U-Esprit Turbo owasungula uLotus Chapman

Imoto lapho kuboshwe khona uMargaret Thatcher

Ufuna ukuba nemoto eqhutshwa uColin Chapman noMargaret Thatcher? Bese uthola le Lotus Esprit Turbo ethengiswa eNgilandi.

UColin Chapman wagibela i-lotus. Kulungile, kodwa kuphi ukumangala? Kodwa-ke, iqiniso lokuthi uMargaret Thatcher naye ugijime lo Esprit Colin Chapman alaziwa kangako ngabaningi. Le moto okwamanje ithengiswa ngumthengisi eFarnham, eSurrey, okuyihora eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeLondon cishe amahora amathathu ukusuka ekomkhulu leLotus eHettel.

I-Lotus Esprit Turbo kaColin Chapman yakhululwa ngoFebhuwari 1981 futhi yabhaliselwa ukusetshenziswa umgwaqo ngo-Agasti 1, 1981. Kodwa abashayelanga kakhulu - i-speedometer ikhombisa amamayela ayi-11 noma cishe amakhilomitha ayi-000. Isiliva lensimbi liye labuyekezwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi ingaphakathi ligcinwe kahle, kusho umthengisi uMark Donaldson. Ukususwa kwenjini ye-turbo four-cylinder ingu-17 amalitha, ngakho yaqala ukubonakala ngo-000. Ibhande lesikhathi lisanda kushintshwa.

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Imishini ekhethekile yeChapman

I-Colin Chapman Esprit ishintshwe kancane ngohlelo olwengeziwe lwe-air conditioning, isiteringi samandla kanye nesihlungi se-pollen esifakwe emotweni - uChapman wahlushwa yi-hay fever. I-hull yenzelwe ukunciphisa umsindo we-aerodynamic futhi ithuthukise ukuvala. Sekunakwe kakhulu injini nesistimu yokubhuleka kunokujwayelekile emikhiqizweni ejwayelekile. Njengoba sekushiwo kakade, i-Esprit i-lacquered ngesiliva lensimbi. Ingaphakathi lihlotshiswe ngokucebile ngesikhumba esibomvu. Kodwa lesi akusona isici kuphela - cishe, uChapman ngokwakhe wayala ukufakwa kwesistimu yomculo ye-Panasonic RM 6210 ephezulu enephaneli yokulawula ophahleni.

Indaba ethokozisayo, amakhilomitha amaningana

Umsunguli weLotus wayengahloselwe ukuphatha i-Esprit yakhe isikhathi eside. Imoto yezemidlalo enenjini ephakathi yayihambe amakhilomitha angu-4460 - cishe amakhilomitha angu-7100 - ngesikhathi uLotus ethengisa imoto endalini ngo-1983. UChapman ngokwakhe wayeseshonile eneminyaka engu-54 ngenxa yokuboshwa kwenhliziyo ngo-1982. I-Esprit ithengwe endalini. kumthengisi waseLeicester owabe eseyidayisela ikhasimende elizimele. Umthengi wasebenzisa imoto isikhashana, kwathi ngemva kokuhlala iminyaka eyisikhombisa, wayiyisa efektri ngo-1997 ukuze ayokwenza umsebenzi onzima - umthethosivivinywa obhalwe ngesandla ungamaphawundi angama-5983,17 aseBrithani. Ngemuva kwalokho, i-Esprit ibonakala yenza ngaphandle kwezinkinga ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kobuchwepheshe. AbakwaLotus baphinde bavakashela le moto eminyakeni emibili ezayo, kwashintshwa ulayini kaphethiloli ngo-1998 kwathi ukuvutha kwaphinde kwahlelwa ngo-1999. U-Esprit udlule kubanikazi abaningana kusukela ngo-2000 futhi ekugcineni wabuyela kumnikazi wesine. Umthengisi othengisa lokhu akayibiki intengo yamanje. E-Germany, i-Classic Analytics iphawula amanani entengo e-Esprit Turbo agcinwe kahle kakhulu phakathi kuka-30 no-600.

UMargaret Thatcher uthande i-Esprit kaChapman

Ngo-Agasti 5, 1981, uNdunankulu uMargaret Thatcher wavakasha no-Chapman's Esprit ngenkathi evakashele eNorfolk. UChapman wamkhombisa amamodeli amaningi weLotus futhi wamletha kafushane nezinye zazo. Isithombe esisodwa sikhombisa uThatcher eshayela i-Esprit. Ubukeka engabaza, kodwa kusobala ukuthi uyayithanda imoto. Ukuphawula kwakhe bekuthi: "Umshayeli omkhulu." Baze bathi uzamile ukubalekela yena.

isiphetho

Ukuthenga i-Esprit eholwa nguColin Chapman cishe kuyajabulisa kumlandeli weLotus njengoba kuba njalo kumlandeli wePorsche ukuthenga i-911 eshayelwa yiFerry Porsche. Iqiniso lokuthi uMargaret Thatcher ubeshayela liwumphumela ohlekisayo kubashayeli bezimoto. Kodwa nge-Thatcher noma ngaphandle kwayo, i-Lotus Esprit yokuqala iyimoto ekhethekile.