Rahoton da aka ƙayyade na Lotus Elise 2008

Derek Ogden yana tuƙi biyu tsawon mako guda.

CIGABA

Tare da saman rag, shiga da fita daga cikin Lotus Elise ciwon kai ne. . . da hannaye, kafafu da kai idan ba ka yi hankali ba.

Sirrin shine ka tura kujerar direba har zuwa baya, zame ƙafarka na hagu a ƙarƙashin ginshiƙin tutiya kuma zauna a cikin wurin zama tare da ƙasa. Abin da ake fitarwa iri ɗaya ne a baya.

Mafi sauƙi shine cire saman masana'anta - shirye-shiryen bidiyo guda biyu sun isa, mirgine shi kuma adana shi a cikin akwati tare da tallafin ƙarfe guda biyu.

Idan aka kwatanta da rufin da aka cire, wannan yanki ne na kek. Matsa kan bakin kofa, tashi tsaye kuma, riƙe da sitiyarin, sannu a hankali sauke kan kan ku cikin wurin zama kuma daidaita shi don isa. Ba ku da yawa zaune a cikin Lotus kamar yadda kuke sawa.

Da zarar cikin ɗan ƙaramin mai titin, lokaci ya yi da za a kunna nishaɗi (Ee, Yi haƙuri, Inji). Motar dai tana aiki ne da injin Toyota mai lita 1.8 mai canza yanayin bawul, tana bayan taksi mai kujeru biyu, tana da ƙarfin 100 kW, wanda ke ba motar damar yin sauri daga sifili zuwa 100 km / h a cikin daƙiƙa 6.1 akan hanyarta. zuwa babban gudun 205 km/h.

Ta yaya 100kW zai iya samar da irin wannan aikin? Yana da game da nauyi. Yana da nauyin kilogiram 860 kawai, Elise S yana da chassis na aluminium wanda yayi nauyi 68kg kawai. Hakanan ana amfani da ƙarfe mai haske.

Tuƙi da birki suna da matuƙar amsawa, haka kuma dakatarwar, wanda zai iya yin magana akan saman da bai dace ba.

Ana iya gafartawa wannan motar da aka ƙera don ɗaukar ainihin tuƙin motar wasanni. A zahiri, a $69,990, wannan shine cikakkiyar gabatarwa ga nau'in.

Kunshin Yawon shakatawa na $ 8000 yana ƙara abubuwa kamar datsa fata, haɗin iPod, da fa'idodi masu hana sauti - ba wannan hayaniyar yakamata ta zama abin damuwa ga sha'awar motar motsa jiki ba.

Kunshin Wasanni na $ 7000 yana ɗaga mashaya tare da dampers dakatarwar wasanni na Bilstein, sarrafa juzu'i, da kujerun wasanni.

EXIGE C

Idan Elise misali ne na Lotus akan ƙafafun horo, to Exige S wani lamari ne daban. A zahiri, shine mafi kusancin da zaku iya zuwa motar tsere bisa doka akan hanya.

Yayin da ma'auni na Exige yana fitar da 163kW na wutar lantarki, 2008 Exige S yana samuwa tare da Kunshin Ayyuka na zaɓi wanda ke ƙarfafa iko zuwa 179kW a 8000rpm - daidai da ƙayyadaddun bugu Sport 240 - godiya ga supercharger Magnuson/Eaton M62, sauri. kwarara nozzles, kazalika da mafi girma juyi clutch tsarin da wani kara girman iska a kan rufin.

Tare da haɓaka ƙarfin ƙarfi daga daidaitaccen 215 Nm zuwa 230 Nm a 5500 rpm, wannan ɗagawar wutar lantarki yana taimaka wa Performance Pack Exige S ya tashi daga sifili zuwa 100 km / h a cikin daƙiƙa 4.16 zuwa rakiyar ƙaƙƙarfan ruri na injin da ke bayan taksi. . Mai sana'anta yana da'awar tattalin arzikin mai shine matsakaicin lita 9.1 a cikin kilomita 100 (31 mpg) akan zagayowar birni / babbar hanya.

Bugu da ƙari, tsohon abokin gaba, nauyi, ya ci nasara tare da ikon-zuwa nauyi na 191kW/ton, yana sanya Exige S a matakin supercar. Yana tuƙi kamar kart (ko yakamata ya zama "dan tsere", Exige S yana da sauri).

Lotus Sport yana da hannu a cikin wannan ta hanyar samar da ikon ƙaddamar da salon Formula XNUMX, wanda direba ya zaɓi revs ta hanyar bugun kira a gefen ginshiƙin tuƙi don farawa mafi kyau.

Ana shawartar direban da ya ɓata feda na totur kuma da sauri ya saki kama, wanda a mafi yawan lokuta shine girke-girke don lalacewar watsawa da rage karfin juyi.

Ba tare da wannan yaron ba. Damper yana tausasa kama da watsawa da ƙarfi don rage nauyi akan watsawa, kazalika da jujjuyawar dabarar har zuwa saurin 10 km / h, bayan haka tsarin sarrafa gogayya yana aiki.

Kamar yadda tare da ƙaddamarwa iko, za a iya daidaita matakin sarrafa juzu'i daga wurin zama na direba, canza shi a kan tashi don dacewa da halaye na kusurwa.

Ana iya canza shi da ƙari na 30 - sabon saitin kayan aikin yana nuna nawa ne ake kira ikon sarrafa motsi - daga zamewar taya na kashi 7 don kammala rufewa.

Har ila yau, birkin ya sami jiyya mai fakitin Performance tare da fayafai masu kauri na 308mm da fayafai masu kauri a gaba, wanda AP Racing ke sarrafa fistan calipers, yayin da madaidaitan faifan birki suka haɓaka aiki da kuma bututun birki.

