No ke aha he Rolls-Royce SUV? Aia i hea ka lua? Ua kamaʻilio mai ʻo Jan Grant ka Luna Kūʻai o ka honua iā mākou | Nā nīnau a me nā pane

ʻO Cullinan ka Rolls-Royce o nā SUV. ʻO kēia monster nani V12-powered XNUMXxXNUMX ka SUV mua loa i hana ʻia e Rolls-Royce a ua hui pū mākou me ka luna kūʻai honua o ka hui ʻo Ian Grant i loko o ka cockpit i kona hoʻomaka ʻana ma Australia. 

RB: He Rolls-Royce Cullinan kēia. ʻO ka SUV mua loa o Rolls-Royce. ʻO ia ka Rolls-Royce o nā SUV. No ke aha mai?

IG: ʻAe, hoʻolohe mākou i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku. Nīnau mākou: he aha hou kāu e pono ai mai kahi hōʻailona? He aha kāu makemake e ʻike? Ua ʻoi aku ka ʻōpio a me ka ikaika o kā mākou mea kūʻai. ʻAe kēia iā mākou e kālele i kā mākou mau hana i ka hana ʻana i kahi kaʻa i loaʻa ka maʻalahi a me ka versatility e lawe ʻia e kahi SUV kiʻekiʻe.

Ua kūkulu ʻia ka chassis a hoʻolālā ʻia no ka Cullinan.

RB: ʻAʻole ia he BMW X7 i hoʻololi wale ʻia, ʻaʻole anei?

IG: ʻAʻole loa - aia ma kāna chassis ponoʻī. Hoʻohana ia i kā mākou hale hana alumini hou a ua kūkulu ʻia ka chassis a hoʻolālā ʻia no ka Cullinan.

RB: Kumukuai ma Australia - ma kahi o $700,000?  

IG: ʻAe, 685 tausani kālā, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻohui i nā daimana, nā momi a i ʻole ke gula i ke kaʻa, a laila hiki ke hoʻonui iki i kēia nui.  

RB: I kēia manawa, ma ke ʻano o ka lineup Rolls-Royce, ʻaʻole kēia ka Rolls-Royce keu loa. ʻO koʻu manaʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai - holoi au i koʻu lauoho me ka ʻauʻau pēpē pēpē i kēia kakahiaka, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o Dawn and Ghost. Akā ke hiki mākou i ka ʻāina maʻamau, piʻi maoli nā kumukūʻai - he aha ka noi ʻoi loa no kahi Cullinan i loaʻa iā ʻoe i kēia manawa?

He kaʻa ʻoluʻolu loa kēia no ka hele ʻana a puni ke kūlanakauhale.

IG: ʻAe, ʻo ka hoʻomaka wale nō kēia, akā ʻo ka kauoha mua loa a mākou i hana ai ma Australia nei he kauoha pololei. Ke ʻimi nei kēia mea kūʻai aku i kahi pale pena kikoʻī a laila hoʻohālike i kēlā pale pena ma o ka ʻili a me ka lāʻau, a me kekahi mau leo ​​gula i loko o ke kaʻa. Ke kamaʻilio pū nei mākou me kahi mea kūʻai aku he mea nānā manu a makemake ʻo ia e hoʻokomo i kahi ʻōnaehana ma hope o ke kaʻa e paʻa ai kāna binoculars a me kāna mau mea paʻi kiʻi. A no laila, hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hana a Bespoke e hoʻokō ai me kēia kaʻa.

RB: No laila, e ka ornithologist waiwai - hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iā mākou ʻo wai ia?

IG: ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke inoa, ʻaʻole, akā ʻo kēia kaʻa aʻu e kali nei.

RB: He aha ke kala pena i koho ai?

IG: ʻO ke kaʻa a mākou e hoʻolālā nei me kēia keonimana he ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a ʻo ka mea mua aʻu i ʻōlelo ai he poni a me ke gula.

Hoʻopuka ka ʻenekini i ka torque kiʻekiʻe loa ma 1600 rpm, no laila he mea kūpono ia no ka huki ʻana, hoʻokuʻu a me nā ʻaoʻao wehe.

RB: No laila, kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o Cullinan. He 5.3 m ka lōʻihi, 2.2 m ākea, 1.8 m kiʻekiʻe - he lōʻihi, akā ʻaʻole he SUV nui, ʻaʻole?

IG: ʻO ka mea i hoʻohui ʻia he wahi kaʻa nui loa - no laila, lōʻihi loa ke kahua huila (3.3m) a noho ʻoe i loko pono. Hoʻohui pū ʻia me kāu Kākoʻo Kaʻapuni, kāu ʻōnaehana hae, e like me kā mākou i kapa ai - ʻike pō, ʻike radar ... he kaʻa ʻoluʻolu loa ia no ka hoʻokele kūlanakauhale.

RB: Nā kikoʻī kikoʻī: Ma lalo o ka puʻu he 6.75-lita V12 biturbo me 420kW a me 850Nm. Nui ka pōkole.

IG: ʻAe.

