Ua hoʻopakele ʻia ʻo Caterham e ka luna Lotus

"Ua noho ʻo Caterham i ka aie," wahi a Chris van Wyck, ka luna hoʻomalu o Caterham Cars Australia.

Aia i ka lima o Tony Fernandez ka hui kaʻa haʻuki maʻalahi Pelekania, he kanaka kālepa Malaysia nona ka Air Asia Bhd a me ka hui Grand Prix Lotus. Aia kekahi mau lono e hiki iā Fernandes ke kapa hou i kāna hui F1 iā Caterham inā nalowale ʻo ia i kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa mau me Renault F1 no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka inoa Lotus ma Formula One.

ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana ma Australia he mau manaʻo akaka no ka mea ua kūʻai aku ʻo Caterham i ʻekolu mau kaʻa mai ka makahiki 2007 a ke alo nei i ka pau ʻana o ka hana ʻana i ka makahiki 2013 no ka mea ʻaʻole i hele mai nā kaʻa me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele paʻa ESP e lilo i mea koi ma ka ʻāina mai 2012.

“Ke noho nei mākou ma ka hōʻaiʻē. Manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi kēia, "wahi a Chris van Wyck, ka luna hoʻomalu o Caterham Cars Australia.

"Haʻi mai ʻo Caterhams iaʻu ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopilikia i kēia manaʻo hoʻokele traction no ka mea ʻaʻole pono lākou no ʻEulopa. Akā, ke manaʻo nei au e loaʻa hou iā Caterham ke kākoʻo a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO nā mea a pau aʻu e lohe ai e pili ana i ka mea nona ka mea hou ma luna o par. I kēia hihia, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka manawa o lākou e hana i ka extrasensory perception. "

ʻAʻole i lilo ʻo Caterham i mea kūʻai nui ma Australia, ma muli o ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ke kaʻa, ʻaʻole i loli ka nui mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Lotus ʻo Colin Chapman e like me ka Lotus 7 i nā makahiki 1950.

ʻO ka Caterham kahi hāmama, ʻaʻohe-frills ʻelua mau noho i kūʻai pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he kaʻa piha - ʻaʻole hiki ke hiki ma Australia - ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kumukūʻai i kēia makahiki ua hoʻonui i ka hoihoi, akā ke hoʻomau nei ʻo van Wyck i ka huhū no ka nele o ka hoihoi i nā kaʻa.

"I kēia manawa, ʻo ia kahi franchise Claytons. Ua kūʻai aku au i ʻekolu mau kaʻa mai ka makahiki 2007, "ʻae ʻo ia. "ʻO ka noi i kapa ʻia ʻo 'club' ma Australia ma $30,000 a i $55,000. A ʻaʻole mākou i laila. He mea paʻakikī kēia no ka mea makemake wau i ka brand a me ka huahana. Ua manaʻo wau e loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau kūʻai i kēia manawa aia mākou ma ke ala o $60,000 a i ʻole $XNUMX, akā ʻaʻole i hiki.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fernandez ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻohuli iā Caterham, i kūʻai aku i nā kaʻa 500 wale nō i ka makahiki 2010, i mea hōʻailona honua i ka papa haʻuki kūʻokoʻa o nā kaʻa e like me Aston Martin.

ʻO Caterham, i kapa ʻia ma hope o ke kaona ʻo Lākana kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai, aia ma kahi o 100 mau limahana ma kahi mea kanu ma ka hema o ke kapikala Pelekane a ua hoʻopuka i kahi kālā $2 miliona i ka makahiki i hala. Akā ua ʻike ʻo van Wyk i kahi maikaʻi mai ke kūʻai ʻana iā Fernandez a me kahi Caterham hou i pena ʻia i nā kala like me nā kaʻa Lotus F1 o kēia makahiki i alakaʻi ʻia e Jarno Trulli lāua ʻo Heikki Kovalainen.

"He kanaka kūʻai maikaʻi loa kaʻu e makemake ana i kahi kaʻa ma Lotus livery. No laila he hopena maikaʻi, "wahi a van Wyck.