesitifiketi Sokuzibonela; ukhiye we-lotus wesikhumba; ibhukhimakhi ye-carbon fiber equkethe ukunqoba okubalulekile okuyisishiyagalolunye komkhiqizo emqhudelwaneni; ipeni le-lotus; futhi, ekugcineni, ibhokisi lesethulo elincane (ithini) elinezimpawu ezine zeLotus.
I-Lotus Certificate of Provenance iyatholakala emhlabeni wonke futhi ibiza u-£170 e-UK (cishe ama-euro angu-188, kodwa izindleko zingahluka kuye ngemakethe).
Izimpawu ezine ngaphakathi kwethayela lesethulo
I-Lotus Esprit kaColin Chapman
Iyiphi indlela engcono yokwethula lolu hlelo lwesitifiketi seLotus Provenance kuneLotus Turbo Esprit ka-1981 okwakungeka-Colin Chapman. Kwakungeyona nje imoto yakhe siqu, kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe, esetshenziswe njengombonisi nasezinyathelweni zokuphromotha, njengaleyo eyenziwa “no-Iron Lady”, uMargaret Thatcher, undunankulu wase-UK phakathi kuka-1979 no-1990.
Yabhaliswa ngo-Agasti 1, 1981 futhi yabelwe umsunguli weLotus ukuze ayisebenzise kuphela. Emuva kokushona kukaColin Chapman ngo-1982, imoto yathengiswa ngabakwaLotus ngoJulayi 1983 futhi selokhu yaba sezandleni zamakhasimende azimele, ibilokhu inakekelwa futhi isihambe amakhilomitha angaphezudlwana kuka-17,000 kusukela lapho.
Umbala walolu phiko ubizwa ngeSilver Diamond futhi uphuma nezinhlamvu ze-“Turbo Esprit”, kanye nokunye okwengeziwe okwengezwe ngesikhathi kwenziwa. Phakathi kwazo kukhona ingaphakathi lesikhumba elibomvu, i-Pioneer air conditioning kanye nesistimu yomsindo (ihlanganiswe ophahleni, kwesokudla ngemuva kwe-windshield).
Njengemoto "yomphathi", le Lotus Esprit inezici eziningi eziyingqayizivele, ngesicelo sikaColin Chapman ngokwakhe. Isibonelo, iphuma nesiteringi sikagesi - bekuyi-Esprit yokuqala ukuthi ibe nayo - i-modified kanye nehliswe i-suspension, amabhuleki ashintshiwe kanye namasondo e-BBS Mahle alloy.
UPhil Popham, isikhulu esiphezulu seLotus Cars"Iyiphi indlela engcono yokwethula Isitifiketi sethu Sokuziphendulela kunokukhombisa ukuthi siwuqinisekise kanjani umlando odumile we-Turbo Esprit eyingqayizivele neyingqayizivele. I-Lotus yanoma yisiphi isikhathi. Isipho esiphelele sanoma yimuphi umnikazi we-Lotus noma kuphi emhlabeni."