Zambiri za Lotus Elise 2008

Derek Ogden wakhala akuyendetsa awiri kwa sabata.

DZIWANI

Ndi chiguduli pamwamba, kulowa ndi kutuluka mu Lotus Elise ndi mutu. . . ndi manja, miyendo ndi mutu ngati simusamala.

Chinsinsi ndicho kukankhira mpando wa dalaivala mpaka mmbuyo, lowetsani phazi lanu lakumanzere pansi pa chiwongolero ndikukhala pampando mutu wanu uli pansi. Zomwe zimatuluka ndizofanana kumbuyo.

Chosavuta ndikuchotsa pamwamba pa nsalu - zidutswa ziwiri ndizokwanira, pukutani ndikuzisunga mu thunthu ndi zothandizira ziwiri zachitsulo.

Poyerekeza ndi denga lochotsedwa, ichi ndi chidutswa cha keke. Yendani pakhomo, imirirani ndipo, mutagwira chiwongolero, tsitsani pang'onopang'ono pampando ndikusintha kuti mufike. Simunakhale kwambiri mu Lotus monga mukuvala.

Mukalowa mu roadster yaying'ono, ndi nthawi yoti muyatse zosangalatsa (er, sorry, injini). Galimotoyo imayendetsedwa ndi injini ya 1.8-lita ya Toyota yokhala ndi nthawi yosinthika ya valve, yomwe ili kuseri kwa kabati yokhala ndi mipando iwiri, yomwe ili ndi mphamvu ya 100 kW, yomwe imalola kuti galimotoyo ifulumire kuchoka ku ziro kufika ku 100 km / h mu masekondi 6.1 panjira. Liwiro lalikulu la 205 km / h.

Kodi 100kW ingapereke bwanji ntchito yotere? Zonse ndi za kulemera. Imalemera 860kg yokha, Elise S ili ndi chassis ya aluminium yomwe imalemera 68kg. Chitsulo chopepuka chimagwiritsidwanso ntchito.

Chiwongolero ndi mabuleki amalabadira kwambiri, monganso kuyimitsidwa, komwe kumatha kumangolankhula pamalo osagwirizana.

Izi zitha kukhululukidwa pagalimoto yomwe idapangidwa kuti igwire tanthauzo la kuyendetsa galimoto yamasewera. M'malo mwake, pa $ 69,990, uku ndiye mawu oyamba abwino kwambiri amtunduwu.

Phukusi la $ 8000 la Touring limawonjezera zinthu monga chikopa cha chikopa, kugwirizana kwa iPod, ndi mapanelo omveka bwino - osati kuti phokoso liyenera kukhala lodetsa nkhaŵa kwa aficionado yamasewera.

The $7000 Sport Pack imakweza mipiringidzo ndi Bilstein sport dampers, switchable traction control, ndi mipando yamasewera.

EXIGE C

Ngati Elise ndi analogue ya Lotus pamawilo ophunzitsira, ndiye kuti Exige S ndi nkhani yosiyana kwambiri. M'malo mwake, ndiye pafupi kwambiri momwe mungapezere galimoto yothamanga mwalamulo pamsewu.

Ngakhale Exige yodziwika bwino imatulutsa mphamvu zokwana 163kW, Exige S ya 2008 tsopano ikupezeka ndi Performance Pack yomwe imawonjezera mphamvu mpaka 179kW pa 8000rpm - chimodzimodzi ndi Sport 240 yocheperako - chifukwa cha supercharger Magnuson/Eaton M62, mwachangu. ma nozzles othamanga, komanso makina apamwamba a torque clutch komanso mpweya wowonjezera padenga.

Ndi mphamvu yokoka yochokera pa 215 Nm kufika pa 230 Nm pa 5500 rpm, kukweza mphamvu kumeneku kumathandiza Performance Pack Exige S kuchoka pa ziro kufika pa 100 km/h mu masekondi 4.16 kutsagana ndi kubangula kwakukulu kwa injini yomwe ili kuseri kwa kabati. . Wopangayo amati mafuta amafuta ndi ochepera malita 9.1 pa 100 km (31 mpg) pamayendedwe ophatikizika amzinda / misewu.

