I-MG Metro 6R4: I-Metrosexual - Izimoto Zezemidlalo

I-speedometer yedeshibhodi ifundeka ku-2.467 miles noma 3.970 km. Ubonakala eqandisiwe futhi umisiwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Amasondo abenenqubekela phambili encane kakhulu selokhu le moto iphuma efemini. Austin Rover emuva ngo-1986. Akazange ashintshe ngisho isikhathi sebhande (Okwethusa kakhulu, njengoba kwakuyibhande elaqhatha odadewabo abaningi lapho bephonswa ngamandla ehlathini, lapho ongeke ukwazi ukuhlukanisa izethameli eziqwini zezihlahla.) Emizuzwini embalwa, lezi zinombolo zizoqala ukugoqa futhi. Ngoba ngizofeza iphupho lami: ngizoshayela eyodwa I-Metro 6R4.

Akuwona nje u-6R4. Lena cishe i-6R4 yokuqala emhlabeni wonke. Yakhiwe ngamasampula omgwaqo angama-200 ngokuhambisana namazinga okulinganisa Iqembu Bkanye nezinye izimoto ze-rally ezingu-20 ziqaphe ngokugcwele (zama) ukuthatha i-Lancia evuthayo, i-Peugeot ne-Audi emgwaqeni owubhuqu. Iningi lalezi zimoto zomgwaqo ezingu-200 zabe seziguqulwa zaba izinhlobo ze-rally noma i-rallycross ukuze ziqhudelane emiqhudelwaneni eyahlukene yabasafufusa. Kunamahlebezi phakathi kwabasebenzi base-Austin Rover - kodwa kungenzeka futhi awanasisekelo - ukuthi akuwona wonke amayunithi akhiwe. Ngokusobala, lapho i-FIA ​​ifika embonini yase-Austin Rover izohlola inqwaba yezimoto ezingama-200, izimoto bezizokleliswa esibayeni eLongbridge futhi, ngemuva kokuhlolwa, zashesha zaya ekugcineni komugqa. esikhundleni se-nameplate.

Ngokoqwembe oluncane olubekwe kule Metro 6R4, luyinombolo 179. NgekaMalcolm Leggate, owayengumshayeli wendiza noyise wowayengumshayeli wendiza we-BTCC uFiona Leggate. Unemoto kusukela ngo-2000, lapho eyithenga ngemali elingana nama-euro angu-27.000 (cishe ama-euro angu-30.000 ngaphansi kwentsha, nakuba intengo yayingaxoxiswana ngaleso sikhathi) futhi isihambe amakhilomitha angu-800 kuphela kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Kwase kuphele izinyanga engamshayeli. Ngivame ukucabanga ukuthi ukudebeselela imoto enjalo kuwukudelela, kodwa le moto inamakhilomitha ambalwa ngemuva kwayo, futhi iyingxenye yomlando kangangokuthi icishe iqondakale.

Lapho siya endlini yakhe namuhla ekuseni, uMalcolm wasibonisa wonke amadokhumenti emoto phezu kwenkomishi yekhofi eshisayo (waze washintsha nepuleti lakhe lelayisense ku-A6 RAU, okuthi ngenxa yokuthi u-A ufana no-4, sasifunda kancane njenge-A 6R4 U. - okwangempela, okubona kulezi zithombe) ngaphambi kokuthi usithathe siyokubona, amakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka. Ngisho efihliwe ngaphansi kukaseyili, ubukeka emangalisa ngalokhui-eleron umhlane okhuphuka ngaphansi kweshidi njengoseyili udala i-silhouette e-whimsical.

