Esprit Turbo na Lotus kaiwhakarewa Colin Chapman
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Esprit Turbo na Lotus kaiwhakarewa Colin Chapman

Ko te motuka i mauria mai ai a Margaret Thatcher

Kei te hiahia koe kia whai motuka na Colin Chapman raua ko Margaret Thatcher? Na hokona tenei Lotus Esprit Turbo hei hoko ki Ingarangi.

I eke a Colin Chapman he rota. Ka pai, engari kei hea te miharo? Heoi, ko te tikanga na Margaret Thatcher i whakahaere tenei Esprit Colin Chapman kaore i tino mohiotia e te nuinga. Ko te waka kei te hokona e tetahi kaihokohoko i Farnham, Surrey, kotahi haora ki te hauauru o Ranana, tata ki te toru haora mai i te tari matua o Lotus i Hettel.

Ko te Lotus Esprit Turbo a Colin Chapman i tukuna i te Hui-tanguru 1981 ka rehitatia mo te whakamahi huarahi i te 1 o Akuhata 1981. Engari karekau i tino kaha te taraiwa - ko te tohu tere e whakaatu ana 11 maero, 000 kiromita ranei. Kua whakahoutia te hiriwa whakarewa i roto i te waa, a he pai te tiaki o roto, e ai ki te kaihokohoko a Mark Donaldson. Ko te nekehanga o te miihini turbo wha-rango he 17 rita, no reira i puta tuatahi mai i te tau 000. No tata nei i whakakapia te whitiki taima.

He taputapu motuhake ma Chapman

Ko te Colin Chapman Esprit i paku whakarereketia me tetahi atu punaha whakamahana hau, te urungi hiko me te tātari hae i whakauruhia ki roto i te motuka - I mate a Chapman i te kirikaa tarutaru. Kua whakatikahia te takere ki te whakaiti i te haruru aerodynamic me te whakapai ake i te hiri. Kua nui ake te aro ki te miihini me te punaha braking atu i nga wa o mua mo nga hua paerewa. Ka rite ki te korero i mua ake nei, ko te Esprit he mea whakakakahu ki te hiriwa whakarewa. He nui te whakapaipai o roto ki te hiako whero. Engari ehara tenei i te mea anake - ko te mea pea, na Chapman i whakahau kia whakauruhia he punaha puoro Panasonic RM 6210 kounga teitei me te paewhiri mana i runga i te tuanui.

He korero whakaongaonga, e hia kiromita

Ko te kaiwhakarewa o Lotus kaore i whakaritea ki te whakahaere i tana Esprit mo te wa roa. E 4460 maero te roa o te motoka hakinakina pokapu - tata ki te 7100 kiromita - i te wa i hokona ai e Lotus te motuka i te peeke i te tau 1983. I mate kē a Chapman i te 54 o ona tau i te mauhere ngakau i te tau 1982. I hokona a Esprit i te hokohoko. mai i tetahi kaihokohoko i Leicester ka hokona e ia ki tetahi kaihoko takitahi. I whakamahia e te kaihoko te motuka mo tetahi wa, ka muri i te whitu tau e noho ana, ka haria ki te wheketere i te tau 1997 mo te mahi nui - ko te pire a-ringa ko 5983,17 pauna Ingarangi. I muri i tera, ko te Esprit te ahua kaore he raruraru i te wa o te tirotiro hangarau. I haere ano a Lotus ki te motoka i roto i nga tau e rua e whai ake nei, i whakakapihia te raina penehīni i te tau 1998, a, i te tau 1999 ka hoki ano te mura. He maha nga rangatira a Esprit mai i te tau 2000 ka hoki mai ano ki te rangatira tuawha. Ko te kaihokohoko e hoko ana kaore e whakaatu i te utu o naianei. I Tiamana, ka tuhihia e te Classic Analytics nga utu Esprit Turbo kua tino tiakina i waenga i te 30 me te 600.

He pai ki a Margaret Thatcher a Chapman's Esprit

I te Akuhata 5, 1981, I haerere te Pirimia a Margaret Thatcher me te Chapman's Esprit i tana haerenga ki Norfolk. I whakaaturia e Chapman etahi atu tauira Lotus ki a ia, ka mauria mai me etahi o era. Ko tetahi o nga whakaahua e whakaatu ana i a Thatcher e akiaki ana i te Esprit. He ruarua noa tana titiro, engari tino aroha ki te motuka. Ko tana korero ko: "He taraiwa pai." I kii ano ratou i whakamatau ia ki te mawehe atu i a ia.

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Ko te hoko i te Esprit na Colin Chapman he mea whakahihiri pea mo te kaiwhaiwhai Lotus pera i te mea mo te kaiwhaiwhai Porsche ki te hoko i te 911 i peia e te Ferry Porsche. Ko te meka ko Margaret Thatcher te taraiwa he tino whakahihiko mo nga kaitaraiwa. Engari me te kore ranei a Thatcher, he motuka motuhake te Lotus Esprit tuatahi.

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