Lotus Elise vs Caterham 7 Supersport - Kaʻa haʻuki

E hāhai i kāu instinct. Inā, e like me aʻu, me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kauwela, ka lā a me nā lani polū, makemake ʻoe e hoʻi i ke kumu, i nā kaʻa paʻakikī a hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a laila e hāhai i kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo: hilinaʻi i kāu ʻano.

Ua hala ka lā holoʻokoʻa i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ʻO Caterham 7 Kākoʻo a mai ʻO Lotus Elise Club Racer no ke kumu hoʻokahi o ka ʻike ʻana i nā palena o ka hopu ʻana, ua komo hou wau i loko o ke kolokolo o ka hōʻalo i kēia mau mīkini, lawe ʻia i ka iwi, e like me ka mea puhipaka mua i hiki ke lawe i kahi puff ma hope o ka hala ʻana o nā mahina.

ʻAʻole i hauʻoli loa kēia ʻano o nā kaʻa. Me kēia ʻenekini liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ka puʻupuʻu, ʻaʻole ka mana ke kumu nui. ʻO kā lākou makana nui he dynamics. E like me kēia heluhelu inu lākou e like me ka manu a kūpaʻa loa nā paleki a me nā pākū ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e ninini i kāu pēke i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻokele ʻoe i ka hale kūʻai. ʻOiai ke kumukuai he uuku ʻo ia, no laila ʻaʻole i uē nui kou puʻuwai e laka iā lākou i loko o ka hale kaʻa no ka hoʻoilo e like me ko lākou nui, ʻoi aku ka muscular, a ʻo ka mea nui, nā hoahānau pipiʻi.

ʻO Caterham Supersport kumu kūʻai 22.500 Euro inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka pena a makemake ʻoe e hoʻopili iā ʻoe iho. Inā, ma ka lima ʻē aʻe, makemake ʻoe e kūlike ka mīkini me kā mākou mīkini hoʻāʻo, pono ʻoe e hoʻohui i nā mea ʻē aʻe. 3.000 Euro... ʻOiai, ke kumukūʻai nui nei ia, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka Superlight R500. Mai kuhi hewa: ʻo kēia XNUMX ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, kahi mea e like me ka skate ma nā huila, kaupaku ʻole ʻaʻohe aniani, ʻaʻohe puka, ʻelua wale nō puka lele. Hele ʻoe ma luna o ka moku ʻoi aku a liʻiliʻi paha e like me ke kaʻa heihei: kū ʻoe i ka noho a laila kau i kou mau wāwae i lalo o ka hoʻokele a hiki i kou pā ʻana i nā pedal liʻiliʻi. Pono kēia i kahi paʻa paʻa o nā kāmaʻa, a inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hoʻopau me kahi mau kolo i loko o kou waha a i ʻole pilikia paha i ka pi ma 100 km / h, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka komo ʻana i ka mahiole.

Ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana kāʻei ʻehā ʻO nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae, nā lima lima a me nā lima lima wale nō kāu e neʻe ai; ʻO ke koena o ke kino i hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi ʻia i loko o ka noho, me ka uhi ʻole ʻana, ma waena o ke kaʻa hoʻouna a me ka bead i lilo maoli ʻoe i ʻāpana o ke kaʻa. ʻO ia kahi kūpono e lohe ai i nā mea a pau e hana nei ma waho.

ʻO ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma Supersport he ʻike maʻemaʻe, unfiltered. ʻO nā mea a pau ʻaʻole i ʻāpana o ka ʻike hoʻokele ua wehe wale ʻia. He mea kupanaha ʻaʻole i wehe ʻia nā kelepona ma ka dashboard ... ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole pili ʻo Supersport. 520 kg a hiki ke kaupaona ʻia a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā koho me kahi dash carbon carbon, ihu a me nā limahana. Akā inā paha he nani lākou ke nānā aku, hoʻonui lākou i ke kumukūʻai me ka pono ʻole, ʻoiai he mea ia e mālama ai i kekahi mau gram. Inā hōʻalo ʻoe i ka ʻaina kakahiaka a ʻaʻahu māmā, e loaʻa ana paha iā ʻoe ka hopena like.

