Lotus Exige S roadster 2014 ndemanga

Mzere wa magalimoto amtundu wa maswiti amayenda pamzere wolumikizira, ngati kuti mitundu yotsatizana yasankhidwa kuti igwire bwino ntchito. Simukadaganizapo kuchokera pamzere wopanga, koma fakitale ili pakatikati pamunda pamalo athyathyathya komanso olima ambiri kummawa kwa England.

Ndili ku Hethel, Norfolk, komwe Lotus amakhala ndipo fakitale, yomwe ili mbali ya nyumba yayikulu modabwitsa, imakhala mumsewu wodabwitsa. Kuphatikiza pa nyumbayi ndi maofesi, pali malo ogulitsira utoto, mabenchi oyesera injini, zipinda zotulutsa mpweya komanso zipinda za anechoic, komanso zida zaukadaulo zambiri. Ogwira ntchito a 1000 omwe ali pamalopo amagawanika pakati pa kupanga magalimoto ndi Lotus Engineering, kampani yolangizira yomwe imagwira ntchito pa zamagetsi, ntchito, kuyendetsa galimoto ndi zomangamanga zopepuka.

Zojambula zamakono

Pamene dziko lamagalimoto likutenga gawo lina lalikulu ku aluminiyamu ndi lingaliro la Ford lopanga zithunzi zake za F-mndandanda kuchokera kuzitsulo, zaka zambiri za Lotus pakupanga ndi kulumikiza zinthuzo ndizofunika kwambiri. Magalimoto ake onse - Elise, Exige ndi Evora - amapangidwa ndi aluminiyumu. pogwiritsa ntchito maziko ofanana. Chassis ya aluminiyamu imasamutsidwa kupita ku Hethel kuchokera ku Lotus Lightweight Structures ku Midlands, kampani yocheperako yomwe imapanganso magawo a Jaguar ndi Aston Martin, pakati pa ena.

Ku Hethel, ma chassis amaphatikizidwa ndi matupi opangidwa kuchokera kumagulu osiyanasiyana - zida zomwe zimasonkhanitsidwa pamodzi pansi pa dzina la fiberglass - zopaka utoto ndikusonkhanitsidwa m'magalimoto omalizidwa. Lotus wagwa panthawi zovuta, koma ku Hethel kumakhala ndi chiyembekezo. Mizere yamisonkhano ikugwiranso ntchito (ngakhale palibe kuyenda kowonekera) pamagalimoto 44 pa sabata. Ndipo mtundu wa Lotus ukukulirakulira.

Chowonjezera chaposachedwa kwambiri ndi Exige S Roadster, chifukwa cha ziwonetsero zaku Australia mwezi uno. Ndi yayikulu kuposa Elise komanso yolemera 200 kg. Ikadali yopepuka potengera masiku ano, pa 1166kg yokha, ndipo, mwachilendo, ndi 10kg yopepuka kuposa coupe.

Kumbuyo kwa cab ndi 257kW supercharged 3.5-litre V6 osati supercharged four-silinda. Ikuthamangira ku 100 km/h m'masekondi anayi, iyi ndiye yosinthika kwambiri yomwe idapangidwapo ndi Lotus. Ndi galimoto iyi, Lotus ali convertibles awiri kukulitsa kuthekera kwa magalimoto ake. The Exige ndi mchimwene wake wamkulu wa Lotus Elise S yemwe akugulitsidwa pano, koma wozungulira komanso woyengedwa bwino.

Kuyendetsa

Komabe, atatha kuthamanga mwachangu kumidzi ya Norfolk ndi denga pansi, kufanana kwake ndi coupe - ndi ngakhale Eliza - zomwe zimawonekera. Ndinayendetsa coupe ya Exige chaka chatha ndipo ikuwonetsa mphamvu zamtundu: galimoto yothamanga, yokhoza masewera yomwe imapewa zinthu zambiri zamakono koma imapereka mwayi woyendetsa bwino mosiyana ndi china chilichonse pamsika.

Lotus amadziwika kwambiri pakati pa opanga ang'onoang'ono omwe amadyetsa okonda padziko lonse lapansi. Mitundu yodziwika bwino simapangitsanso kuti izi zikhale zovuta komanso zaphokoso. Komabe, Exige S Roadster ndikuyesa kwa Lotus kukulitsa omvera ake.

Ndiosavuta kulowa ndi kutuluka komanso imakhala ndi zinthu zambiri. Pomwe Elise amasunga mapulasitiki olimba, aluminiyamu yopanda kanthu ndi mipando yansalu, Exige ili ndi zikopa. M'malo mwake, ndi yofewa kuposa Lotus iliyonse yam'mbuyomu yomwe ndidawonapo. Zikatero, kuuma kwina kunachotsedwa pakuyimitsidwa.

Iyi ndi malo ogulitsira a Lotus, Exige okhala ndi ndodo, azitona ndi ambulera. Komabe, zimachepetsedwa ndi poyambira. Zomangamanga zamkati ndizofanana mu Exige roadster ndi Elise, popeza chikopa chimatsatira mizere yomwe ingakhale pulasitiki. Palinso sill yotakata yofanana ndi danga laling'ono lonyamula katundu.

Kubwerera kunyumba ku Sydney ndikutha kuyesa Elise S Roadster kumasonyeza kusiyana. Denga likadali pulojekiti ya Boy Scout, magalasi am'mbali amatha kusinthidwa pamanja, ndipo speedometer ndi yaying'ono kwambiri kuti isunge chilolezo. Palibe paliponse pomwe mungaikepo chilichonse komanso pobisalira zinthu zamtengo wapatali.

Simudzakayikira msewu pamwamba, ndipo n'zovuta kuti galimoto akhoza kuponyedwa pa msewu wovuta, ndi gudumu kunjenjemera poyankha. Imagwedezeka pazidendene zake ikathamanga, koma apo ayi thupi silimasuntha. M'makona, chassis imalumikizana ndi dalaivala ngati magalimoto ena ochepa.

Ngakhale Elise akusowa mphamvu ya 95kW, ndi kulemera kochepa kuti asunthe, silinda inayi imamva kuyankha komanso yofulumira. Sikuthamanga ngati Exige convertible, koma kusiyana kwake ndikochepa.

Munjira zambiri, Elise amadzimva ngati galimoto yowona mtima, osayesa kubisa ngodya zake zakuthwa. Ndiwopepuka komanso osanyengerera, monga momwe mungayembekezere. Kunja, iyenso ndi wokongola kwambiri mwa awiriwo, amajambula kumwetulira kulikonse kumene akupita. Izi zimandithetsera.

Ngakhale chithumwa chowonjezera cha Cocktail ya Exige, ngati nditi ndikhale Lotus yolimba, nditenga yanga mwaukhondo.