Test drive Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn: Little Lord

AbakwaRoll-Royce bawuhumusha kanjani umqondo wemoto ehlangene

I-Rolls-Royce yokuqala enomzimba womkhiqizi yakhelwe njengemoto eshayelwa umnikazi emakethe yaseMelika. Icebo alizange lisebenze, iwele lakhe lasebenza. I-Bentley R iyidayise kakhulu. Namuhla, i-Silver Dawn enhle iyivelakancane emnandi futhi esabelayo enazo zonke izimfanelo zomkhiqizo odumile.

Ngenxa yokubukeka kwakhe kwemikhosi, ubukeka njengomakadebona wezimoto ojwayelekile emigubhweni yomshado. Okuwukuphela kwento eshodayo isixha sezimbali esisembozweni esingaphambili esisikiwe ngemuva kwesithombe esihle esingaphezu kwe-radiator, obukeka sengathi ugqoke ingubo yomshado. Kodwa i-Silver Dawn ithembisa okungaphezulu kakhulu komfelandawonye wokuphila konke. Imoto kanokusho iRolls-Royce ibukeka sengathi yakhiwe unomphela. Izicabha ezisindayo zivalwa ngomsindo owugqinsi we-vault yasebhange, injini yamasilinda ayisithupha eshintshashintsha kakhulu, ehamba phambili ehleba ngokuzola nokuzethemba okungenandaba namarev aphansi. Izinto eziyigugu - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukhuni oluyigugu, isikhumba se-Connolly noma i-chrome alpaca pantheon grille - ayibukeki nje kuphela, kodwa futhi ihlala isikhathi eside kakhulu. Emotweni eyakhiwe ekhaya enegama elisankondlo elithi Silver Dawn, ukushona kwelanga mancane amathuba okuba kufike maduze.

Kodwa-ke, umbandela obaluleke kakhulu wokuqina okucishe kube nedumela elibi lamamodeli e-Rolls-Royce (kwaze kwavela i-Silver Shadow ngo-1965) uhlaka olusekelayo olwenziwe ngamaphrofayili anezindonga eziwugqinsi onamalungu azinzile. Ukugqwala akunamandla okumelana nalesi siphetho. Ngaphambi kokwethulwa kweSilver Dawn ngo-1949, uRolls-Royce wayenomkhuba wokuhlinzeka i-chassis ephelele enenjini, i-gearbox nama-ekseli kubakhi babaqeqeshi abadumile baseBrithani abanamagama amakhulu afana noFreestone & Webb, J. Gurney Nutting, Park Ward, Hooper . noma HJ Mulliner ukumgqokisa emzimbeni. Iqondiswe kubathengi baseMelika abacebile futhi engabizi kakhulu ngo-£14, i-Silver Dawn kwadingeka isebenze ngomzimba wokukhiqiza okhangayo. Yayinambitheka njengesitayela sangaphambi kwempi futhi yagqugquzelwa yifekthri yango-000 iBentley Mark VI. Kube nengozi ethile efihliwe yokuphambaniswa ne-Alvis sedan engamalitha amathathu noma i-Armstrong Siddeley 1946 - ngaphandle uma ine-radiator ebabazekayo. aliphakamise ngamandla isiphongo sakhe ngokumelene nomoya ovunguzayo.

Ilandela elinye isiko leRolls-Royce, ngasekupheleni kuka-1952 iSilver Dawn yathola umklamo ocishe ufane noweBentley. I-R-Type isivele iqalile ngale okuthiwa. "I-Long Boot", ekhishwe ngaphambili, yamukelwa ngokushesha ngabakwaSilver Dawn.

Ukuvinjwa okucishiwe

Umhlangano "nomsila omfushane" wethu wenzeka eHohenkammer Palace esifundeni saseFreising. Njengokwasemuva kwesithombe sokuthwebula, indawo ilungele i-Silver Dawn. Njengemoto kanokusho iMidnight Blue, ukwakheka kwayo kuhlanganisa izicukuthwane ezisezingeni eliphezulu ngaphandle kokubukeka njenge-feudal ngokweqile. I-Roll encane isondela kancane ngokuheshaza kancane, umsindo omkhulu kakhulu ewenzayo owokuqothuka kwetshe eliphansi ngaphansi kwamasondo e-bias-ply super-balloon aphefumulelwe kahle.

Imoto yayisizophuthelwa yithemba lokuphila okuphakade. Umshisekeli wezithuthuthu oshisekayo uSiegfried Amberger ngephutha wakuthola e-United States ezweni elilahliwe ngokuphelele. Futhi ngoba eyihawukela le nkosi encane, yathola ukubuyiselwa okuyingcosana kwengxenye okwenza i-Argentina Dawn ibukeke ihle kakhulu kunangaphambili embonini yaseCrewe. Imininingwane enjengemigqa edonswe ngesandla kumanzi lacquered ibonisa lokhu.

