原標(biāo)題：Two Turn Of The Century?Lightweights

原作者：Chaydon Ford

With regulations for both safety and emissions coming thick and fast,?we won’t ever?see cars like?the?Renault?Sport Spider or Lotus 340R produced by major manufacturers again. These sort of cars serve no concessions to modern conveniences; their existence is solely for driving enjoyment.

隨著安全和排放法規(guī)的不斷出臺(tái)，我們?cè)僖膊粫?huì)看到像雷諾Sport Spider或路特斯340R這樣的汽車了（至少不會(huì)被量產(chǎn)）。這類汽車與現(xiàn)在的代步車沒(méi)有任何共性;他們的存在只是為了樂(lè)趣。

Prior to?January’s?Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage, I’d only ever seen a 340R out in the wild once (that was over a decade ago, on a summer afternoon) and I’d never seen a Spider in person. So while most people flocked to the supercars nearby, I was instantly drawn to this diminutive pair.

在一月份?January’s?Sunday Scramble活動(dòng)之前，我只在路上見(jiàn)過(guò)一次340R(那是十多年前的一個(gè)夏天的下午)，我從來(lái)沒(méi)有親眼見(jiàn)過(guò)雷諾Spider。所以當(dāng)大多數(shù)人涌向附近的超級(jí)跑車時(shí)，我立刻被這對(duì)小跑車吸引住了。

The Renault?Sport Spider was created out of the French automaker’s desire to further promote its ability to produce sporting, fun cars. Designed as both a road car and for a one-make racing series, only 1,800?Spiders were produced over its four-year manufacturing run from 1996 to 1999.

當(dāng)年，法國(guó)汽車制造商懷著制造有駕駛樂(lè)趣又極具操縱感的初衷造出了雷諾Sport Spider。該車的定位既是公路跑車，也是一款單一車型的賽車。從1996年到1999年的四年生產(chǎn)過(guò)程中，Spider只生產(chǎn)了1800輛。

If you were in a left-hand drive country, you could order the car sans windscreen, but all the right-hand drive cars came fitted with one as standard.

如果你在一個(gè)靠左駕駛的國(guó)家，你可以訂購(gòu)無(wú)擋風(fēng)玻璃的款式，但所有右駕的車型都標(biāo)配了擋風(fēng)玻璃。

Sharing the F7R motor with the Renault Clio Williams, the 150hp power output may seem meagre, but an aluminium chassis?and?composite panels meant a?weight of 853kg (1,880lb) and?therefore a?strong power-to-weight ratio.

該車與雷諾Clio Williams共享F7R發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，150馬力的功率輸出可能看起來(lái)微不足道，但鋁制底盤(pán)和復(fù)合面板意味著Spider只有853公斤(1880磅)的重量，因此具有強(qiáng)大的功率重量比。

While the Lotus 340R and Renault?Sport Spider were never on sale at the same time, the same ethos was applied to both.

雖然340R和雷諾Sports Spider從未同時(shí)出售，但這兩者具有相同的氣質(zhì)。

The Lotus was released in 2000, with the limited run of 340?cars all?snapped up before release. Taking the already lithe, 725kg (1,598lb) Exige Series 1 and removing a large portion the bodywork netted a revised weight of just 675kg (1,488lb). Fibreglass panels barely clothed the extruded and bonded aluminium chassis, with no doors or roof to speak of.

340R于2000年發(fā)布，限量340輛車在發(fā)布前全部被搶購(gòu)一空。重達(dá)725公斤(1598磅)的Exige Series 1在減重后的凈重僅為675公斤(1488磅)。玻璃纖維板勉強(qiáng)覆蓋了擠壓和粘合鋁底盤(pán)，這臺(tái)車沒(méi)有車頂，也沒(méi)有傳統(tǒng)意義的“門”。

The optional performance pack bumped power up to 190hp, which while short of the target 340hp-per-tonne goal still provided?stout performance.

可選的性能包將功率提升到190馬力，雖然沒(méi)有達(dá)到所謂每噸340馬力的目標(biāo)，但對(duì)340R來(lái)說(shuō)，足夠了。

Lotus has continued to make limited-run cars in a similar vein to the 340R with the 2-Eleven and 3-Eleven, but neither of these?were as raw and focused as the original.

路特斯后來(lái)推出了340R的繼任者，同樣的輕量化怪物：2-ELEVEN 和3-ELEVEN，但這兩款車都不像原來(lái)的那樣原始和極端。

Both cars are very cool in their own right, but I’m interested to know which one you would take home given the chance, and why?

兩款車從各自的初衷而言都極具特點(diǎn)，但我更想知道你會(huì)選擇哪一臺(tái)，并且，為什么？