Apanso, mdani wakale, kulemera, adagonjetsedwa ndi chiŵerengero cha mphamvu ndi kulemera kwa 191kW / tonne, kuyika Exige S pa mlingo wa supercar. Imayendetsa ngati kart (kapena iyenera kukhala "wothamanga", Exige S ndiyothamanga kwambiri).

Lotus Sport ili ndi dzanja pa izi popereka chiwongolero chokhazikitsa mawonekedwe a Fomula XNUMX, momwe dalaivala amasankha ma revs kudzera pa kuyimba kumbali ya chiwongolero kuti ayambe kuyimirira bwino.

Dalaivala akulangizidwa kuti akhumudwitse accelerator pedal ndi kumasula mwamsanga clutch, yomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala njira yowonongeka yowonongeka ndi kuchepetsa mphamvu ya gudumu.

Osati ndi mwana uyu. Damper amafewetsa zowalamulira ndi kufala zowalamulira kuchepetsa katundu pa kufala, komanso gudumu kuzungulira kwa liwiro la 10 Km / h, kenako dongosolo ulamuliro kukokera akuyamba ntchito.

Monga momwe zimakhalira ndikuwongolera, kuchuluka kwa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake kumatha kusinthidwa kuchokera pampando wa dalaivala, ndikuwusintha pa ntchentche kuti igwirizane ndi mawonekedwe angodya.

Itha kusinthidwa pakuwonjezeka kwa 30 - zida zatsopano zikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa kuwongolera komwe kumayimbidwa - kuchokera pa 7 peresenti ya matayala mpaka kutseka.

Mabuleki adalandiranso chithandizo cha Performance Pack chokhala ndi ma diski okulirapo a 308mm opindika komanso mpweya wolowera kutsogolo, oyendetsedwa ndi AP Racing ma piston calipers anayi, pomwe ma brake pads ali ndi magwiridwe antchito apamwamba komanso ma brake hoses.

Kuwongolera kwachindunji kumapereka mayankho ochulukirapo kwa dalaivala, pomwe palibe chilichonse pakati pa chiwongolero ndi msewu, kuphatikiza chiwongolero champhamvu.

Kuyimika magalimoto ndi kuyendetsa pa liwiro lotsika kumatha kukhala kotopetsa, kumangokulirakulira chifukwa chosawoneka bwino ndi kabati.

Galasi lamkati lamkati lamkati ndilofunika ngati thumba la chiuno mu sweatshirt, lomwe limapereka maonekedwe omveka bwino koma turbo intercooler yomwe imadzaza zenera lonse lakumbuyo.

Magalasi akunja amabwera kudzapulumutsa pamene akubwerera.

Magulu a Lotus Elise ndi Exige a 2008 ali ndi zida zatsopano zokhala ndi zosavuta kuwerenga zoyera-pa-zakuda. Pamodzi ndi speedometer ikugunda chizindikiro cha 300 km / h, zizindikiro tsopano zikuwunikira pamzere wolozera kumanzere kapena kumanja, mosiyana ndi chizindikiro chimodzi chomwe chinalipo kale.

Chizindikiro chosinthira chimasinthanso kuchokera ku LED imodzi kupita ku nyali zofiyira zitatu zotsatizana panthawi yomaliza ya 500 rpm wotsitsa malire asanayambe.

Chidacho chilinso ndi gulu latsopano lotanthauzira mawu la LCD lomwe limatha kuwonetsa uthenga wopukusa ndi makina agalimoto.

Zambiri. Chofiira pa chakuda chimathandizira kuwerengeka padzuwa lolunjika.

Ma geji atsopano amawonetsa mafuta, kutentha kwa injini ndi odometer. Komabe, imathanso kuwonetsa nthawi, mtunda woyenda, kapena liwiro la digito mu mph kapena km/h.

Zizindikiro zochenjeza siziwoneka mpaka zitatsegulidwa, kusunga chida chowoneka bwino komanso chosokoneza, ndipo ma airbags ndi okhazikika.

