Hoʻolālā ʻo Caterham i nā ʻano kaʻa holoʻokoʻa
Ua hōʻike wale ʻo Caterham i kāna kumu hoʻohālike hou, ʻo ka AeroSeven Concept, akā ʻo ka hoʻonui hoʻohālike ʻo ia ka nūhou maoli.
ʻO ka hui kaʻa haʻuki Pelekāne liʻiliʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā Alpine mai ka make mai ke holo wikiwiki nei i ke kenekulia 21. Ke hoʻolālā nei nā kaʻa Caterham i kahi ʻano hiʻohiʻona e komo pū me nā SUV a me nā kaʻa holo kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāna mau kaʻa haʻuki kuʻuna 1950s.
Ua holomua no hoi me kana hana ma a hui pū me Renault e ho'ōla hou i ka inoa Alpine ma 2016 ma kahi kaʻa haʻuki e kaʻana like ma waena o nā hui, ma kahi ʻaelike e like me ka mea i hoʻomaka ka Subaru BRZ и ʻO Toyota 86.
Ua hōʻike wale ʻo Caterham i kāna kumu hoʻohālike hou, ʻo ka AeroSeven Concept, akā ʻo ka hoʻonui hoʻohālike ʻo ia ka nūhou maoli. "I ka wā e hiki mai ana, e noho haʻaheo ka inoa Caterham ma nā crossovers, nā kaʻa kūlanakauhale a me nā ʻano o nā kaʻa haʻuki no kēlā me kēia," wahi a Tony Fernandes, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Caterham Group.
"E hōʻike ana ʻo Caterham iā ia iho i kahi hōʻailona kaʻa holomua, wehe a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana e hoʻopuka a kāhāhā i ke ana like. He hale Pelekania ia no nā makahiki he 40 i hala iho nei, a he mea huna kaʻa ma nā ʻano he nui.
"He leo liʻiliʻi paha mākou i kēia manawa, akā ke hele nei mākou i ka hana ʻenehana i kahi ʻano māmā." ʻIke ʻia ʻo Caterham ʻo ia ka mea hana hou o ke kula kahiko ʻehiku i hoʻolālā mua ʻia a hoʻomohala ʻia e Colin Chapman, ka ʻenekinia akamai i ka mea hoʻokele no ka hui Lotus ma Formula One a me nā kaʻa alanui.
Lawe ka AeroSeven Concept i ka noʻonoʻo kumu mai ka manawa o Chapman a hoʻokuʻu iā ia i mua i loko o kahi kaʻa e loaʻa mau ana ka mīkini i mua a me ke kaʻa huila hope, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka Caterham mua me nā tweaks techno me ka traction a me ka hoʻokele mana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fernandes e huki ʻo AeroSeven i ka ʻenehana mai ka hui holoʻokoʻa, e komo pū ana me ka loea carbon fiber o ka - tail-ender - Caterham F1 lole. ʻAʻohe hoʻolālā hana no ka AeroSeven i kēia manawa, a ʻōlelo ka luna o Australia o Caterham ua lohe wale ʻo ia e pili ana i ka SUV a me nā papahana kaʻa kūlanakauhale.
“He lono hoihoi. Nani wale ka ʻike ʻana aia nā kālā hoʻomohala, "wahi a Chris van Wyk iā Carsguide. "He hihia ia o ke ola ma mua, akā ua wehe koke nā puka ma nā wahi āpau. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole maopopo ka poʻe i ka laulā o ka hui. Ke hana nei lākou i nā noho mokulele mai ka carbon fiber me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana Formula One.
ʻO Fernandes ka mea hoʻokele ma hope o ka mokulele AirAsia, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka honua, akā ke hāʻawi nei i ka hoʻoikaika nui iā Caterham. "ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Renault e hana i kahi kaʻa haʻuki hou loa no nā Alpine a me Caterham brands e hōʻike ana i ko mākou manaʻo maopopo i ka hana ʻana i kēia pono, e hana me ka noʻonoʻo, akā ma luna o nā mea āpau, e hana ana ma ke ala Caterham," wahi a Fernandes.
"A, no ka mea he hui palahalaha mākou, he hui wikiwiki mākou. Ke ʻōlelo mākou e hana mākou i nā mea i loko, hana mākou. ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻolōʻihi a nalowale i ka manawa ma o nā legion o nā mea hoʻoholo hoʻokele waena, hana wale mākou.
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