Umsebenzi wobuciko waseMelika owazala i-VW Karmann Ghia
Lokhu kudalwa okumangazayo kobuhlakani uVirgil Exner kunqobe iParis, kepha akaze akwenze lokho kubathengisi bezimoto.
Ngenkathi umlando wezimoto waseMelika ude kakhulu futhi udlondlobala kunanoma yiliphi elinye izwe, akuwona wonke umlandeli wezimoto okhuthele ongakutshela ngokushesha amagama abaqambi ababili noma abathathu abadumile ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-Atlantic. FUTHI kukhona amathalente amakhulu impela phakathi kwabo. NjengoVirgil Exner. Uyaziwa ngeqiniso lokuthi maphakathi nekhulu leminyaka elidlule, kusuka kumamodeli aphelelwe yisikhathi futhi anesicefe, uChrysler wadala ezinye zezimoto ezinhle kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.
Phakathi kwemiqondo edume kakhulu ye-Exner yilezi − isigqebhezana esimangalisayo sika-1952 d'Elegance, esenziwe ngekhophi eyodwa. Kodwa-ke akuwona umlando wokubukeka kwale moto othanda ukwazi, futhi ngisho neqiniso lokuthi iChrysler igqugquzelwe yiyo amashumi eminyaka ngesikhathi ithuthukisa izinhlobo zayo ezintsha. Ngenxa ye-d'Elegance, iVolkswagen ekhanga kakhulu yavela ngaleyo minyaka - Karmann Ghia.
Eqinisweni, idizayini yaseMelika yohlobo lweVolkswagen, echaza ukubukeka okusha kwezimoto zakwaChrysler zesikhathi esizayo, yanikezwa amaJalimane yisitolo somzimba iGhia. Okusho ukuthi, kusuka kochwepheshe abafanayo abavela enkampanini yaseTurin, eholwa umphathi ngaleso sikhathi uLuigi Segre, owayekade esebenza kulo mqondo osuselwa kwimidwebo ka-Exner. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kwenzeka eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokukhonjiswa kwe-D'Elegance, ngakho-ke kukhona intukuthelo efanelekile kunoma ngubani.
Ngokuvamile, umqondo wokwakha i-coupe ende futhi kanokusho yasetshenziswa e-United States ngisho nangaphambili. Okufanayo ne-sporty silhouette namaphaneli omzimba, njengokungathi kudlala imisipha ekhuphukile, kwaboniswa yi-Simca 8 Sport ngo-1948, futhi ngo-1951 yi-Bentley Mark VI Cresta II Facel-Metallon. Ukuzwa, noma kunjalo, kwakuwumqondo we-D'Elegance, owaqala ngo-1952 eParis Motor Show. UChrysler usabisa izilaleli ngobude bayo obude, obucishe buqonde ngokuphelele ngamarches amasondo angemuva aqhamukayo. Futhi ne-grille enkulu ye-chrome, icishe yacindezelwa kuphaneli langaphambili ngamalambu kanye nesondo eliyisipele elifihlwe ngaphansi kwesembozo sesiqu.
UChrysler ubonakala ngokusobala endaweni enhle, ecishe ibe ngamamitha angu-5,2 ubude enebhonethi enwetshiwe, uphahla olugobile namawindi ayindilinga. Kodwa-ke, i-D'Elegance nayo inezici zokuvimbela ukudideka nezinye izibonelo. Isibonelo, amarimu anezipikha ze-chrome namasondo anezindonga eziseceleni ezimhlophe, aboshwe ngesitayela sokujaha nge-nut emaphakathi, insimbi yokuqala ebomvu namalambu akhumbuza imibhobho evela kuma-40s.
Emgodini omncane ovulekile futhi olondolozayo onama-chrome accents, izakhi zesikhumba esimnyama ne-beige, amapotimende amakhulu atholakala ngemuva kwezihlalo emigqeni emibili. Ayikho enye indawo ongaya kuyo ngoba cishe sonke isikhala sesigaba sangemuva esitshekile sihlala esondweni eliyisipele.
Engxenyeni yezobuchwepheshe, ngaphansi komzimba we-D'Elegance, kukhona i-chassis efinyeziwe engu-25 cm yemodeli yaseChrysler New Yorker enenjini engu-5,8 litre Hemi V8. ukuthuthukisa amandla amahhashi angama-284 kanye nokudluliswa okuzenzakalelayo kwe-PowerFlite. Lesi sakamuva sifakwe ngesikhathi sokulungiswa kwemoto.
Ngaphambilini, u-Exner udale ezinye izinhlobo ezine ezifanayo, ezithinta ukubukeka kwe-D'Elegance: i-K-310, C-200, Special and Special Modified. Kulawa, yiSpecial kuphela ekwazi ukuvela emigwaqeni yomphakathi. IGhia yase-Italy ikhiqiza idlanzana kuphela lalezi zinqola, elizithengisa eYurophu ngaphansi komkhiqizo we-GS-1.
I-D'Elegance yadlala indima ebalulekile emlandweni weChrysler, owavuselela kabusha amamodeli ayo ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-50. Izinqumo eziningi zesitayela sohlobo zingatholakala ezimotweni zokukhiqiza ezenziwa yinkampani ngemuva kwazo. Njenge-grille "embi" - "kuchungechunge lwezinhlamvu" ze-Chrysler 300 (uhlamvu oluhlukile kunkomba yemodeli enamadijithi amathathu - ukusuka ku-300B kuya ku-300L) noma amalambu aphuma ngaphezu kwama-fender angemuva - ku-Chrysler Imperial ka-1955. Ngisho nababhali bomqondo we-Chrysler I-Chronos yango-1998, umanduleli we-300C sedan yesimanje, ugqugquzele u-D'Elegance.
Ngemuva kokukhonjiswa embukisweni eminingi, isigqebhezana esisesitayeleni saya egalaji elizimele lesihlobo esiseduze somunye wabaphathi bakaChrysler ngaleso sikhathi, lapho sahlala khona ngo-1987. Khonamanjalo, imoto yathola injini entsha yohlobo lwe-Hemi V8 yango-1956, enamandla angu-102 anamandla amakhulu kuneyokuqala. Kamuva, lo mqondo washintsha abanikazi abaningana, bezulazula ngamaqoqo ochwepheshe bemodeli ye-retro. Eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, i-d'Elegance ibonakale kabili endalini ye-RM Sotheby: ngo-2011 yathengiswa ngamadola ayizinkulungwane ezingu-946, futhi ngo-000 ngamadola ayizinkulungwane ezingu-2017.