Ua hele ʻo Eliza i ka papaʻai like. E loaʻa ai kahi inoa hou Lūkini heihei ua kiola aku i ka lekiō, ka laka waena, ke ea ʻana, nā moena papahele a me nā panalā leo, a ua loaʻa i kahi pākana liʻiliʻi a me nā noho pale iki. ʻO ka hopena cumulative (e hoʻohana i nā huaʻōlelo a Chapman) e hoʻohui i ka 24kg o ka māmā, i like paha me he mea nui ʻole, ke nānā aku ʻoe i kēlā Elise kaupaona 860 kg, akā ua hoʻopau mākou i nā mea i makemake ʻole ʻia e Elise ma ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha a me ke kālā (€ 3.000 ka nui). No laila hiki iā ʻoe ke Club Racer 34.891 Euro.

He ʻokoʻa loa ka piʻi ʻana o Eliza mai ka piʻi ʻana iā Caterham. ʻO ka mea mua, aia nā puka, a, hoʻopaʻa i kou mau kāʻei noho, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka kaohi. Me he mea lā ʻuʻuku kēia i kēia lumi āpau e neʻe a puni. Kūpono nā ergonomics: ʻo ke kaʻa hoʻokele, ka lever a me nā pedal i kahi kūpono, a me ka upholstery hoʻoliʻiliʻi noho, hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i nā manaʻo kikoʻī hou aʻe. Ma loko, ua like ka Lotus me he kaʻa heihei lā, no laila ʻoiai he kaʻa kaʻaahi ia, kūpono kūpono ka inoa iā ia.

Neʻe ʻo ia i ka mea like ʻO Toyota 1.6 Hele mai ʻo Elise i kūlana maʻamau, ʻo ia hoʻi aia wale nō 136 CV e 172 Nm torque, akā ʻo kēia ʻenekini he pepa ʻono a makemake i ka hacked. A ʻo ka laki, pono e hoʻopaʻa maikaʻi ʻia no ka mea, ua mamao loa nā kaʻa. ʻIke ʻia kēia ma waena o ka lua a me ke kolu, ke hāʻule ka wikiwiki mai 7.000 a i 4.500, a ʻo ka wikiwiki ʻole kūpono no kēia mīkini ʻo 5.000 rpm. He mea hilahila maoli, no ka mea he māmā a ʻoluʻolu ka drivetrain ponoʻī, a ma kēia mana liʻiliʻi, ʻo ka revving ke kī, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka wā e puhi ana ka ʻalani phosphorescent Caterham i kou ʻāʻī.

Il he kani ʻO Eliza haʻalulu, me ka hoʻoluhi koʻikoʻi a me ka nui o ka haʻahaʻa ma mua o Caterham. Me kahi hōʻemi kaumaha 340 kg, ʻaʻole mākou e kahaha no kēlā ʻO Duratec 1.6 da 140 CV e 162 Nm o ka ikehu huna ma lalo o ka lahilahi o ka aluminika i ka pāpale Caterham ʻoi aku ka ʻoi. Kōkua pū ka pilina pili. MA ʻO ka wikiwiki a ʻelima mau mīkini he wikiwiki a pololei hoʻi ia e like me ke kī ʻana, kahi hopena e loaʻa ai ke kū pololei ka lepe ma luna o nā kaʻe.

Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā kaʻa ʻelua e alakaʻi wale ʻia i nā alanui hope o ʻEnelani, kahi e piʻo ai lākou a hoʻololi i ke ala e like me ka wikiwiki o ka hare i alualu ʻia e nā ʻīlio, a nani loa lākou e hopu koke ai i ka maka. Ua paʻi lāua i ka pahuhopu, akā ma nā ʻano ʻokoʻa loa. ʻO Caterham ʻoʻoleʻa loa, me ʻoe e ʻike ai i kahi hoʻokaʻawale iki ma ke ala. Ke hele aʻe ia ma luna o ka lua, manaʻo ʻoe e pili ana i kou mau manamana lima i loko o kahi puka uila, a inā ʻaʻole pili maikaʻi ʻoe, e hoʻolei ʻia ʻoe i nā wahi puʻupuʻu maoli. ʻOʻoleʻa loa ia hiki i ke koʻi hope ke hāpai i ka honua no kekahi mau manawa ke loli ka papa. A me nā huila o mua i hoʻopili mau ʻia i ka aspphalt, ua like ka Supersport me he paikikala i ʻōwili ʻia. ʻAʻole naʻe ia he mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, akā he lelele wale nō ia e mālama i kou nānā mai ka hiamoe ʻana.