Sihamba sizungeza imoto, sigcwele inhlonipho, bese kuvuleka "isicabha sokuzibulala" esingakwesokunxele. Ngesikhathi siwuzwa, sesivele sihlezi eSilver Dawn okokuqala ngemuva kwesiteringi esikhulu, esime mpo seloli. Injini eguquguqukayo enamasilinda ayisithupha enamavalvu okukhipha amandla aphezulu kanye namavalvu okukhipha umoya (okuthiwa “ioe” ngesiNgisi, “i-intake over exhaust”) isivele ifudumele futhi ayisebenzi ngaphansi komkhawulo wokuzwa kokuzwa. "Ungaphinde uyivule," kwakuyisexwayiso esivela endaweni elandelayo. Sisheshe singene egiyeni lokuqala nesiteringi esiqinile. Ngokukhala kwe-cogs eqondile yokudlulisela, ingaphakathi elihle liqala ukunyakaza. Kuyacaca ukuthi igiya lokuqala alivumelanisiwe futhi lisebenza kuphela ukuqala, ngakho-ke siya ngokushesha kwesibili. Manje sekuthulekile kakhulu, bese kukhululeka kancane, ngokusho komzwelo wethu wokuziphendulela, siqhubekela kwesesithathu futhi ekugcineni siye kwesine.

Ukugxila okuphakathi esikhundleni sama-rev

I-reserve of intermediate thrust enjinini ye-ultra-long-stroke iyamangalisa. Le yunithi ayibonakali ngesivinini, kodwa ngetorque eningi. Ukusheshisa kunamandla impela - I-Rolls inamandla aphindwe kathathu kune-Mercedes 170 S eyodwa yonyaka ofanayo. Inaliti ye-speedometer ibonisa u-80, kamuva kancane i-110. Ngeshwa, ayikho i-tachometer, kunalokho amathuluzi amahle anezinombolo ezimhlophe kungemuva elimnyama ahlinzeka ngolwazi olubanzi mayelana nokucindezela kwamafutha, izinga lokushisa kwamanzi kanye nophethiloli otholakalayo. Ngalolu suku lwasehlobo olushisayo, yonke into isendaweni eluhlaza, esiyijabulelayo ngokuvuleka kwe-sunroof. Kodwa-ke, i-clutch inzima kakhulu futhi akulula ukulandela imigwaqo emazombezombe ezungeze i-Hohenkammer ngesiqondiso esingaqondile kakhulu. I-Silver Dawn ayikhombisi isifiso esikhulu sokungena emakhoneni, ngakho-ke idinga ukuqondiswa ngesandla esiqinile ukuze ilandele izifiso zayo ngokuzithoba, futhi isiteringi kufanele sijikiswe nge-engeli enkulu.

Phezu kwakho konke lokhu, ingaphakathi elithambile aliyona i-clumsy elula; ngemuva kwama-20 km umuzwa wokuqala wokuqina ngokweqile uyanyamalala. Uma ushayela okuningi futhi uhlonipha le moto eyigugu yakudala kancane, uzozizwa ucishe ucishe ufane nezinto ezishintsha amandla. Lapha, iSilver Dawn iziveza njengemodeli eqhutshwa ngumnikazi ekwazi ukukujabulisa ngaphandle komshayeli. I-chassis ene-suspension engaphambili ezimele ngaphambili kanye namabhuleki wesigubhu (ngokumangazayo i-hydraulic ngaphambili futhi egcwele ngemuva) ifana namandla amakhulu enjini.

Ngeshwa, i-Silver Dawn, okwakuhloswe ngayo emakethe yase-US, ayizange iphumelele. Ochwepheshe bendabuko bakhetha u-Silver Wraith omele kakhudlwana, kuyilapho abantu baseMelika bekhetha uhlobo lwe-Bentley R-Sporty. Eminyakeni eyishumi kuphela kamuva uSilver Shadow wawubona ngempumelelo umbono weRolls-Royce ethandwayo enohlobo olufanayo lomzimba.

isiphetho

Ubukhulu bekhompiyutha yeSilver Dawn ayiwukhiphi umuzwa ojwayelekile weRoll-Royce wokukhanya okungenasisindo. Igqobhoza umgwaqo icishe ithule, hhayi kancane, kodwa ngamandla, futhi kuzwakala kuphela ezindlebeni zamatomu ahamba ngebhaluni. Ihlala isikhathi eside futhi ivumelana nezimo kalula, ibhayisikili lizokugcina linomdlandla. Akuvamile ukuthi ushintshe amagiya; le yimoto kulabo abathanda ukushayela.

Umbhalo: Alf Kremers

Isithombe: Ingolf Pompe