Sasazi ukuthi, ngaphezu kwemoto yezemidlalo ye-Evija kagesi, iLotus yakha imoto entsha yezemidlalo, Thayipha 131 , ukugqama ngaphezu kwe-Evora kanye namandla amakhulu omlando - kunamahlebezi ambalwa okuthi kuzoba i-Lotus yokugcina enenjini yangaphakathi evuthayo.
Manje, sibona amazwibela okuqala emodeli entsha kanye… nokumangala. Akuyona eyodwa, kodwa amamodeli amathathu alindelweyo, afanayo ngevolumu, kodwa ahlukaniswa ngamasignesha awo akhanyayo.
Ngokwesitatimende esisemthethweni esivela kumkhiqizo, Uhlobo lwe-131 luzoba "uchungechunge olusha lwezimoto zezemidlalo" - ubuningi. Ingabe zizothatha indawo ye-Lotus emithathu edayiswayo njengamanje? Noma kuzoba amamodeli amasha amathathu ahlukene? Kuzodingeka silinde ezinye izinyanga ezimbalwa...
Ngesikhathi esifanayo nesimemezelo se-Type 131, i-Lotus imemezele ukuphela kokukhiqiza kulo nyaka kwazo zonke izinhlobo zayo ezithengiswayo njengamanje, okuyi-Elise, i-Exige ne-Evora. Akukho okusho ukuphela kwenkathi ngaphezu kokuqeda ukukhiqizwa kwalo lonke uhla lwaso ngasikhathi sinye.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngaphandle kwesithombe, i-Lotus ithuthuke kancane noma akukho okunye okuthuthukile ohlotsheni 131 — ogama layo lokugcina kufanele liqale ngokuthi “E”, njengoba kuwumkhuba womkhiqizo. Esikwaziyo kuvela kuphela kumahemuhemu kanye nokubonwa kwama-prototypes okuhlola asevele ezungeza, efihliwe, emigwaqweni yomphakathi.
Izimoto zezemidlalo noma ezintsha zizogcina i-Lotus architecture esiyaziyo namuhla, okungukuthi, injini izoqhubeka nokuba sendaweni yangemuva emaphakathi, kodwa izokhipha isiteji esisha, esisewuhlobo lwefreyimu yesikhala se-aluminium, ubuchwepheshe owethulwe ngeyokuqala. Elise ngo-1995.
Izoba nayiphi injini? Okwamanje kukhona ukuqagela kuphela. Amahemuhemu okuqala abonisa imodeli eyi-hybrid, ebekwe ngaphezu kwe-Evora, ezoshada ne-V6 (ingabe isavela kwaToyota?) enenjini kagesi. Kodwa manje sibona onobuhle ezintathu ukuthi, uma beza ngqo esikhundleni Elise, Exige futhi Evora, bayoba izikhundla ezahlukene futhi, ngenxa yalokho, izinjini ezahlukene.
umbono80
Ukuthuthukiswa nokwethulwa kwe-- noma i-Type 131s kuyingxenye eyodwa nje yohlelo lwe-Vision80, oluvezwe ngo-2018, kulandela ukutholwa kwe-Lotus Cars kanye ne-Lotus Engineering ngabakwaGeely (umnikazi weVolvo u-Polestar, uLynk & Co futhi uzothuthukisa futhi akhiqize isizukulwane esilandelayo se-Smart) ngo-2017.
Ngaphezu kohlobo lwe-131 kanye ne-Evija eyaziwa kakhulu, uhlelo lwe-Vision80 luzobandakanya nokutshalwa kwezimali kuka-112 million euros ezindaweni zeLotus eHethel, lapho kuzokhiqizwa khona izimoto ezintsha zezemidlalo, okunikeze uhlobo lwaseBrithani ithuba lokusingatha. amanani aphezulu wokukhiqiza. Kuzoqashwa abanye abasebenzi abangama-250, abazojoyina abangama-670 asebeqashiwe kusukela ngoMandulo wezi-2017.
Hamba kahle u-Elise, u-Exige no-Evora
Ekugcineni, lolu hlelo luphinde lubonise ukuphela kokukhiqizwa kwe-Lotus Elise, i-Exige ne-Evora. Njengoba behlakaniphe kakhulu ekuletheni isipiliyoni sokushayela esiyingqayizivele, babhekwa njengezilinganiso ezicini eziningi, kodwa baphelelwe yisikhathi ngenxa yezinselelo ezibhekene nemboni yezimoto kulesi sikhathi soshintsho.
Kuze kube sekugcineni ukukhiqizwa, iLotus ilindele ukuthi amamodeli amathathu afinyelele, ndawonye, ukukhiqizwa okuqoqiwe kwamayunithi angama-55,000 (kusukela yethulwa). Kulo nyaka sizobona imisebenzi eminingana yohlobo lokugubha la mamodeli amathathu, siqala, njengoba iLotus isho, “ngendala, i-Lotus Elise eyisithonjana”.