Ukuyibona iphuma kancane ngaphansi kweshidi bekujabulisa njengokwethulwa kwemoto enkulu entsha kule Auto Show. Lokho umonakalisi ingaphambili eliwolintshi, bese kuba ingaphambili elimhlophe lamafenda, i-inch by inch, kuze kube yilapho yonke imoto isinqunu phambi kwethu. I-6R4 ibukeka ibanzi, yinde futhi iyinde, noma ingeyona ikhiyubhu. Ngokusho komthwebuli wezithombe uDean Smith, kubi kakhulu. angivumi. Umqondisi wethu uSam Riley unobuhlakani futhi uthi umkhumbuza ngeTransformer. Kodwa sonke sivumelana ngento eyodwa: asikaze siyibone imoto enonya, enolaka futhi eklanyelwe ukuthi iqonde ngqo endaweni.

Siyiphusha ngaphandle kwegaraji, sizama ukuthi singafinyeleli ngezandla zethu kuphela kumapaneli ensimbi, hhayi i-fiberglass... Lokhu kusinda ngendlela eyisimanga emotweni enesisindo esingama-1.000 kg, kodwa kuya ngamathayi abanzi elingana kuwo njengamanje. UMalcolm ushiya umshado wangaphambilini futhi usishiya sodwa ukuthi sithwebule imininingwane, eseluleka ukuthi singayivuli.

Ngivula ihood futhi ngimangele: lutho injini... Cishe akukho lutho lapha, ngaphandle kwama-propeller shafts kanye nenkulu. umehluko. Ngemuva kwamakhothamo esondo angaphambili avelele, awuwuboni kahle umnyango - cishe ingxenye eyodwa kuphela esele yeMetro ejwayelekile - ngemuva kwakho konke lokho kungena komoya okukhulisiwe. Uma udlulela ngemuva, awukwazi ukuzibamba kodwa uzibuze ukuthi iphakeme kangakanani leyo-aileron, futhi uma uqhubeka kancane uzwakala sengathi kune-spoiler elahlekile ngezansi kwepuleti lelayisense lapho kubonakala khona uhlaka olungaphansi, sengathi imoto iphumile. . nesiketi esifakwe ephentini. Ekugcineni ungabona ngaphakathi ibhande ikheji elifinyelela kuma-struts angaphambili.

Uma inyusa i-tailgate iveza i-V6 engu-3 litre, okuyinjini efanayo neJaguar. XJ220, lokhu kuphela ufisa... Qeda nge Isivinini ebheke phambili ebheke phakathi nendawo yomshini oxhunywe esihlahleni oya ngakhona umehluko wesikhungo se-viscous (ekhiqizwe yiFerguson Fabrications, inkampani engemuva kwedrayivu enamasondo amane kuphela i-F1). Injini isuke kancane iye kwesokunxele ne-countershaft ohlangothini lwesokudla lwendlu ehlukile ukuze ama-propeller shaft amabili angemuva abe ngobude obufanayo. Ama-6R4 amaningi anenjini eshuniwe, kodwa lena ingeyoqobo, kuhlanganise nesihlungi somoya.

Ezivivinyweni ezihlukahlukene, i-Austin Rover yasebenzisa i-Rover V8, eyayisuswe amasilinda amabili, kodwa i-V6 yokugcina enamakhamera angaphezulu aphindwe kabili emgqeni ngamunye yaklanywa uDavid Wood (owayekade eyi-Cosworth) futhi ibhekwa njengenjini yokuqala eklanyelwe ngokukhethekile imoto ye-rally. Kwakuwukuphela kwenjini eyayinesifiso ngokwemvelo emhlabeni yezinjini zokungena ngenkani ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa umqondo oyisisekelo wawuwukuthi ukulwela ukuhlinzeka ngokuhlinzekwa okubanzi nokunethezeka kanye netorque, nokuthi injini yayingeke ihlupheke ngenxa yezinkinga zokushisa ngokweqile. turbo ke. Ngeshwa, la maphrojekthi kanye nokuhlola kwenziwa emuva ngo-1981 ngenkathi iBritish Leyland Motorsport ibambisene noPatrick Head kwaWilliams GP Engineering. Ngo-1985, ngenkathi i-6R4 ifika okokuqala esigabeni samazwe ngamazwe, izinkinga zokupholisa nokusalela kwabaqhudelana nabo ngama-turbocharged zase zixazululiwe, futhi amandla abawakhiqizayo ayemakhulu kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi inzuzo yokuguquguquka i-6R4 eyayingaba nayo. Kodwa leyo ngenye indaba.

