Nā Kaʻa Kaʻao: Lotus Esprit - Auto Sportive
Ka inoa "Lotus"ʻO ka mea nui loa paha, e kūleʻa ʻoe: māmā, dexterity, hōʻoluʻolu a, ʻo ka hope loa," Eliza ". E ʻōlelo wau he ʻoi aku kēia ma mua o ke kānāwai. Akā i nā makahiki 80, mau nō ka lʻElise kahi mimage, a pili ka inoa Lotus me ka Esprit.
ʻAʻole wau e hōʻole ma laila ʻuhane ʻo kēia kekahi o kaʻu mau kaʻa punahele. ʻO kēia kahi e noʻonoʻo ai i kahi kaʻa haʻuki: wikiwiki, leo nui, ikaika a hilinaʻi ʻole. ʻAʻole ia he mea hanana he kaʻa nani loa ka Lotus Esprit; ua hoʻolālā maoli ʻia ka laina e Giugiaro a hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ua ʻike maoli ka mea hoʻolālā iā mākou no kahi manawa lōʻihi loa.
Nā mana mua
O kaʻuhane ʻAʻole ia he nani wale nō, akā he mau ʻano hōʻeuʻeu kupaianaha nō hoʻi ia, a he maneuverable a kaulike ke kaʻa. ʻO ka mana mua, i hōʻike ʻia ma Palisa i ka makahiki 1975, ua hoʻokau ʻia me kahi kino fiberglass (kahi hopena i hoʻohana ʻia no Elise) a ua hoʻokau ʻia e kahi 2,0-litera ʻehā mau paukū ʻehā me 160 hp. Ua hoʻi maoli ka pahu.
ʻO ka mana maʻamau (no ka mea i noho i ka hana ka lōʻihi loa) ʻo ia ka mana 1980. Lotus Esprit S2... Ua hoʻololi ʻia nā kukui o kēia restyling, a ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka ʻenekini i 2,2 liters, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi mana i ka makahiki aʻe. ʻO Essex Turbo i 211 CV.
ʻO ka laina "pololei"
ʻO ka restyling hope loa i ka makahiki 1987 ua kūleʻa loa ia a hiki i ka makahiki 1993 me ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe mea hoʻonaninani. Hiki i nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi ke haʻaheo i kahi laina kau. Ua hoʻolālā hou ʻia ka hope hope, a me ke kaʻa a me nā bumper. ʻO ka hopena hopena he kaʻa ma waena o ka Lamborghini Diablo a me Ferrari 355, he mahalo nui i nā hihia ʻelua.
Nā ʻenekini o kēia ʻuhane Nui maoli ka "restyling ʻelua", a pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo pono i ka maka o ka hawk i mea e ʻike ai iā lākou.
La ʻUhane SE, hoʻolako pū ʻia me kahi ʻenekini ʻehā-ʻelima 2,2-litera, kau i waho 180 hp, ʻoiai ʻO Esprit Turbo SE hana ia 264 hp. mahalo i ka mea hoʻonui. I ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻohui ʻia ka mana 2.0, a turbocharged hou, e hana ana 243 hp, a i ka makahiki aʻe e ukali ʻia e Esprit Turbo 2.2 Sport 300 mai 305 hp mana. ʻOiai ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o nā turbos ʻehā-ʻāpana i kā lākou hana, ua hoʻoikaika ka poʻe kuko 90 (a me nā mea hoʻokūkū me nā ʻenekini exorbitant) iā Lotus e hoʻokomo i kahi ʻenekini i ʻoi aku "kūpono" i kā lākou mau supercar.
ʻO Esprit V8 GT
La Kūkākūkā 348 (hana ʻia mai 1989 a 1995) he 300 hp, i hōʻeleu ʻia mai 0 a 100 km / h ma 5,4 kekona a hiki i 275 km / h, akā ʻo ka F355 (hana ʻia mai ka manawa o 1994) he 380 hp. aʻoi aku ka wikiwiki.
Ua hana ʻia ia ma 1996 ʻuhane nalowale nā paukū 4 āpau i ka ʻenekini 8-liter māhoe-turbo V3,5 hiki ke hana i 350 hp. ma 6.500 rpm a me 400 Nm o ka ikehu ma 4.250 rpm. Ua holo wikiwiki ke kaʻa mai 0 a 100 km / h ma 4,9 kekona a mai 0 a 160 km / h ma 10,6 kekona, aʻo ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe he 270 km / h.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia nā ʻōnaehana loea, a ʻo ka hana a Ferrari lāua ʻo Porsche i kēlā manawa ʻaʻohe mea lili. ʻO ke kaupaona o ke kaupaona he 1325 kg wale nō ia a kau ʻia me nā kika he 235/40 ZR17 ma mua a
mai 285/35 ZR18 a i ka hope Ua pūlima ʻia ka ʻōnaehana paʻa ʻO Brembo a he 296mm mua a me 300mm hope disc, a me kahi ʻōnaehana ABS kūlana kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO nā koho i hoʻopili ʻia me ka ea lewa, kahi ʻeke a kahi hoʻokele, kahi mea pāʻani cassette Alpine (a i ʻole he lekiō me ka mea kani CD), nā waihoʻoluʻu kūloko ʻili, a me nā pau ʻana o ka pena metallic.
Esprit Sport 350, hoʻopuka kūikawā
Ma 99, ua hoʻokuʻu ka Hale i kahi mana kūikawā ma nā kope he 50 wale nō. ʻO Lotus Esprit Sport 350hiʻohiʻona i kahi ʻēheu kalapona kalapona, nā huila makanekiuma a me kahi kino māmā. ʻO ka nui o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaupaona i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke kumu V8 he 80 kg no ka mea mākaʻi makua.
ʻO ka Lotus Esprit ʻaʻole wale kekahi o nā Lotus nani loa (a maikaʻi loa) i hana ʻia, akā kekahi o nā kaʻa haʻuki maikaʻi loa o ko mākou manawa.
