Caterham yasintha mitundu isanu ndi iwiri ya 2016

Mitundu iwiri yatsopano ya Caterham imapanga magalimoto asanu ndi atatu aku Australia.

Ngati mumakonda zosangalatsa zamagalimoto zomwe ndizochepa, zopepuka komanso zosowa kwambiri, muli ndi mwayi chifukwa mutha kugula zotsika mtengo kuposa kale.

Mtundu waung'ono wachingerezi wa ku Malaysia wotchedwa Caterham sunakhudzirepo malonda akumaloko, koma ma roadsters owoneka ngati retro tsopano akupezeka muzokometsera zambiri kuti zigwirizane ndi zokonda zonse.

Poyamba ankadziwika kuti Lotus Seven, ufulu wokonza galimoto yodziwika bwino yokhala ndi mipando iwiri idagulitsidwa ku Caterham m'ma 1950, magalimotowo akugulitsidwa ngati zida komanso ngati zinthu zomalizidwa.

Chitsulo chamlengalenga chimapangidwa ndi khungu la aloyi ndi mphuno ya fiberglass pafakitale ya kampaniyo ku Dartford, Kent, UK, ndi mbali zoyimitsidwa zokhudzana ndi magalimoto othamanga otseguka zimakongoletsa mbali iliyonse. Ma injini amachokera ku injini ya Ford ya 100 litres ya 1.6kW kuchokera ku Fiesta kufika pa injini yamphamvu ya 177 litres ya 2.0kW Duratec yomwe anabwereka ku Focus.

Caterham idamaliza 27km Nürburgring mwachangu kuposa BMW M2 ndi Alfa Romeo 4C.

Ndipo ngati kutulutsa mphamvu sikukupangitsa kuti mchira wanu ugwedezeke, mfundo yakuti Caterham imakhala pafupifupi 700kg, kapena theka la Volkswagen Golf GTI, iyenera kusintha maganizo anu.

275 m'munsi ngakhale amakwanitsa kubwezera 6.2 malita a mafuta pa 100 Km, osapereka msonkho wapamwamba galimoto.

Kuthandizira pamagetsi sikungapezeke, pambali pa kuwongolera kokhazikika kwamagetsi, ndipo zotengera makapu, mabokosi amagetsi, ndi magalasi opanda pake sizipezeka.

Ngati mukuganiza kuti maso a chule ndi mapiko a zaka za m'ma 1950 amawalepheretsa kulowa m'kachisi woyendetsa bwino, ganizirani kuti Caterham adadutsa makilomita 27 a Nürburgring mofulumira kuposa BMW M2 ndi Alfa Romeo 4C.

Kuyambira pa $69,850 pamtengo wosapentidwa, wofunikira kwambiri wa 100kW Seven 275, Seven 355 yatsopano imakweza mphamvu ndi injini ya 127-lita 2.0kW kwa $86,900 (kuphatikiza ndalama zoyendera).

127kW Caterham CSR imadziwika kuti ndiyo khwekhwe yabwino kwambiri yokhala ndi chopondapo chosinthika kuti chigwirizane ndi okwera 160cm mpaka 185cm. Kuyimitsidwa kodziyimira pawokha kumalowanso m'malo mwa ekisilo yakumbuyo ya DeDion komanso kuyimitsidwa kutsogolo.

Zisanu ndi ziwiri za 485 S, panthawiyi, ndi njira yolowera ku 177kW yopepuka mu phukusi lolunjika kwambiri lomwe limaphatikizapo injini ya 2.0-lita youma-sump, kuyimitsidwa kosinthika ndi mipiringidzo yotsutsa-roll, kusiyana kocheperako, kutetezedwa kwa carbon fiber kutsogolo. ndi mabuleki okweza $114 kuphatikiza ndalama zoyendera.

Pamwamba pa mtengowo pali 485 R, yokhala ndi zida zapamwamba kwambiri, zopangira zikopa zamtundu wa kaboni ndi zina zambiri, zamtengo wa $ 127,000.

Palibe kukayika kuti Caterham ndi kubwereranso ku nthawi yakale ya uinjiniya wamagalimoto ikafika pakutonthoza komanso kosavuta, koma zokumana nazo zoyendetsa zimabwerera ku nthawi yomwe kulemera kwake kumatanthawuza kugwira ntchito kwenikweni - ndipo pali magalimoto ochepa m'misewu lero omwe anganene kuti izi zidapangidwa ndi woyambitsa Lotus, Colin Chapman.