Uma ubheka yonke imininingwane, umuntu akakwazi ukusiza kodwa awuncome lo mshini. Okuyinto, nokho, engalungile. Elinye lamalambu angaphambili alivikeleke kahle, futhi naphezu kokuba linamamitha amane okushisa (uma liqhathaniswa no-120cm kuMetro ejwayelekile), lithe ukuxega kancane. Sengathi omakhenikha bajahe ukuqeda...

UMalcolm uyabuya emahoreni ambalwa, futhi uma uDean eseqedile ngezithombe ezimile, sesilungele ukuphuma ngaphandle. Okumangazayo ukuthi isitimela esihamba ngaphansi komhlaba siyakhanya kusukela ekudubuleni kokuqala. Kodwa bese iyacisha futhi iphinde ivuleke. Ngemva komzuzu wokucindezela i-pedal ye-accelerator, injini izinza ngokwanele nje ukuthi ingalokothi ime, ngokukhuphuka okunamandla nokuwa ngama-revs. Emuva kwemizuzu embalwa kube nokuphithizela lapho kuthuliswe injini kukhomba ukuthi isifinyelele izinga lokushisa futhi yonke into isebenza ngendlela efanele enjinini engu-V64V (igama lisho V6 enamavalvu angu-4 isilinda ngasinye).

UMalcolm uhamba ngemuva kwesondo ukuze athathe izithombe, bese kuba yithuba lami. Ngenhlanhla, ayikho imvula (uMalcolm ubengeke asivumele ukuba sigibele umzila ohamba ngaphansi komhlaba emanzini), kodwa kuvunguza umoya obandayo, ushanela amaxhaphozi futhi usongela ukuklebhula umnyango ezandleni zami futhi uwulahle phansi lapho ngiphakamisa unyawo lwami. . ngena ngefasitela elibanzi futhi ungene ku-6R4. Isihlalo sincane futhi sitshekele ngasenkabeni yemoto futhi isiteringi isikhumba esimpunga - esibukeka singekho endaweni yemoto kanje - siyaqhuma kancane, kodwa jikelele indawo yokushayela iyamukeleka.

Isihlalo sinethezeke ngokwanele, ngisho noma kuyi-classic yakudala. Isihlalo igobolondo elikubamba likuqinise njengezihibe ze-boa constrictor. I-sports cab igcwele ukushayisana okuncane, njengeknob yegiya elincane le-Metro, elinamathiselwe iphethini entsha kusukela kweyokuqala phansi. Kukhona futhi umugqa wonke wama-fuse eduze kwesilayidi sikagwayi futhi izinombolo zokudayela zincane kakhulu ngaphandle kwe-tachometer ekhombisa u-10.000.

Uma ubheka i-windshield, iso lidonswa kumathebhu amabili ebhonethi; esikhundleni salokho, nithi nhla ezibukweni, amehlo agxile emaceleni amakhulu angena emoyeni. Kuzwakala sengathi uhlezi emotweni ophuma encwadini yamahlaya yamanga. Uma inkinobho enkulu isivuliwe, zungezisa uhhafu wokujika ngokhiye ojwayelekile wase-Austin Rover, cindezelai-accelerator kanye futhi usuqedile ukuvula ukhiye ukuqala injini ngemuva kwakho. Lapho Bamba inomnyakazo omfushane futhi idinga inani elithile lamandla ukuyiwisa phansi. Qala ngokuslayida i-lever kwesokunxele nangemuva, bese uphakamisa i-clutch pedal, enephoyinti lokunamathisela eliphezulu ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi uye phambili. Ngihamba nge-6R4.

