2010 Lotus Evora Review: Hoao Alanui

Aia ʻoe i waena o nā mea hana kaʻa e hele ana i 15 mau makahiki me ka ʻole o ka laina hou, e nānā ʻia nā huila āu e hoʻopau ai. No laila ke kūʻai aku nei ka Lotus Evora ma Ianuali. Hoʻoneʻe ʻo Evora iā Lotus mai kona hilinaʻi hoʻokahi iā Elise i kona mau ʻano āpau a ʻo ia hoʻi e hiki i ka brand Pelekane ke hāʻawi i kahi mea kiʻekiʻe a ʻoluʻolu.

ʻAʻole like me ka Elise i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke ala liʻiliʻi (a me ka hardtop Exige variant), ua lawa ka Evora no ka hele ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā: he mea hoʻokūkū i ka papa kuhikuhi, ka Porsche 911, ʻoi aku ka kūʻokoʻa. A i ʻole ʻo ia ka manaʻo. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.

ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi e pili ana iā Evora ua like loa ia me Lotus. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻole ke ʻano like me Lotus. ʻO ka Evora ka hoʻāʻo mua maoli ʻana o Lotus i kahi kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi mai ka wā i hoʻomaha hope ʻia ai ka Esprit ma kahi o hoʻokahi mau makahiki i hala.

ʻAʻole au i hoʻokele i kahi Esprit, no laila ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu he aha ka moʻolelo mele a Lotus i ka mākeke waiwai. Eia nō naʻe, ʻike koke ʻia ka manaʻo o ka Evora i waho o ka pahu e hoʻokaʻawale i ka Elise. Aia nā kuʻikahi ma ʻaneʻi i haʻalele lōʻihi nā mea hana.

No ka laʻana, ʻaʻohe mea ʻike hope loa i nā mana supercharged o Elise a me Exige i ka ʻenekini paipu. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻopōʻino i ke ola, akā, ʻo ka mea ʻē, ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o ka nani.

ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo e loaʻa kahi pilikia like me ka Evora, nona ka hapalua o ka pukaaniani hope liʻiliʻi i uhi ʻia e ka ʻenekini. Ma kēia pae, ʻaʻole lawa kēia. Hoʻohui kēia i nā pilikia ʻike maʻamau mai ka coupe, aia ma aneʻi, e like me ka mea maʻamau, ma muli o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana mai ka dashboard ma ka pale makani.

No ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia o ka ʻike hope, hiki ke hoʻolako ʻia ʻo Evora me kahi kāmela ʻike hope a me nā ʻike kaʻa. Hele mai lākou i loko o kekahi o nā pūʻolo koho ʻekolu, a ʻo ke kaʻa hoʻāʻo - e like me nā kaʻa mua 1000 Launch Edition - ua lako me kēia pūʻulu.

Ma kahi Evora maʻamau, e hoʻokuʻu kēia i ke kumukūʻai a hiki i kahi $ 200,000, kahi e lilo ai nā mea koho no nā mea kūʻai aku i mea hoihoi loa. ʻO nā kaʻa o ka hana i makemake ʻia mai nā māka Kelemania āpau e waiho iā ʻoe me ka loli.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ʻo Evora me ka ʻole o nā mea hoʻonaninani. He u'i ka Elise olohelohe no ka mea, he mea paani. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo e kūʻai i kahi Evora me ka ʻole o nā mea maikaʻi. A laila ʻo ka pilikia ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa kekahi mau mea maikaʻi.

ʻO ke poʻo nui ma waena o lākou ʻo ka Alpine ka premium sat-nav a me ka ʻōnaehana leo, e nānā pono ʻole a loaʻa ka hoʻonā kiʻi maikaʻi ʻole, koe wale nō ka pale pale. He ʻāpana paʻi paʻi, ʻāpana pihi kaomi, a me nā mea maʻalahi e like me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka leo he mea pilikia. He liʻiliʻi nā pihi a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka loiloi ʻōnaehana. Hoʻopili ʻia kēia koho $8200 me ka mana holo moku, nā mea ʻike kaʻa, a me ke kelepona-i-kelepona Bluetooth e paʻakikī ke hana me ka ʻole.

ʻO ka mea hiki iaʻu ke hana me ka ʻole o nā noho hope, a he $7000 ke kumu kūʻai. He mea ʻole ia no nā pākeke a i ʻole nā ​​​​keiki i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā pēpē, a laila ʻaʻole wau makemake e pilikia i ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā lākou. Hana lākou no nā ukana, ʻoiai ʻo ka wahi ukana ka mea āu e loaʻa ai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e nānā i ka pahu.

He mea maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hakahaka ma hope o nā noho, ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā koho mālama ʻē aʻe, me ka pahu. Malia paha e holo ana ka ea ma loko o ka pahu e mālama i ka ʻenekini mai ka palai ʻana i kāu mau kūʻai. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole hana kēia.

Hoʻohui ʻia ka ʻili i loko o ke keʻena ka pūʻolo koho maikaʻi, a hoʻopili ʻia me ka ʻokiʻoki metala maikaʻi, a me hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha paʻi ʻoluʻolu e like me ka shifter. Akā ʻo nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe he nui, e like me nā pedals a me nā ea ea, me he mea lā ua lawe ʻia mai ka Elise mai, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopau ʻana ma mua o ke kumu nui, me ka uhi ʻana o ka ʻeke ea i loko o ke kaʻa aʻu i hoʻokele ai.

