Caterham adapulumutsidwa ndi bwana wa Lotus
Caterham “anali ndi ngongole,” anatero Chris van Wyck, woyang’anira wamkulu wa Caterham Cars Australia.
Kampani yosavuta yamagalimoto yamasewera yaku Britain tsopano ili m'manja mwa Tony Fernandez, wamalonda waku Malaysia yemwe ali ndi Air Asia Bhd ndi gulu la Lotus Grand Prix. Palinso mphekesera zoti Fernandes atha kutcha gulu lake la F1 ku Caterham ngati ataya mkangano womwe ukupitilira ndi Renault F1 pakugwiritsa ntchito dzina la Lotus mu Formula One.
Kugula ku Australia kuli ndi tanthauzo lomveka bwino chifukwa Caterham adangogulitsa magalimoto atatu okha kuyambira 2007 ndipo akukumana ndi kuyimitsidwa mu 2013 chifukwa magalimoto samabwera ndi dongosolo lowongolera la ESP lomwe likukhala lovomerezeka m'dziko lonselo kuyambira 2012.
“Tsopano tikukhala ndi ngongole. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zimenezi zikutanthauza zinthu zabwino,” akutero Chris van Wyck, woyang’anira wamkulu wa Caterham Cars Australia.
"Caterhams akundiuza kuti sangavutike ndi vuto loyendetsa magalimoto chifukwa safunikira ku Europe. Koma ndikuganiza kuti Caterham adzakhala ndi chithandizo chochulukirapo komanso ndalama mtsogolomu. Chilichonse chomwe ndimamva chokhudza mwiniwake watsopano ndichapamwamba kwambiri. Pamenepa, mwayi woti azichita zinthu mopitirira muyeso ukhoza kuwonjezeka.”
Caterham sanakhalepo wogulitsa wamkulu ku Australia, chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwa galimoto, zomwe sizinasinthe kuyambira pamene woyambitsa Lotus Colin Chapman adazipanga ngati Lotus 7 m'ma 1950.
Caterham ndi yopanda phokoso, yotseguka yokhala ndi anthu awiri omwe nthawi zambiri amagulitsidwa ngati galimoto yathunthu - zomwe sizingatheke ku Australia - m'mayiko ena. Kutsika kwamitengo chaka chino kwadzetsa chiwongola dzanja chochulukirapo, koma van Wyck akadali wokhumudwa chifukwa chosowa chidwi ndi magalimoto.
"Pakadali pano, ndi chilolezo cha Claytons. Ndagulitsa magalimoto atatu okha kuyambira 2007,” akuvomereza. "Pempho lotchedwa 'kalabu' ku Australia ndi $30,000 mpaka $55,000. Ndipo ife kulibe. Izi ndizokhumudwitsa kwambiri chifukwa ndimakonda mtundu wake komanso malonda ake. Ndinkaganiza kuti tikhala ndi malonda ochepa tsopano popeza tili panjira ya $ 60,000 kapena $ XNUMX, koma sizinachitike. "
Fernandez akuti akufuna kusintha Caterham, yomwe idagulitsa magalimoto 500 okha mchaka cha 2010, kukhala mtundu wapadziko lonse lapansi pamagalimoto amtundu wa Aston Martin.
Caterham, yomwe idatchulidwa kudera la London komwe idakhazikitsidwa koyambirira, ili ndi antchito pafupifupi 100 pafakitale kumwera kwa likulu la Britain ndipo adapeza phindu la $ 2 miliyoni chaka chatha. Koma van Wyk adawona zabwino pogula Fernandez ndi Caterham yatsopano yojambulidwa mumitundu yofanana ndi magalimoto a Lotus F1 achaka chino oyendetsedwa ndi Jarno Trulli ndi Heikki Kovalainen.
"Ndili ndi kasitomala wabwino kwambiri yemwe akufuna galimoto mu Lotus livery. Choncho ndi zotsatira zabwino,” akutero van Wyk.