Tuƙi kai tsaye yana ba da mafi girman martani ga direba, yayin da babu wani abu tsakanin sitiyarin da hanya, gami da tuƙin wuta.

Yin kiliya da motsa jiki a ƙananan gudu na iya zama mai gajiyawa, kawai ya fi muni da rashin gani daga taksi.

Madubin duba baya na ciki yana da amfani kamar aljihun hips a cikin rigar sweatshirt, yana ba da cikakkiyar ra'ayi na komai sai turbo intercooler wanda ya cika duka taga na baya.

Madubai na waje suna zuwa don ceto lokacin juyawa.

Lotus Elise da Exige na 2008 sun ƙunshi sabbin kayan aiki tare da ƙirar farin-baƙi mai sauƙin karantawa. Tare da ma'aunin saurin da ke buga alamar 300km/h, masu nuna alama yanzu suna walƙiya akan dash ɗin da ke nuna hagu ko dama, ba kamar mai nunin da ke can baya ba.

Alamar motsi kuma tana canzawa daga LED ɗaya zuwa fitilolin ja guda uku a jere a cikin rpm 500 na ƙarshe kafin rev limiter disengages.

Har ila yau, faifan kayan aiki ya ƙunshi sabon babban ma'anar saƙon LCD wanda zai iya nuna saƙon gungurawa tare da tsarin abin hawa.

Bayani. Ja akan baki yana taimakawa karantawa a cikin hasken rana kai tsaye.

Sabbin ma'auni suna ci gaba da nuna man fetur, zafin inji da odometer. Koyaya, yana iya nuna lokaci, tafiya mai nisa, ko saurin dijital a cikin mph ko km/h.

Alamun gargadi ba sa iya gani har sai an kunna su, kiyaye panel ɗin kayan aiki a bayyane da ban sha'awa, jakunkuna na iska daidai suke.

Akwai sabon ƙararrawa/mai hana motsi da maɓalli mai kulle, buɗewa da maɓallan ƙararrawa. Lotus Exige S yana siyarwa akan $114,990 tare da kuɗin balaguro, tare da Kunshin Ayyuka yana ƙara $11,000.

Zaɓuɓɓukan tsayayye sun haɗa da dampers Bilstein masu daidaitawa ba tare da kai tsaye ba da tsayin hawan, ultra-light tsaga-nau'i na jabun ƙafafu bakwai, tsarin sarrafa juzu'i na Lotus, da bambancin kulle-kulle.

TARIHIN MASARAUTA

Tambarin wanda ya kafa Lotus Colin Chapman, tare da ƙwarensa na fasaha mai ɗorewa da haɗa fasalin wasan tsere, ana iya samun shi akan duk samfuran Elise S da Exige S.

Lotus yana da alaƙa da haɓaka shimfidar tsakiyar injin don Indycars, haɓaka chassis na farko na Formula One monocoque, da haɗa injin da watsawa azaman abubuwan haɗin chassis.

Lotus kuma ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin majagaba a cikin F1, yana ƙara shinge da siffata ƙasan motar don ƙirƙirar ƙarfi, kamar yadda kuma shine farkon wanda ya motsa radiyo zuwa ɓangarorin mota don haɓaka aikin iska da ƙirƙira dakatarwar aiki. .

Chapman ya kori Lotus daga wani matalauci dalibi a Jami'ar London zuwa multimillionaire.

Kamfanin ya ƙarfafa abokan cinikinsa su yi tseren motocinsu, kuma ya shiga cikin Formula One da kansa a matsayin ƙungiya a cikin 1, tare da Lotus 1958 wanda mai zaman kansa Rob Walker ke tukawa da Stirling Moss, ya lashe Grand Prix na farko bayan shekaru biyu a Monaco.

Babban nasara ya zo a cikin 1963 tare da Lotus 25, wanda, tare da Jim Clark a cikin dabaran, ya ci Lotus gasar cin kofin duniya ta F1 ta farko.

Mutuwar Clarke - ya fadi a cikin 48 Formula 1968 Lotus a watan Afrilu 1 bayan tayar da baya ta kasa a Hockenheim - ya kasance babban rauni ga kungiyar da Formula One.

Ya kasance babban direba a cikin babbar mota kuma ya kasance wani muhimmin sashi na farkon shekarun Lotus. Gasar 1968 ta sami nasara ta abokin wasan Clark Graham Hill. Sauran mahayan da suka yi nasara tare da marque sune Jochen Rindt (1970), Emerson Fittipaldi (1972) da Mario Andretti (1978).

Maigidan kuma bai kasalala a bayan motar ba. An ce Chapman ya kammala lafunan sa a cikin dakika kadan na direbobinsa na Formula One.

Bayan mutuwar Chapman, har zuwa ƙarshen 1980s, Lotus ya ci gaba da kasancewa babban dan wasa a cikin Formula One. Ayrton Senna ya buga wa kungiyar wasa daga 1 zuwa 1985, inda ya yi nasara sau biyu a shekara kuma ya dauki matsayi na 1987.

Koyaya, ta hanyar tseren Formula 1994 na ƙarshe na kamfanin a cikin XNUMX, motocin ba su kasance masu gasa ba.

Lotus ya lashe gasar Grand Prix guda 79 kuma Chapman ya ga Lotus ya doke Ferrari a matsayin tawagar farko da ta samu nasara a gasar Grand Prix 50 duk da cewa Ferrari ya lashe shekaru tara na farko a baya.

Moss, Clark, Hill, Rindt, Fittipaldi, Andretti. . . Abin farin ciki ne kuma gata a gare ni na raba wuri da su duka.