I-Talbot Sunbeam Lotus: I-Sunbeam - Izimoto Zezemidlalo
UMA INDLU NAMUHLA imemezela ukufika kwemodeli nalawa ma-specs, nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ama-oda azachitheka, ama-checkout azogcwaliswa ngayo yonke le mali, futhi izinkundla ze-inthanethi zizobila: idrayivu yangemuva, 960 kg, 150 hp, 0-100 km / h ngemizuzwana engu-6,6 kanti ukumiswa ithuthukiswe nguLotus. Kuyakhanga, akunjalo? Vele, umlingisi oyedwa omkhulu akwanele ukwenza ifilimu enhle, kepha uma singeza kulezi zici ukunqoba okuningi ku I-WRC kuba nzima nakakhulu ukumelana.
La ILotbeam lotus Amayunithi ayi-1.184 akhiwe ngesandla sokudla, okuyicishe ibe yingxenye yengqikithi. Kodwa-ke, namuhla iningi labo ligcine selilahla udoti: ngokweKlabhu yabanikazi, cishe bangamashumi ayisishiyagalombili kuphela kubo. Futhi esinye sazo silapha namuhla, sikhanya ngaphansi kwelanga cishe lasehlobo e-Embassy Black livery yakudala enemivimbo yesiliva. Lesi isiqephu 1, ungasibona khona manjalo Fari ngaphambili okuncane nokusuka izikhali i-pentagon Chrysler maphakathi negridi enkulu.
Lapha abanye benu ngokuqinisekile bazoqhuma: “Kepha bekungekodwa I-Talbot? "Ngingathanda ukukutshela indaba yakhe kancane ...
Ngasekupheleni kwe-XNUMXs, izinto bezingahambi kahle embonini yezimoto yase-UK (ukuyibeka kahle), futhi iChrysler UK ibingafani. Indlu ithengiwe AmaRutes Group, empeleni ukuhlangana kwemikhiqizo emincane eyaziwayo efana ne- I-Highlander e Umculi, FUTHI Ilanga empeleni, kwakuwumsebenzi oxhaswe uhulumeni waseBrithani ukuvimbela ukuvalwa kwesitshalo seChrysler eLynwood, ngaseGlasgow.
La Ilangaeyethulwa ngo-1977 yayiyinto eyodwa UHillman uMphindiseli... Eqinisweni, ngephrojekthi yeSunbeam, uDes O'Dell, inhloko yomkhakha wezimoto eChrysler, wayezimisele ukulingisa impumelelo yomhlangano we-Avenger ngabagibeli bezinselele. IFort Escort... Umshini omkhulu we-Avenger wathathwa wafakwa eSunbeam, kepha kwakudingeka okuhle. injini... Uyithathe kuLotus, okwathi ngaleso sikhathi yazithola ingenakhasimende lapho UJensen, lapho kuhlinzekwe khona izinjini ezingama-2 litre, ayisebenzi. Ngokuya ngezimo nokuthi iphini lika-O'Dell uWynn Mitchell wafunda enyuvesi nomqondisi weLotus ngaleso sikhathi uMike Kimberley, kwafinyelelwa esivumelwaneni ngokushesha phakathi kwalaba bakhiqizi bobabili. KU-IN injini ILotus yahlinzekwa ngesilinda esinezinhloso ezine ngokwemvelo (Uhlobo 2.2, olufana kakhulu nohlobo 911 Esprit S912 kanye ne-S2). Kuhlobo lomgwaqo, ikhiqize i-3 hp, kepha ingakhuphuka kalula ibe yi-150 hp.
Imoto yomgwaqo iSunbeam Lotus yaqala ukuboniswa eGeneva Motor Show ngo-Ephreli 1979. UChrysler UK, okwamanje, wathengiselwa i-PSA, kwathi lapho ukulethwa kuqala ehlobo lalowo nyaka, lo mkhiqizo I-Talbot manje wayesengowakhe I-Peugeot owayeyisebenzisela iSunbeam, yize kwakukhona isikhathi soguquko lapho i-Series 1 yayibizwa ngeTalbot, kepha yayinejazi lezikhali likaChrysler.
AbakwaLotus abanikezeli izinjini kuphela, kodwa futhi babambe iqhaza entuthukweni ukumiswa kanye nohlelo ukuphothula iziqu esikoleni esiphakeme... I-chassis yakhiwe kulayini wokukhiqiza uChrysler eLinwood yabe seyithunyelwa eLotus eLudham ukuvikela izinjini ezingamawele ezingama-camshaft (ezakhiwa eHethel) Isivinini Isivinini ezinhlanu ZF.
