Caterham e pholositsoe ke mookameli oa Lotus
Caterham “o ne a phela likolotong,” ho bolela Chris van Wyck, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa Caterham Cars Australia.
Khamphani e bonolo ea likoloi tsa lipapali tsa Brithani e se e le matsohong a Tony Fernandez, mohoebi oa Malaysia ea nang le Air Asia Bhd le sehlopha sa Lotus Grand Prix. Ho na le menyenyetsi ea hore Fernandes a ka reha sehlopha sa hae sa F1 ho Caterham haeba a lahleheloa ke phehisano e tsoelang pele le Renault F1 mabapi le tšebeliso ea lebitso la Lotus ho Foromo ea Pele.
Theko ea Australia e na le litlamorao tse hlakileng kaha Caterham e rekisitse likoloi tse tharo feela ho tloha 2007 mme e tobane le ho emisoa ha tlhahiso ka 2013 hobane likoloi ha li tle le sistimi ea taolo ea botsitso ea ESP e ntseng e tlama naheng ka bophara ho tloha 2012.
“Hona joale re phela ka mokoloto. Ke tšepa hore sena se bolela lintho tse molemo,” ho bolela Chris van Wyck, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa Caterham Cars Australia.
"Caterhams e mpolella hore ba ke ke ba ikhathatsa ka bofokoli bona ba ho laola likhokeletso hobane ha ba bo hloke bakeng sa Europe. Empa ke nahana hore Caterham e tla ba le tšehetso le matsete a mangata nakong e tlang. Ntho e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe eo ke e utloang ka mong'a e mocha e ka holimo ho palo. Tabeng ena, menyetla ea hore ba etse maikutlo a bona e ka ’na ea eketseha.”
Caterham ha e e-s'o ka e e-ba morekisi e moholo Australia, ka lebaka la karolo e itseng ea theko e batlang e phahame ea koloi, eo boholo ba eona e ileng ea lula e sa fetohe ho tloha ha mothehi oa Lotus Colin Chapman ae theha e le Lotus 7 lilemong tsa bo-1950.
The Caterham ke no-frills, bulehileng-seater tse peli tse atisang ho rekisoa e le koloi e feletseng - e leng ke ke ha khoneha Australia - linaheng tse ling. Ho theoha ha litheko selemong sena ho hlahisitse phaello e eketsehileng, empa van Wyck o ntse a ferekanngoa ke ho hloka thahasello likoloing.
"Hona joale, ehlile ke franchise ea Claytons. Ke rekisitse likoloi tse tharo feela ho tloha ka 2007,” oa lumela. “Kopo e bitsoang ‘sehlopha’ Australia ke $30,000 ho ea ho $55,000. Mme ha re yo moo. Sena sea ferekanya haholo hobane ke rata lebitso le sehlahisoa. Ke ne ke nahana hore re tla ba le lithekiso tse seng kae kaha joale re le tseleng ea $ 60,000 kapa $ XNUMX, empa seo ha sea ka sa etsahala. "
Fernandez o re o ikemiselitse ho fetola Caterham, e rekisitseng likoloi tse 500 feela ka 2010, hore e be lets'oao la lefats'e ka bophara sehlopheng se ikhethileng sa likoloi tsa lipapali tse kang Aston Martin.
Caterham, e reheletsoeng ka toropo ea London moo e neng e thehiloe teng qalong, e na le basebetsi ba ka bang 100 femeng e ka boroa ho motse-moholo oa Brithani mme e hlahisitse phaello ea $ 2 milione selemong se fetileng. Empa van Wyk o bone ho le molemo ho reka Fernandez le Caterham e ncha e takiloeng ka mebala e tšoanang le ea likoloi tsa Lotus F1 tsa selemo sena tse khannoang ke Jarno Trulli le Heikki Kovalainen.
"Ke na le moreki ea hloahloa ea batlang koloi ho Lotus livery. Kahoo ke litholoana tse ntle,” ho bolela van Wyck.
