Ma luna o Corsa me kahi pōkā pōkā
Ua hele lākou i kēlā ala me ka Nissan Pulsar-based Holden Astra i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1980, i hāʻule pōʻino. Akā i kēia lā, piʻi nui nā kumukūʻai wahie a ke lilo nei i mea nui o ka hoʻohālikelike kūʻai kaʻa.
Hoʻi hou ʻo HSV i ka ʻoihana me ka haʻalele ʻole i kāna hub V8 kuʻuna. I kēia lā hiki iā ʻoe ke holo i kahi 177-kilowatt turbocharged Astra VXR i hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā HSV, a i kēia manawa ke noʻonoʻo nei ka hui i kahi turbocharged 1.6-lita Corsa VXR.
Ua paʻi ʻia ma UK, kahi i kūʻai aku ai i ka mahina o Malaki, e hōʻailona ana ka ʻeke ʻeke ʻekolu puka i ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana i ka HSV.
ʻO John Krennan ka pelekikena mua o HSV, ka mea i haʻalele i ka makahiki i hala akā e hoʻohana mau ana i ka hōʻailona ma kona lima a noho mau ʻo ia i ʻāpana o ka hui, wehewehe ʻaʻole pono ʻo HSV e kope i ka huahana a Holden i kāna laina, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea hiki ʻole ke Epica HSV. . . "ʻO Corsa kekahi o nā hōʻailona ʻEulopa a mākou e nānā ai," wahi āna.
Wahi a Krennan, ʻaʻohe manawa kikoʻī no ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka Corsa, akā inā e hoʻohui ʻia nā helu, hiki ke hōʻea i loko o 18 mau mahina.
E hoʻokomo ʻia ke kaʻa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Mini Cooper S a me Peugeot 207 GT no kahi o $35,000. Hāʻawi ka Corsa VXR i ka 143kW ma 5850rpm a me 230Nm ma 1980rpm mai kahi māmā māmā 1.6-lita ʻehā-cylinder engine, e hāʻawi ana i ke kaʻa i ka manawa wikiwiki o ka zero-a-100km/h o 6.8 kekona a me ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 220km/h. Hoʻopili ʻia kahi ʻenekini VXR ʻehā-piston me kahi hoʻoili lima ʻeono-wikiwiki kokoke. Me kāna mau hiʻohiʻona hana a me ke ʻano wiwo ʻole, kūpono ka mini hatchback i ka HSV DNA.
ʻO nā aniani, nā kukui noe e hoʻopuni ana a me nā paipu hoʻopau waena, he triangular ke ʻano, ʻoiai ʻo nā puʻupuʻu mua a me hope, nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao a me nā huila huila 18-inihi e hōʻike ana i ka hana ma lalo.
Aia i loko, aia nā noho Recaro i kālai ʻia, ke kāʻei ʻana i ke kaʻa heihei, ka huila hoʻokele paʻa, nā pedal alloy perforated, a me nā ʻāpana dashboard ʻeleʻele. E like me ka Mini Cooper S, loaʻa iā ia kahi hiʻohiʻona Overboost e hoʻonui ai i ka torque ma luna o 260Nm ma lalo o ka wikiwiki wikiwiki. Hoʻomalu ʻia ka mana e kahi ʻōnaehana ESP i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, nā kaʻa diski kaumaha, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka hoʻokele mana loli e hoʻololi i ke kaumaha a me ka manaʻo o ka huila ma muli o ke ʻano o ke kaʻa.
Ma Australia, ʻo XC Barina ka hanauna mua o Holden he kumu hoʻohālike Corsa mahalo nui i hana ʻia e Opel. Akā i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ka TK Barina hou i ka hopena o 2005, ua hoʻoholo ka hui e kūʻai mai ia GM-Daewoo ma South Korea. ʻOiai ke kumu kūʻai hoʻokūkū, ua loaʻa i ka Barina hou loa nā māka maikaʻi ʻole ma ka Australian and European New Car Assessment Programs. Loaʻa iā ia nā hōkū ʻelua wale nō ma ka helu ulia pōpilikia.
I kēia manawa, ke hoʻohau nei ka poʻe Pelekania e pili ana i kā mākou HSV Clubsport sedan. Ma kahi ʻāina me nā kumu kūʻai kinoea kiʻekiʻe a me nā kaʻa kaʻa weliweli, nele lākou i kahi mīkini 6.0-lita i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Vauxhall VXR8.
Ke nānā nei ʻo HSV Managing Director Scott Grant i nā mākeke ʻē aʻe. "Ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻolako i ka UK me 300 Clubsport R8s i hoʻokahi makahiki no nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ʻo Grange lōʻihi lōʻihi ka moho hoʻokuʻu aku, hiki paha i ka Middle East a me Kina.
