Caterham yana shirin cikakken kewayon motoci
Caterham ya nuna sabon samfurin sa, AeroSeven Concept, amma fadada samfurin shine ainihin labari.
Karamin kamfanin motar motsa jiki na Burtaniya wanda zai taimaka wajen dawo da Alpine daga matattu yana kara habaka zuwa karni na 21. Motocin Caterham yanzu suna shirin kewayon samfuri wanda zai haɗa da SUVs da runabouts na birni tare da motocin wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya na 1950s.
Hakanan yana da haɓaka sosai tare da aikin sa akan a Haɗin gwiwa tare da Renault wanda zai farfado da sunan Alpine a cikin 2016 a kan motar wasanni da za a raba tsakanin kamfanonin, a wata yarjejeniya mai kama da wadda ta haifar Subaru BRZ и Toyota 86.
Caterham ya nuna sabon samfurin sa, AeroSeven Concept, amma fadada samfurin shine ainihin labari. "A nan gaba kadan, sunan Caterham zai zauna da alfahari a kan crossovers, motoci na birni da kuma motoci masu yawa na wasanni ga kowa da kowa," in ji Tony Fernandes, babban shugaban kungiyar Caterham.
"Caterham zai nuna kansa a matsayin alamar mota mai ci gaba, budewa da kasuwanci wanda zai iya bayarwa da mamaki a daidai ma'auni. Ya kasance cibiyar Burtaniya tsawon shekaru 40 da suka gabata, kuma sirrin kera motoci ta hanyoyi da yawa.
"Muna iya zama ƙaramar murya a yanzu, amma muna kan hanyarmu don yin aikin injiniya mai kyau na huhu." An fi sanin Caterham a matsayin wanda ya yi zamani na tsohuwar makaranta bakwai wanda Colin Chapman ya tsara kuma ya haɓaka shi, ƙwararren injiniya wanda ya kasance mai tuƙi na ƙungiyar Lotus a cikin Formula One da motocin hanya.
AeroSeven Concept yana ɗaukar ainihin tunanin tun daga lokacin Chapman kuma yana tura shi gaba a cikin motar da har yanzu tana da injin gaba da motar baya, koda kuwa Caterham na farko ne tare da tweaks na fasaha ciki har da haɓakawa da sarrafa ƙaddamarwa.
Fernandes ya ce AeroSeven yana jan fasaha daga ko'ina cikin kamfanin, gami da ƙwarewar fiber carbon na - wutsiya-ender - kayan Caterham F1. Babu wani shiri na samarwa na AeroSeven tukuna, kuma shugaban Australiya na Caterham ya ce kawai ya ji labarin SUV da ayyukan motocin birni.
“Labari ne mai ban sha’awa. Yana da kyau kawai ganin akwai kudaden ci gaba, "Chris van Wyk ga Carsguide. “A da ya kasance lamari ne na rayuwa, amma kwatsam akwai kofofin bude ko’ina. Ba na jin mutane sun fahimci fadin kamfanin tukuna. Har ma suna yin kujerun jirgin sama daga fiber carbon ta amfani da fasahar Formula One."
Fernandes shine ke jagorantar kamfanin jirgin saman AirAsia, wanda yanzu ya yi ikirarin shine ya fi samun riba a duniya, amma kuma yana ba da himma sosai ga Caterham. "Haɗin gwiwar haɗin gwiwa tare da Renault don samar da sabuwar motar wasanni don duka Alpine da Caterham brands yana nuna manufarmu ta yin wannan dama, yin shi a hankali, amma fiye da duka, yin ta hanyar Caterham," in ji Fernandes.
"Kuma, saboda mu kamfani ne mai lebur, mu kamfani ne mai sauri. Idan muka ce za mu yi abubuwa a cikin gida, muna yin su. Ba ma jinkiri kuma mu rasa ƙwazo ta hanyar ƙungiyoyin masu yanke shawara a tsaka-tsaki, muna yin hakan ne kawai."
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