I-Test drive iMercedes kusuka ku- "Berezka" ye-W123 edume kakhulu
Le Mercedes-Benz W123 ithengwe entsha e-USSR futhi ayikaze ibone imigwaqo yase-Europe. Cishe eminyakeni engama-40 kamuva, ihlala isesimweni sayo sokuqala futhi ikhombisa ngasikhathi sinye izinkathi ezimbili ezidlule: ukusilela kweSoviet nokwethembeka kwamaJalimane.
Isikhathi sibonakala kahle ngaye. Izikhumbuza ngamabhamuza ngaphansi kopende oluhlaza okotshani, umphetho obomvu emaphikweni, isikhumba esigugile kule ndlwana. Le Mercedes-Benz W123 ikude nokuhamba phambili phakathi kwezigidi ezintathu zohlobo lwayo, kepha uma ibingabuyiselwa esimweni semnyuziyamu, ingqikithi ibizolahleka. Kakade, lena indaba ephilayo: sedan wathenga entsha ngokuphelele esitolo Beryozka, futhi umnikazi wayo wokuqala kwaba umqhubi odumile Yevgeny Svetlanov. Futhi ngemuva kwalokho, akukho lutho olwenziwe emotweni, ngaphandle kwesondlo.
Ngokuvamile, kungenzeka yini ukuthenga iMercedes entsha e-USSR? Kusobala ukuthi kumuntu ojwayelekile futhi ocebile lokhu akunakwenzeka - kwakudingeka angene emphakathini ophakeme. Kodwa ngasikhathi sinye, ukuthenga uqobo, phambi kwemali nemali yokuyisebenzisa, kwakusemthethweni ngokomthetho, ngoba emuva ngonyaka we-1974 iMercedes-Benz yavula ihhovisi elimele iNyunyana - elokuqala phakathi kwezikhalazo zezimoto zongxiwankulu!
Amaloli, amabhasi nemishini ekhethekile ilethwe kithi, "uMercedes" wakhonza emaphoyiseni omgwaqo nasezinkampanini zikahulumeni, uLeonid Brezhnev noVladimir Vysotsky bashayela abamele i-W116. Yiqiniso, amaphuzu namanje waya inqwaba, kuze kufike emakhulwini izimoto ezweni lonke, kodwa waqala ukwakha ngaleso sikhathi isimo sengqondo esikhethekile maqondana inkanyezi ezintathu.
Futhi ngemuva kokuwa kwe-Iron Curtain, lapho izimoto zamanye amazwe ezingamasekeli zingena ezweni lethu, kwaba yi-W123 eyaba ngomunye wamaqhawe amakhulu ezimoto eRussia entsha. Amakhophi angenisiwe abesevele engaphezulu kokuqinile, kepha aqhubeka nokushayela nokushayela, enqaba ngokuphelele ukwephula. Mhlawumbe kwakuwukuthembeka nokungonakali okwaba yizimfanelo ezaqinisekisa ukuthi "ikhulu namashumi amabili nantathu" hhayi kuphela iRussia, kepha futhi nempumelelo yomhlaba wonke: lena imodeli enkulu kakhulu emlandweni weMercedes-Benz!
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngesikhathi iqala ukusebenza ngo-1976, i-W123 yayivele, uma kungeyona eyakudala, ngaleso sikhathi yayinomqondo olondolozayo. Isimo somzimba asikude ne-W114 / W115 yangaphambilini, ulayini wezinjini uhambile ungashintshiwe ukusuka lapho kanye nokwakhiwa kokumiswa kwangemuva, ibhande langaphambili lesifiso sesibili negiya lokuqondisa kuthathwe ku-W116. Kepha lokhu, njengoba kwavela, yilokho amakhasimende ayekudinga: izixazululo ezifakazelwe ezihlanganiswe onjiniyela baba yiqoqo elilinganisanayo nelivumelanayo.
Futhi kuyintokozo ukubhekana naye nanamuhla. Ngokumangazayo, imoto ecishe ibe yingxenye yekhulu leminyaka ithola ukuthi ifanelekile ngokwezimpawu eziyisisekelo. Ukuhlala ngemuva kwesondo kukhululekile, kukhona izinsimbi ezicace bha phambi kwamehlo akho, ukukhanya kanye "nesitofu" kulawulwa yizibambo ezijwayelekile ezijikelezayo. Ukuze ukhokhele ngaphezulu, kungenzeka ukubeka lapha i-air conditioner noma i-othomathikhi yokulawulwa kwesimo sezulu, ama-airbags, i-ABS, uhlelo lokulalelwayo olupholile, izesekeli zikagesi ezigcwele ngisho nocingo! Ngamafuphi, iW123 ehlome kahle inganikeza amathuba kwenye imoto yesimanje.
Futhi uhamba kanjani! Konke esikufaka emcabangweni weMercedes wangempela kukhula kusuka lapha: ukushelela okumangazayo kohambo, ukungabi nandaba okuphelele ngisho nasemigodini emikhulu, ukuqina ngejubane eliphezulu - kubonakala sengathi iW123 idala uqobo lwayo lomgwaqo esikhundleni sokuzivumelanisa naleyo oyinikezwayo kuso.
Yebo, ngokwezindinganiso zanamuhla, ukhululekile. Ukuguqulwa kwethu okungu-200 okunenjini engamalitha amabili ye-carburetor yamandla angu-109 kuzuza ikhulu lokuqala cishe emizuzwini eyi-14, futhi “okuzenzakalelayo” okuyizigaba ezintathu kudinga inani elithile lokuchayeka. Kepha i-W123 yenza konke ngesithunzi kangangokuba awufuni ukuyiphikisa nhlobo - futhi uma ubudinga amandla amaningi, ezinye izinhlobo zanikezwa ongakhetha kuzo. Isibonelo, amandla we-185-horse 280 E anejubane eliphezulu lamakhilomitha angama-200 ngehora.
Futhi into emangalisa kakhulu ukuthi i-chassis yayikwazi ukuphatha amandla amancane kakhulu. Lonke ulwazi lwethu lweMercedes luthi kumele babe nobudlabha, babe ngamavila futhi baziqhelelanise, kepha iW123 inempilo ngokumangazayo. Yebo, akajahi ukuhlasela ithuba ekunyakazeni okuncane kwesondo elincane, kepha kuyamjabulisa ukuphendula, impendulo eqondakalayo nokuqina ngisho nangejubane eliphezulu. Vele, ngokulungiswa okuthile ngeminyaka, kepha ngaphandle kokuthile okuzophoqa ukumphatha njenge-oldtimer.
Uqonde kahle: nanamuhla ungashayela le moto nsuku zonke ngaphandle kokubhekana nobunzima obukhulu. Akudingi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo, inikeza induduzo engafinyeleleki ezimotweni eziningi zesimanje, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, ikuzungeza ngomkhathi wento ethokomele kakhulu, yangempela futhi eyiyo. Kubukeka sengathi lawa magugu azosebenza ngaso sonke isikhathi, okusho ukuthi kweminye iminyaka engama-40 umuntu othile uzothatha isinqumo sokuhlola i-W123 engafi. Futhi uzomangala kamnandi.
