Imoto kaChurchill izothengiswa endalini

Ngemva kukaChurchill, uDaimler waya e-USA, eJalimane, eGreat Britain, futhi isikhathi esithile wayengowenkosana yase-Iran.

I-Daimler DB1939 Drophead Coupe yango-18 no-1944 yasetshenziswa uNdunankulu waseBrithani phakathi nemikhankaso yokhetho lwango-1949 no-400,000 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi idayiswe endalini eBrooklands ngoDisemba 4 ngama- $XNUMX.

Ngenxa yeMpi Yezwe II, kwakhiwa ama-aces angama-23 DB18 Drophead Coupe ayehlongozwa ngo-1939 kuphela kwakhiwa, amane awo acekelwa phansi ngokuphelele ngesikhathi seBlitz, eyesihlanu yacekelwa phansi kakhulu kangangokuthi yasulwa, kanti ezimbili zikuphi. akwaziwa. I-Chassis 49531 isewukuphela kwemodeli esele ye-1939 etholakele.

Ngemva kukaChurchill, uDaimler waya e-USA, eJalimane, eGreat Britain, futhi isikhathi esithile wayengowenkosana yase-Iran. Umvuseleli waseJalimane u-E. Tiesen wase-Hamburg uchithe u-$192,000 ebuyisela imoto ngomzimba osiliva nomnyama, ihood eshintshwayo enezikhundla ezintathu, izihlalo zesikhumba eziluhlaza, ideshibhodi yokhuni nezinsimbi ze-Jaeger.

Iphuma emgqeni ofanayo ngonyaka iBrooklands eyayeka ngayo ukugijima, iDB18 yafinyelela ejubaneni lika-122 km/h kanye nebanga lika-0-80 km/h eliyimizuzwana engu-17.9.

Nakuba i-DB18 inomshini ozishintshayo, imoto isebenzisa iWilson Pre-selector four-speed transmission ehambisana ne-Daimler Fluid flywheel, okuvumela umshayeli ukuthi azikhethele ngokwakhe igiya elilandelayo elitholakalayo ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-"shift pedal" ukushintsha amagiya.