Yile ndlela i-Mercedes-Benz SL yaba yinganekwane yemoto yezemidlalo.
Izalwe njengemoto yomjaho eyagcina isiba yinganekwane, iMercedes-Benz SL isalokhu iyisibonelo esibalulekile salo mkhiqizo kusukela yasungulwa ngo-1952.
Ngenkathi idalwa ngo-1952, i-SL 300 yaphenduka imboni yezimoto ngokushesha. Ngokuklanywa kwayo okusha nesisindo esiphansi, kwacaca ukuthi yazalelwa ijubane futhi maduze izophila ngokuvumelana negama layo elithi 'Super Light' ngokuthatha izivivinyo ezinzima kakhulu: iBerne Prix, Le Mans 24 Hours, Nürburgring kanye nePan American. Umjaho. I-Mercedes-Benz idale enye yezimoto ezishesha kakhulu emhlabeni, okwathi ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu, yaba sematheni abathandi bemizwa eyeqisayo.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngo-1954, izici zale moto enkulu zizoshintshwa ukuze zivumelane nokunambitheka kwabathengi ngenxa yomfutho kaMaximilian Hoffman, umthengisi wezimoto waseMelika owasungula yonke impi ukuze akholise umkhiqizo ukuthi udale inguqulo yezohwebo. Umbono wakhe waba yimpumelelo kakhulu: ezinyangeni ezi-5 nje kuphela, i-SL 300 (W198) yaqala ukukhonjiswa embukisweni wezemidlalo wamazwe ngamazwe eNew York njengomgibeli wokuqala onezihlalo ezimbili onenjini yomjovo kaphethiloli eqondile, ekwazi ukufinyelela ku-250 km/h imininingwane eyayiklanywe ukuze ingafaki engcupheni umthamo oshiwoyo: iminyango eseceleni eqondile okuthi lapho ivulwa ilingiswe izimpiko futhi okufanele, kamuva, iqanjwe ngokuthi “Gullwing”.
Kusukela ngo-1954 kuya ku-1963, i-SL Gullwing yaba iphupho labashisekeli bezimoto ngoba yayihlanganisa izimiso zenkululeko nobuhle. Uthando lwale moto luzoqhubeka nge-SL 190 (W 121) ngo-1955 kanye ne-SL 300 Roadster (W 198) ngo-1957, amamodeli amabili okuklama kwawo kwadela izicabha ezime mpo ezithandwayo zenguqulo eguquguqukayo. Lezi nzalo ezimbili ezintsha zazisho lukhulu kumthengi waseMelika wangaleso sikhathi, elangazelele ukuzwa umuzwa wenkululeko owedlulele abawunikeza obala. Ngo-1963, unyaka okwaphela ngawo ukukhiqizwa kokubili, amayunithi angu-25,881 ayesethengisiwe, kuphela i-SL 190.
Kusukela ngo-1963 kuya ku-1971 isihlalo sokuhlonipha sizobe sigcinelwe i-SL 230 (W 113). Kulo modeli omusha, umkhiqizo uzochaza kabusha izifiso zawo futhi uhlanganise nezidingo ezintsha ezingaphezu kwejubane nokusebenza okuphezulu, kwakuyisikhathi sokukhuluma ngokunethezeka nokuphepha. I-SL 230 yanikeza isikhala esengeziwe enjinini futhi yagcizelela ukuqina kwekhabhinethi ukunikeza umuzwa omkhulu wokuvikela kubagibeli bayo. Inikezwe ngezinguqulo ezintathu: i-convertible, i-hardtop kanye neyodwa ehlanganisa izinketho zombili zobubanzi obukhulu bokwenza ngokwezifiso.
Lezi zinketho ezintathu zizogcinwa nge-SL 350 (R 107), isibonelo esilandelayo kulolu hlu oluyimpumelelo, ukuguqulwa kwalo okuyinhloko kufaka phakathi ukwethulwa kwenjini engu-8-cylinder kanye nokuthuthukiswa okuningi kokuphepha okufana ne-anti-lock braking system, i-airbag, ukulungiswa kabusha kwethangi likaphethiloli ukuze livikeleke ekushayisaneni nezicabha ezazikhiyekile uma kwenzeka ingozi. Yakhiqizwa kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1989.
Kusukela ngo-1990 kuze kube namuhla, ifa le-SL 300 yokuqala lisaqhubeka nokuba khona kumamodeli afana ne-SL 500, SL 600, SL 55 AMG kanye ne-SL R231. Bonke bavuma ngekhanda idlozi labo, bagcina ukusebenza okuphezulu ngesivinini esikhulu ngaphandle kokudebeselela ubunkimbinkimbi obubungazwa ezizukulwaneni ezedlule.
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