Izimoto ezifana neMégane R26.R neMini GP ziyingozi kakhulu uma uzishayela emgwaqeni. Abaningi bayamangala ngokugibela kwabo okuzinzile, futhi esimweni seRenault, ukuntuleka kwenduduzo. Kodwa zombili zithambile uma ziqhathaniswa nale 6R4. Ukuqhathanisa lezi zimoto ezimbili nendlela ehamba ngaphansi kufana nokuba sephathini bese utshela umfana ukuthi ubaleke amakhilomitha angu-2 izolo (empeleni u-1,7, kodwa i-GPS ayisebenzi nhlobo), uthole ukuthi nguye kuphela owine futhi. ubuqhawe. Kunomsindo omkhulu ku-subway cab kangangokuthi cishe akunakwenzeka ukuxoxa nomgibeli ohambayo. IN ukusetshenziswa isilinganiso esingu-2 km/l (ngqo: 2, hhayi iphutha). Uma ugibela ehlobo, konke lokhu kuzokuthatha imizuzu eyishumi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-6R4 imoto eyakhelwe umjaho kuphela, hhayi eyokuya olwandle nentombi yakho. Kungithatha imizuzwana engamashumi amathathu ngemuva kwesondo ukuthi ngimthande.

Yize izimoto ezinama-turbocharged zinenzuzo yokusebenza, iMetro iwine izinhliziyo zabantu ngokukhala kweV6 yayo. Zama ukubuka ividiyo yesikhathi lapho izimoto zingekho ohlakeni: ngaphandle kombukwane wokukukhohlisa, ungagxila emsindweni futhi uzobona ukuthi ngenkathi ezinye izimoto zibubula futhi zivungazela futhi zishaya ikhwela, umzila ongaphansi komhlaba wenza umgogodla wakho uthuthumele. Kodwa-ke, kuma-revs aphansi lowo mculo uyanyamalala ube yi-cacophony yama-diffs anomsindo kanye nenjini efana ne-tractor. Njengezimoto eziningi ezigijimayo, ukukhuliswa komsindo osuka nje uthinte i-accelerator pedal kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokucisha imoto, ngoba uma uzwa i-V6 iphakama ngale ndlela, ususa unyawo lwakho esitulweni segesi. Ngenhlanhla lokhu kuke kwenzeka kimi esikhathini esidlule futhi ngisifundile isifundo ukuze ngikwazi ukuthatha igesi ngaphandle kokucisha injini.

Ngifisa sengathi ngingakutshela ukuthi zingaki ama-revs omsindo wenjini oshintshayo ukusuka kugandaganda ukuya kweyezimoto zomjaho. Cishe ku-4.000, ngicabanga, kodwa ngigxile kakhulu ekugwemeni enye yaleyo misele ejulile eceleni komgwaqo kangangokuthi angikwazi ukususa amehlo ami ku-tachometer. Kodwa ngingakutshela into eyodwa: lapho i-V64V ifinyelela isivinini sayo esifanele, umsindo wayo uba yisimangaliso, futhi ungqimba oluncane lwePerspex olungihlukanisa nenjini lucishe lungabi namsebenzi. Indlela enhle yokuba yisithulu ...

Enguqulweni evamile, injini inama-250 hp, kodwa ngamakhamera ayinkimbinkimbi kanye ne-exhaust manifold ene-throttle valve, ikhuphuka ngaphezu kuka-10.000 400 rpm futhi ithuthuke ngaphezu kuka-305 hp. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-torque ingu-6 Nm. Okuxakayo ukuthi naphezu kokuba imoto ye-rally, ine-torque encane kunenguqulo yomgwaqo evunywe ngokugcwele. Nakuba i-Metro 4RXNUMX ivutha ngesivinini sombani ngala magiya amafushane e-rally akuyisa emkhathizwe, uyaqonda ukuthi injini inokuningi okunikezwayo: kukhona umkhawulo ocishe uzenzele onqamukayo uma ucabanga ukuthi ungakhuphuka ngisho nangaphezulu.