Hāʻawi ka Cullinan iā ʻoe e kipa i nā wahi he nui me ka ʻole e hoʻololi i nā kaʻa.

RB: He aha ka wikiwiki o ka Cullinan?

IG: ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia no laila ʻaʻole ia e hele ma luna o ka wikiwiki, akā ʻo ka mea nui ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ka hana ʻana o ka mīkini i ka torque kiʻekiʻe loa ma 1600rpm, no laila no ka huki ʻana, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, nā wahi ākea a me nā mea like - kūpono loa. no nā manaʻo i loaʻa iā mākou no kēia mīkini.

RB: No laila, eia mākou i Australia - hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia ma kahi? 

IG: ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi mau palena. Akā ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana iā Australia ʻo ia ma Sydney he kūlanakauhale nui kāu a laila, ma kahi huakaʻi pōkole loa, hoʻopau ʻoe i kekahi o nā kahakai nani loa o ka honua, holo ʻoe ma ke ala ʻē aʻe a aia ʻoe ma kekahi o nā kahakai. kahakai kupanaha loa. ka ʻāina i ka honua me nā Mauna ʻulaʻula. Hāʻawi ka Cullinan iā ʻoe e kipa iā ia me ka ʻole e hoʻololi i nā kaʻa.

RB: I kēia manawa ke noho nei mākou ma ʻaneʻi i loko o ka cockpit, a ʻo ia. No ka hoʻomaka, loaʻa iaʻu nā moena papahele kaʻa hipa. ʻIke wau ʻo ka wahi ʻē kēia e hoʻomaka ai, akā ʻo ia ka mea mua aʻu i makemake ai e hoʻopā. He kumu lāʻau maoli kāu ma ka console kikowaena, he aha nā mea ʻē aʻe e manaʻo ai ka poʻe e ʻike mai kahi kaʻa āu e ʻike ʻole ai ma kekahi SUV a i ʻole kaʻa ma ka honua?

ʻO ka lāʻau maoli ma ka console kikowaena.

IG: Manaʻo wau he nui nā mea kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i kahi Rolls Royce, akā ʻoi loa e pili ana i kēia Cullinan, ke ʻano o nā laina hoʻolālā e komo ai i ka ʻuhane o ka ecstasy ma o ke kaʻa, ke ala e iho ai ka dashboard i lalo. No laila, hiki iaʻu ke kuhikuhi i nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻolālā hoihoi, akā manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea āu e ʻike ʻole ai e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka hauʻoli loa. ʻAʻole wale ʻoe e loaʻa nā manaʻo kupaianaha ma o ke kaʻa i ke kaʻa ʻana - ʻo kēlā me kēia wahi liʻiliʻi hina āu e ʻike ai he kumu e kuhikuhi ai iā ʻoe i kahi o ka wela, no laila i ke kakahiaka hoʻoilo anuanu hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kou mau kuʻe lima e like me ʻoe. manamana lima.

RB: Pumehana kuʻekuʻe lima?

IG: Pololei.

ʻAʻole ʻo Luxurious kahi huaʻōlelo nani e wehewehe ai.

RB: He mau noho pīniki liʻiliʻi e paheʻe ana ma hope?

IG: ʻAe, loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa o ke kua no laila e paheʻe kēia mau noho mai ke kua o ke kaʻa a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kēlā no ka nānā manu, malia paha ua hele ʻoe i nā heihei a i ʻole e hele ana ʻoe i Melbourne. kīʻaha.

RB: E hele wale mai i ka paka trailer me kāu Cullinan... e kiʻi i kāu papaʻaina pīniki liʻiliʻi i waho...

IG: Em…

RB: Pahu hau? Aia ka pahu hau?

Hoʻopiha ʻia ka pahu hau me ka champagne a aia kahi decanter whisky ma hope.

IG: ʻAe, me ka champagne. A loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi decanter whisky ma hope o ka mīkini.

RB: Pehea e pili ana i kahi lua? Halepakuka. He hale lua ko ia?

IG: ʻAʻohe ona halepaku.

RB: No ke aha ʻaʻole i hana ʻo Rolls-Royce i kēia?

IG: Manaʻo wau hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kekahi o nā hale a ...

RB: E hele mai - aia mau ka hihia kahi e hoʻokuʻu ai mākou iā ʻoe a hoʻopau ʻoe i ke kaʻa wikiwiki a hoʻi i ka home ma mua o kona puka ʻana i waho. Manaʻo wau ʻo Rolls-Royce ka mea mua e hāʻawi i kahi lua ma luna o ka papa. ʻO koʻu manaʻo, aia lākou ma nā kaʻa kaʻa.

IG: Rolls-Royce hale lua? E nānā kākou.

RB: Pono ʻoe e waiho ma hope. ʻO koʻu manaʻo, e kau paha ʻoe i mua?

IG: ʻUm... Manaʻo wau e noho mau ka lua i ke kua, ʻae.

ʻO ka Rolls-Royce Cullinan ka SUV maikaʻi loa? E haʻi mai iā mākou i kou manaʻo ma nā manaʻo ma lalo nei.