ʻAʻole kūʻai aku ʻo Caterham i nā kaʻa ma 2009

ʻAʻohe kaʻa Caterham i kūʻai ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, a hoʻokahi wale nō i 2008. "ʻAe, i ka makahiki i hala ʻaʻole loaʻa iaʻu nā mea hoʻopakele, no laila ʻaʻole wau he kanaka waiwai," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo Caterham Cars Australia ʻo Chris van Wyck.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻelua mau pilikia. "He kiʻekiʻe loa ke kumukūʻai a makemake ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai Clubman i kaʻa piha, ʻaʻole mākou e hāʻawi," wahi āna. “Ma koʻu ʻike ma kēia mākeke, makemake ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e kūkulu i kahi kaʻa kit $40,000, a i ʻole hiki iā lākou ke uku a hiki i $60,000 no kahi kaʻa i hui ʻia. Kakaikahi hiki ke uku hou aku. No laila, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai no ka mākeke, akā no ka hoʻohana ʻana o Caterham i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūkū pololei me nā kaʻa hui ʻē aʻe ma ke kumukūʻai. Ua hoʻohana kekahi o kēia mau mea hoʻokūkū i kekahi mau mea i hoʻohana ʻia a i hana hou ʻia i ka wā ma mua, ʻaʻole mākou e hana. Loaʻa iā mākou nā haʻalulu Bilstein, nā punawai Eibach, no ka laʻana. "ʻO ia hoʻi ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku hiki ke kūʻai aku i kahi BMW Z4 a i ʻole Porsche Boxster, akā no ka hapa nui o lākou, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kā mākou kaʻa.

He mea weliweli hoʻi ke kumu kūʻai o ka homologation ADR a hoʻopilikia i nā mea hana liʻiliʻi no ka mea pono mākou e amortize i kēia mau kumukūʻai me kahi helu liʻiliʻi o nā kaʻa. "No laila, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea e ʻōlelo ai, e loaʻa mau iā mākou kahi kumu kūʻai liʻiliʻi loa."

Eia nō naʻe, ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia e ulu ana ke kūʻai aku o ke kumu hoʻohālike ʻelua-lita ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ma ka 100% i kēia makahiki, me ke kumu hoʻohālike SVR 82,950 i kūʻai ʻia ma $26,050, $107,700 emi iho ma mua o ka $200 SVR kumu. rate, emi dute a me ka hoʻolālā hou, emi pipiʻi mīkini." A ma kahi o ka hāʻawi wale ʻana i hoʻokahi kumu hoʻohālike, hāʻawi ʻo Caterham i ka nui loa o ʻehiku.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka Roadsport SV 175, Superlight SV R300 a me CSR 175 e kahi ʻenekini 4-lita i hoʻomohala pū ʻia me Ford ma UK. Hāʻawi ka ʻenekini ʻehā ʻehā o ka Euro 129 hou i ka 2.3kW a hoʻololi i ka Cosworth 147-lita 1kW i hana mua ʻia. "He pōhaku makamae ka mīkini, hana lima ʻia ma ka F50 Engine Factory, akā ʻo ka mīkini wale nō ke kumu kūʻai ma kahi o $000," wahi a van Wyck.

Aia kekahi kumu hoʻohālike $64,900 Seven Roadsport SV 120 e pani ana i ka SVR 120 a hoʻohana ʻia e kahi Ford Sigma 1.6-lita. "Hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā mākou ʻano Roadsport SV 120 mai ka ʻauhau kaʻa weliweli, me ka hoʻohana wahie ma lalo o ʻehiku lita no 100 mau mile," wahi a van Wyk. "No laila inā e ʻimi nei kekahi i kahi kaʻa haʻuki leʻaleʻa no ke alanui, loaʻa iā mākou nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e koho ai."

Ma muli o ka SVR 175 e puka ana, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka Seven Roadsport SV 200 no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke alanui a me ka pale ʻana i ka wā akā ʻaʻohe ea. He hiʻohiʻona i ka pōkole-kaahele manual elima-wikiwiki lawe, unassisted pololei hookele, unassisted brakes, a me na mea nona e hiki ke nana i ka mua hoʻokuʻu 'ana a me ka hookele ana mai ka Keaukaha ka noho. Ua hōʻemi pū ka Roadsport SV 175 i nā kikoʻī i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka SVR 200. Ua hele mai ia me nā huila 14-inihi a me kahi pahu pahu pahu ʻelima, ma mua o nā huila 15-inihi a me nā huila Avon CR500 i hana maʻamau me kahi pahu pahu ʻeono. na Caterham. , i kēia manawa he $6795. Loaʻa i ka 175 ka hoʻokuʻu hope ʻana o De Dion, kahi pale makani wela uila, defroster, padded armrests, lole a me ke kalapona ʻoki noho noho, nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao a me nā kiaʻi hope.

ʻO Seven Superlight SV R300 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke mele i hoʻokuʻu i nā mea āpau akā ʻaʻohe mea e pono ai e mālama i ke kaumaha, no laila ʻaʻohe mea hoʻomehana, pale makani a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i ka wā, ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ma ke ʻano he koho. Eia nō naʻe, hele mai ia me kahi hoʻoili maʻamau kokoke i ʻeono-wikiwiki, hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia, 15-ʻīniha huila huila, carbon fiber wind deflector a me nā kiaʻi mua, a me nā kumukūʻai $92,530.

ʻO ka luna o ka laina ʻo Caterham Seven ʻo ia ka $95,530 CSR 175 me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i mua o ka moku, ka hoʻokuʻu kūʻokoʻa hope, nā dampers hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia a me kahi pā anti-roll mua. Hāʻawi ka CSR i 254mm ventilated disc brakes me ka SV 175 a me SV R300, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o 254mm paʻa paʻa hope a me nā kaila hope ākea i hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he koho.

Ma ka hopena o ka waihona kālā ʻo ka ʻEhiku Roadsport SV 120 me kahi 1.6-lita Ford Sigma engine, ʻelima-wikiwiki lawe lima, De Dior hoʻokuʻu hope a me 14-iniha huila. Hele mai ia me nā mea maikaʻi e like me ka pale ʻana i ka wā piha, ka pale makani wela uila a me ka ʻoki lole. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā kaʻa haʻuki ʻo Caterham Seven i ka Lotus 1957 i hoʻolālā ʻia e Colin Chapman i '7.

Ke kauoha pū nei ʻo Caterham Australia i nā kaʻa heihei piha a kime paha, i uku ʻia e like me nā kikoʻī o ka mea kūʻai aku. "Akā i kēia lā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu kahi kauoha. ʻAʻohe hui heihei kūpono no lākou ma Australia, "wahi a van Wyk.

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