ʻO ka mea kū hoʻokahi i ka Evora he huila hoʻokele ʻelua ala hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia a me ka ea ea me nā hoʻonohonoho non-hurricane a i waho. Hoʻololi wale nā ​​noho no ka mamao a hoʻomaha, akā ʻoluʻolu kēia mau Recaros i ka lā a pau.

ʻO ka pilikia nui me ke kūlana o ka mea hoʻokele e pili ana i nā pedals, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke kikowaena o ke kaʻa, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā mea hana ke pale aku i kēia mau lā. He pūnāwai ikaika loa ko ka clutch, he mechanical ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaʻa, a he pōkole loa ka hele wāwae o ka pedal. Akā ua hui pū ʻia lākou a ʻoluʻolu e hoʻohana me kahi kamaʻāina liʻiliʻi.

He ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi ka huila hoʻokele, a ʻo ke kōkua hydraulic ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole like me Elise, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻolei ʻia ka Evora i kahi kaʻa.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻohe o ka heluhelu ʻana i nā mea kani, me ka piʻi ʻana o ka speedometer ma 30 km/h, 60 km/h, a pēlā aku, a ma waena o lākou. ʻO ke ʻano he 45 km/h? He paʻakikī ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao kēia ʻaoʻao o nā dial i nā kūlana kukui āpau, a ʻo nā hiʻohiʻona kamepiula huakaʻi a lākou e hōʻike ai i ko lākou wā kamaliʻi. He mea hoʻonāukiuki hoʻi nā puka makani ʻaʻole i pani piha me nā puka a i ʻole e ala koke.

ʻAʻole hiki i nā poʻe he nui ke komo i ka Elise, a ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā paepae ʻo Evora, e pilikia mau ana ke komo ʻana no kekahi no ka haʻahaʻa loa.

Hoʻokahi ʻanuʻu nui mai nā kaʻa Lotus liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka walaʻau ʻenekini i loko o ka hale. Aia ka uwē a me nā puʻupuʻu a me nā puʻu metala i kekahi manawa, akā liʻiliʻi lākou a emi ʻole ka ʻike.

ʻO ka holo kaʻa kahi ʻē aʻe i mua, me ka manaʻo hoʻomaʻemaʻe e pili ana i ka brink o brittleness no kahi kaʻa haʻuki. ʻOiai, paʻakikī ka Evora e noho me kēlā me kēia lā, a ʻoi aku ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ia a me Elise ma mua o ke ʻano.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, he nūhou maikaʻi nō hoʻi kēia. E lawe i ka Evora ma kahi huakaʻi ʻāina lōʻihi a ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e haʻalele. Ma ke ala pololei, e kokoke ana i ka palena kānāwai, ola ka Evora.

Nui ka chassis a me he mea lā e pane intuitively i nā kaomi liʻiliʻi ma ka pedal kinoea a me ka huila. Lawe koke ia i kahi kūlana kaulike no ke kihi ʻana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana mai ka mea hoʻokele.

Aia ka ʻono i kāna mau neʻe ʻana, e like me ka Elise, ʻo ka Evora wale nō ka mea i ʻoi aku ke kaulike a me ka liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka Evora i ka kickback ma ka huila hoʻokele a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻana i ke ala.

Ua hoʻoili ʻia ka chassis alumini Evora mai ka chassis i hoʻomohala ʻia no ka Elise, a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka iwi hope ʻelua a puni. Ua kaumaha ka Evora e nā maʻamau Lotus (1380kg) akā māmā i nā kūlana o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna mau panela alumini a me ka hale hoʻohui.

Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Evora i ka hui ʻo Lotus me nā ʻenekini Toyota, ʻo kēia wale nō ka 3.5-lita V6 mai Aurion a me Kluger. Ua nele i ka audacity o Lotus 'supercharged eha-cylinders no ka Elise / Exige, a me ko lakou mama: 5.1 kekona a hiki i 100 km/h ku e ka haahaa eha.

Eia nō naʻe, e like me ka hui, kani maikaʻi loa ka mīkini i ka wā e holo ana i ka wikiwiki piha, a piʻi ka laina i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe o 261 km / h. E koho i ka pūʻolo haʻuki a aia kahi ʻano haʻuki hiki ke hoʻololi e hoʻokala i ka pane throttle, hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka palena rev a kau i nā paepae kiʻekiʻe no nā ʻōnaehana hana uila. Loaʻa iā ia nā paipu hoʻoheheʻe haʻuki a me kahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻaila ʻenekini, a me nā disc perforated no nā calipers ʻehā piston AP Racing.

ʻO ka hoʻolālā o waho he Lotus maʻemaʻe, me nā ʻaoʻao o ka hue Coke a me ke aniani aniani. He ākea ka hope a loaʻa nā huila huila 19-inihi me nā huila 18-inihi ma mua, e hāʻawi ana i ke kaʻa i ka paʻa ala maikaʻi loa. He pohihihi. 

E oi loa aku ia ma mua o ka hapa nui o kona mau mea hoʻokūkū, me ka holo ʻana o ka makahiki 2000 a ʻo 40 wale nō i koho ʻia no Australia. Makemake nui ʻia ʻo Evora e hāʻule, akā ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi nui e hana ia i kahi kaʻa haʻuki nui. ʻOiai ma nā kūlana elite, ʻuʻuku ke kumu kūʻai e hoʻokomo i nā mea e like me nā aniani mana ma ka papa inoa o nā koho, a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae ʻia kekahi mau hoʻololi a me nā hōʻino. ʻO ka mea e hana ai i ka 911 ke koho akamai. I kēia manawa ua holo au i ka Evora, pono e loaʻa iaʻu kekahi o kēlā me kēia.