Lo mgwaqo omncane, njengabanye abaningi endaweni, ungumzila owodwa, kodwa akukho okuvimbela ukubuka, ngakho-ke kulula ukucosha ijubane. Naphezu kwamakhilomitha ambalwa ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe kanye nokusebenzisa okulinganiselwe kukaMalcolm iMetro, umnikazi akanandaba nokuyishayela kahle, kunalokho, uyangikhuthaza ukuba ngiyisebenzise ngokugcwele yonke imibuthano kuwo wonke amagiya. Uma kuqhathaniswa nobunzima bokufaka ngemuva, ukuguqulwa kusukela kokuqala kuya kwesibili futhi okwesithathu kuhle kakhulu, ukuhamba kwe-lever encane kufushane futhi kuhilela, okwesine kunzima kancane ukufaka esikhundleni.

Lapho ngiphakamisa ijubane futhi ngiqala ukushintshana ngokushesha, ngi amabhuleki nquma. Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngithembela kubo ngokugcwele, ngihlaselwa isifo senhliziyo. Zinamandla kodwa zibanda kakhulu, azinalo noluncane usizo, futhi i-center pedal idinga amandla ohlanya ukuze ibambe u-90 kwesokunxele, ingasiki kahle. Naphezu kwawo wonke lawo ma-ailerons nama-square wheel arches, i-Metro 6R4 iseyimoto encane (njengoba inhloko yezemidlalo yase-Austin Rover uJohn Davenport yake yathi, “Imoto encane yenza umzila omncane ube mkhulu”). Njengoba ugijima emajikeni, uzwa ithrekhi emfushane futhi ecishe ibe isikwele phansi enamasondo amane abonakala enyakaza njengelilodwa; I-Metro isabela ngendlela emangalisayo, kodwa lokho futhi kusho ukuthi kuwumoya ukuzungezisa.

Ukubola umbhangqwana Ingu-35/65 evumelana nengemuva, futhi ngenkathi ngingathanda ukwenza yonke into, ngisho nezinto ezihlanya kakhulu ngayo, ngale wheelbase emfishane, i-6R4 iphuma kumajika, iya kancane emsileni, futhi iningi lamasondo umthwalo usemasondweni angemuva, ngakho-ke kungcono ukuthi ungawudlulisi. Ukusunduza usuka emasondweni angaphambili konakalisa isiteringi sakho futhi imoto ijwayele ukunyakaza njengoba ushintsha ukuthambekela, okuphoqa ukuthi ugxile ngokuphelele ekushayeleni.

Sekuyiminyaka ecishe ibe ngamashumi amathathu i-prototype yokuqala ye-6R4 ishayelwa umshayeli wendiza u-Tony Pond (kamuva owabeka i-1985R6 endaweni yesithathu emsamo we-RAC weminyaka emine) emgwaqeni wezindiza wase-Oxfordshire. Encwajaneni ekhangisa iMetro entsha, wamcaphuna: “Ukushayela kulula futhi kushesha kakhulu, ngisho nalapho kungekho esicongweni. Naye, awudingi i-rally ace ukuze uwine. " Eqinisweni, uPond wayekwazi ukushayela imoto. Angiwucabangi umzamo obungawuthatha ukuze i-4R6 iphumele embuthanweni wetiyela. Uma ngisenalo ikhono lokushayela iMetro, ngingathanda ukuyizama odakeni, lapho izilawuli zingaba lula futhi ezihlukene zisebenze kangcono. Ngiphinde ngicabange ukuthi kuzoba lula kuyena: Ngihlala ngimcabanga emaceleni futhi namatshe egxumagxuma esuka phansi.

Nokho, ngiseyingane, ngiyajabula ngokuthi ngakwazi ukuyishayela. Ukuze ukwazi ukuba ngemuva kwesondo lale moto ebukeka ihlanya futhi enomsindo egijima ibheke emkhathizwe. Ukuze udlulele esikhathini esedlule, ngo-1986. Bona izinombolo ze-odometer zishintsha futhi.