Caterham ba ya sayar da motoci a 2009

Babu motocin Caterham da aka siyar a bara, kuma ɗaya kawai a cikin 2008. "Eh, bara ba ni da kayan haihuwa kwata-kwata, don haka ni ba mai arziki ba ne," in ji Caterham Cars Australia kakakin Chris van Wyck.

Yace suna da matsala guda biyu. "Farashin ya yi yawa kuma yawancin masu siyan Clubman suna son cikakkiyar mota, wacce ba mu bayar ba," in ji shi. “A cikin kwarewata a wannan kasuwa, yawancin masu saye suna son kera motar kit ɗin dala 40,000, ko kuma za su iya biyan $60,000 na motar da aka haɗa. Kadan ne za su iya ƙarin biya. Don haka har yanzu muna da tsada sosai don kasuwa, amma tunda Caterham yana amfani da ingantattun abubuwa, ba za mu iya yin gogayya kai tsaye da sauran motocin kulab akan farashi ba. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan masu fafatawa sun yi amfani da wasu abubuwan da aka yi amfani da su ko kuma aka gyara su a baya, waɗanda ba mu yi ba. Muna da Bilstein shocks, Eibach springs, alal misali. "Yana nufin cewa muna neman masu siye da gaske waɗanda za su iya ba da BMW Z4 ko Porsche Boxster, amma ga mafi yawansu, motarmu tana da hankali sosai kuma mai sauƙi.

Farashin ADR homologation shima yana da muni kuma yana kaiwa kanana masana'antun daidai gwargwado saboda dole ne mu daidaita waɗannan farashin tare da ƙaramin adadin motoci. "Don haka, duk abin da mutum zai iya faɗi, koyaushe za mu sami ƙaramin tushe na abokin ciniki."

Duk da haka, yana da tabbacin cewa tallace-tallace na samfurin tushe na lita biyu zai girma da akalla 100% a wannan shekara, tare da samfurin SVR 82,950 da aka saka a $ 26,050, $ 107,700 kasa da na baya $ 200 SVR model . kudi, rage haraji da injin da aka sake tsarawa, mara tsada." Kuma maimakon kawai bayar da samfuri ɗaya, Caterham yanzu yana ba da mafi girman kewayon Sevens.

The Roadsport SV 175, Superlight SV R300 da CSR 175 ana yin su ne ta injin mai lita 4 wanda aka haɓaka tare da Ford a Burtaniya. Sabuwar injin silinda mai lamba 129 Euro 2.3 yana ba da 147kW kuma ya maye gurbin na baya "mai kyau sosai amma mai tsada" wanda aka gina da hannu Cosworth 1-lita 50kW. "Injin wani dutse ne mai daraja, wanda aka kera da hannu a masana'antar Injin F000, amma injin shi kaɗai ya kai kimanin dala XNUMX," in ji van Wyck.

Hakanan akwai samfurin $64,900 Bakwai Roadsport SV 120 wanda ya maye gurbin SVR 120 kuma ana sarrafa shi ta Ford Sigma mai lita 1.6. "Model ɗin mu na SV 120 shima ba a keɓe shi daga harajin mota mai ban tsoro, tare da shan mai na ƙasa da lita bakwai a cikin mil 100," in ji van Wyk. "Don haka idan wani yana neman motar motsa jiki mai daɗi don hanya, yanzu muna da samfura masu araha da yawa da za mu zaɓa daga ciki."

Dangane da SVR 175 mai fita, Bakwai Roadsport SV 200 an tsara shi don amfani da hanya kuma yana da kariyar yanayi amma babu kwandishan. Yana da fasalin ɗan gajeren tafiya mai saurin gudu biyar, mara taimako kai tsaye tuƙi, birki mara taimako, kuma masu su za su iya duba dakatarwar gaba da tuƙi daga kujerar direba. The Roadsport SV 175 kuma ya rage ƙayyadaddun bayanai idan aka kwatanta da SVR 200. Yanzu ya zo da ƙafafun 14-inch da akwatin gear mai sauri biyar, maimakon 15-inch ƙafafun da taya Avon CR500 na al'ada tare da akwatin gear mai sauri shida. da Caterham. , wanda yanzu farashin $6795. Hakanan 175 yana da dakatarwar De Dion na baya, gilashin iska mai zafi na lantarki, injin daskarewa, kayan kwalliyar hannu, zane da datsa kujerar fiber carbon, sills na gefe da masu gadi na baya.

Bakwai Superlight SV R300 mai mai da hankali kan waƙa ya ɓoye duka sai dai abubuwan buƙatun don adana nauyi, don haka babu injina, gilashin iska ko kariyar yanayi, kodayake ana iya haɗa su azaman zaɓi. Duk da haka, ya zo tare da al'ada kusa-rabo shida watsa watsa, daidaitacce dakatar, 15-inch alloy ƙafafun, carbon fiber iska deflector da gaban masu gadi, da kuma farashin $92,530.

Babban layin Caterham Seven shine $95,530 CSR 175 tare da dakatarwar gaba ta ciki, dakatarwar baya mai zaman kanta, dampers masu daidaitawa da mashaya anti-roll na gaba. CSR ta raba 254mm birki na gaba da iska mai iska tare da SV 175 da SV R300, amma yana da fayafai masu ƙarfi na baya 254mm da faffadan tayoyin baya da aka bayar azaman zaɓi.

A karshen kasafin kudin ne Bakwai Roadsport SV 120 tare da 1.6-lita Ford Sigma engine, biyar-gudun manual watsa, De Dior raya dakatar da 14-inch ƙafafun. Har yanzu yana zuwa tare da kyawawan abubuwa kamar cikakken kariyar yanayi, wutar lantarki mai zafi da datsa masana'anta. Motocin wasanni na Caterham Bakwai sun dogara ne akan Lotus na 1957 wanda Colin Chapman ya tsara a cikin '7.

Caterham Ostiraliya kuma yana ba da oda cikakke ko kayan motocin tsere, masu farashi bisa ga ƙayyadaddun abokin ciniki. “Amma har yau ban samu wani umarni ba. Babu jerin tseren da ya dace da su a Ostiraliya, ”in ji van Wyk.

Caterham model