Ma ke ala like o ke ala me he mea lā ke lana nei ʻo Eliza. Pili mau ʻo ia a me nā hihia i ke ala a hōʻike i nā hemahema āpau, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka angular. ʻAno poepoe nā lua like o ka Lotus. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka holo ʻana, me nā mea hoʻoliʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, akā me ka nui o ke kikoʻī: nani stunt, ua kaha inoa ʻia ʻo Lotus.

Nui nā kaʻa ʻelua i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai. ʻO ke kāhāhā ka ʻōlelo kūpono i hāʻawi ʻia i kā lākou mau moʻolelo liʻiliʻi. He ʻuʻuku lākou a aneane ʻakaʻaka. He 13 rims ka Caterham a he 16 ka mua o Elise, akā ua lawa nā mea ʻelua i mea e liʻiliʻi loa ai nā rims pakahi. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻopunipuni nā hiʻohiʻona, a ʻoiai ko lākou liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, maikaʻi loa lākou a paʻakikī loa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ka Caterham, pono ʻoe e lawe i kou wāwae mai ke kinoea i kahi liʻiliʻi e lohi, a ʻōlelo nui e pili ana i ka aerodynamics o ka XNUMXs.

I kēia manawa hele mākou i ka puʻuwai o ka mea: curves. Ma ka Lotus, e like me ka Caterham, ʻaʻole e ʻeha ka ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ke komo ʻana i nā kihi. I ka hihia o Caterham, e hoʻoponopono wale i ka camber e hoʻoponopono i ke kūlana (e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka ihu e pili ana i ka hope), akā aia ke kaʻa i loko aia kekahi mau mea hiki: ʻo kaʻu punahele ka wehe ʻana i ka throttle a hoʻokuʻu i ka hana ʻokoʻa. . Me kēlā torque liʻiliʻi, emi nā kuʻi keʻa - pinepine ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hāpai i kou wāwae no ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā ia, mālama ka friction - akā he holo mālie loa.

I ka Club Racer, ʻaʻole ʻoe e wehe i ka throttle e hoʻololi i ke ala hele, akā wawahi i ka waena o ka huli a hoʻokiʻoki iki paha i kou wāwae. E like me ka Caterham Supersport, hāʻawi ka hoʻokele i nā manaʻo āpau āu e makemake ai, akā ʻoi aku ka palupalu a me ka pane ʻole o ka Elise i nā neʻe liʻiliʻi. Inā ʻoe e hehi i ka hehi wāwae kaʻa, paʻa ka Elise i ka tarmac a loaʻa hou ke kaulike a me ka traction.

No laila ʻo wai ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻa ʻelua? No ka pane ʻana, pono ʻoe e koho i ka lāʻau āu e makemake ai. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka Caterham Supersport a e hoʻokipa i ka mea hoʻoweliweli i loko ou me ka oversteer, ka huila a me ka skid i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e makemake ai. ʻO kēia kaʻa kūpono inā makemake ʻoe i nā kiʻi pōkole a me ka hanu. Akā inā ʻo ka Supersport ka epitome automotive o espresso, ua ʻono ʻia ka Elise Club Racer me ka ʻaila, hohonu a ʻoi aku ka waiwai o nā kikoʻī. ʻO kēia ke kaʻa kūpono no nā huakaʻi lōʻihi a me ka hoʻohana maʻamau. Akā ʻo ka mea āu e koho ai, e like ia me ka lāʻau lapaʻau: ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me ka ʻole.