Pali alamu yatsopano yachidutswa chimodzi / immobilizer ndi kiyi yokhala ndi loko, mabatani otsegula ndi ma alarm. Lotus Exige S imagulitsa $114,990 kuphatikiza ndalama zoyendera, Performance Pack ikuwonjezera $11,000.

Zosankha zoyimilira zimaphatikiza ma dampers a Bilstein osinthika mosadukiza ndi kutalika kwa kukwera, mawilo amtundu wamtundu wa ultra-light-spoke XNUMX, switchable Lotus traction control system, komanso kudzitsekera kosiyana.

MBIRI YA LOTUS

Sitampu ya woyambitsa Lotus Colin Chapman, ndi luso lake laukadaulo wotsogola komanso kuphatikiza zida zothamanga, zitha kupezeka pamitundu yonse ya Elise S ndi Exige S.

Lotus amadziŵika kuti amalimbikitsa mapangidwe a injini yapakati pa Indycars, kupanga makina oyambirira a Formula One monocoque chassis, ndikuphatikiza injini ndi kufalitsa ngati zigawo za chassis.

Lotus nayenso anali m'modzi mwa apainiya mu F1, kuwonjezera zotchingira ndi kuumba pansi pa galimoto kuti apange downforce, komanso kukhala woyamba kusuntha ma radiator kumbali ya galimoto kuti apititse patsogolo ntchito aerodynamic ndi kupanga kuyimitsidwa yogwira. .

Chapman adayendetsa Lotus kuchokera kwa wophunzira wosauka ku yunivesite ya London kupita kwa mamiliyoni ambiri.

Kampaniyo idalimbikitsa makasitomala ake kuti athamangitse magalimoto awo, ndipo adalowa mu Formula One yokha ngati gulu ku 1, ndi Lotus 1958 yoyendetsedwa ndi wabizinesi Rob Walker komanso motsogozedwa ndi Stirling Moss, ndikupambana Grand Prix yoyamba yamtunduwu patatha zaka ziwiri ku Monaco.

Kupambana kwakukulu kudabwera mu 1963 ndi Lotus 25, yomwe, ndi Jim Clark pa gudumu, idapambana Lotus Mpikisano wake woyamba wa F1 World Constructors' Championship.

Imfa yadzidzidzi ya Clarke - adagwa mu 48 Formula 1968 Lotus mu Epulo 1 tayala lake lakumbuyo litalephera ku Hockenheim - idasokoneza kwambiri timu komanso Formula One.

Anali dalaivala wamkulu m'galimoto yayikulu ndipo amakhalabe gawo lofunikira pazaka zoyambirira za Lotus. Mpikisano wa 1968 udapambana ndi mnzake wa Clark Graham Hill. Okwera ena omwe adachita bwino ndi marque anali Jochen Rindt (1970), Emerson Fittipaldi (1972) ndi Mario Andretti (1978).

Nayenso abwana sanachite ulesi kumbuyo kwa gudumu. Chapman akuti adamaliza mayendedwe mkati mwa masekondi oyendetsa ake a Formula One.

Pambuyo pa imfa ya Chapman, mpaka kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, Lotus adapitirizabe kukhala wosewera wamkulu mu Formula One. Ayrton Senna adasewera timuyi kuyambira 1 mpaka 1985, ndikupambana kawiri pachaka ndikutenga malo 1987.

Komabe, pofika mpikisano womaliza wa Formula 1994 wa kampaniyo mu XNUMX, magalimotowo sanalinso opikisana.

Lotus adapambana mipikisano yonse ya 79 Grand Prix ndipo Chapman adawona Lotus akumenya Ferrari ngati gulu loyamba kukwaniritsa zigonjetso 50 za Grand Prix ngakhale Ferrari adapambana zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zapitazo.

Moss, Clark, Hill, Rindt, Fittipaldi, Andretti. . . Zinali zosangalatsa ndi mwayi kwa ine kugawana malo ndi onsewo.