I-Series 2, eyaqala ukubonakala ngo-1981, yayine-T enkulu enkabeni ye-grille yangaphambili. injini yaklanywa kabusha kancane, ichibi lamalambu amalambu aba banzi, futhi izibuko izinhlangothi zazihlukile. Ngo-1982, okuwukuphela kwento ehlukile ekuthini i-Moonstone Blue livery kwakuyinguqulo ekhethekile yama-Avon Coachworks anemivimbo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. I-Talbot ngokumelene nesizinda se-moonstone nesibonakaliso esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka se-Lotus nge ophahleni in i-vinyl... Lolu hlobo olukhethekile bekufanele lube namakhophi ayi-150 anamapuleti asuka ku-DDU 1Y aya ku-DDU 150Y, kepha angama-56 kuphela aguqulwa ngokusemthethweni (phakathi kokunye, angazange abhaliswe ngisho nangemva kokubalwa okunengqondo kusuka ku-DDU 1Y kuya ku-DDU 56Y).
Ngemuva kwalokhu kungeniswa okuncane, ake sibuyele kithi. Yize bengilokhu ngincoma i-Sunbeam Lotus futhi bengingakulindi ukuthi ekugcineni ngikwazi ukuyishayela, uma uthi nhlá umugqa wayo olula futhi ongaziwa awubonisi lutho oluhlukile. Futhi-ke le hood ibukeka yinde futhi iwindi langemuva likhulu.
UDave Merlane weSunbeam Lotus Owners Club kanye nomnikazi wemoto njengamanje uveza ukuthi lena akuyona imoto yangempela ngokuphelele. Kepha kusebenza kahle, futhi leyo yinto esemqoka. Ngenkathi uDean ethwebula izithombe ngangokunokwenzeka, uDave uveza imininingwane ethokozisayo, efana ne-speedometer efunda u-225 (i-Sunbeam GLS, esuselwa ku-Sunbeam Lotus, ifinyelela ku-195; le ngenye yezindlela ezilula kakhulu zokuhlukanisa iSunbeam yangempela I-Lotus kusuka ekuphindaphindweni). Ukubheka ngokushesha ngaphansi kwe-hood kwembula ukuthi i-long-long-mounted long-cylinder ihlala kancane ngokuqinile egumbini lenjini. UDave uyaxolisa imibuthano Ama-Miniliths awasiwo awangempela futhi angaphezulu kwe-intshi, kepha babengenaso isikhathi sokukufaka esikhundleni seqoqo lamarimu wangempela (leli iphutha lethu, silibize ngaphandle kwesaziso). Kepha zibukeka zizinhle kuye ...
Ngemuva kwezithombe nemvula ejwayelekile engazelelwe, ekugcineni isikhathi sokuya lapho. Ilanga... Ukhiye wokuthungela umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka omuhle ogqamile onophawu olufanayo lweChrysler esiluthola ku-grill yangaphambili. Ingena esilinganisweni esikukholamu ukuqondisa, jika, linda imizuzwana eyishumi, cindezela iphedali kaninganai-acceleratorukhiye uphenduka futhi ukubandakanya ukuqala, futhi ekugcineni i-4-cylinder dual camshaft iyavuka. UDave uxwayisa ngokuthi ungalokothi udonse umoya: "noma kubanda kakhulu, ngaphandle kwalokho uzominzisa injini ngophethiloli."
Ngihleli lapha no injini kokungenzi lutho, angikwazi ukusiza kepha ngithinte i-pedal gas izikhathi ezimbalwa. Okuncane, mane uthephe kancane ngezikhathi ezithile ukuze uvuselele futhi ujabulele ukuxhumana okusheshayo kwephedal-to-piston ongakuthola kuphela ngentambo yekhebula enjengale. Ama-cushion wokusekela izinjini UDell'Orto Carburettors 45mm (efanayo ne-RS2000 Escort yami) futhi ine-nice umsindo ephelele, nenothi elihoshozayo elimangalisayo. IZF edonsa ngamagiya amahlanu inamagiya okuqala ahlehla emuva. Ingalo yesandla Isivinini idizayini yangokwezifiso - yinde ngokungenangqondo futhi izacile, kodwa i-shift knob ilapho okufanele ibe khona, eduze kwayo isiteringi ngakho-ke akudingeki ukuthi uhambise izingalo zakho kakhulu.
Ugibela imibuthano emincane, uyishiya kancane Bamba uze uthole iphuzu lokuhlaselwa nokudlulela phambili. Amaphathi. Emigwaqweni ekhohlisayo esikhethe ukuyivivinya Ilanga ikhombisa ukugibela kanzima ku-asphalt engalingani, kepha ngejubane ibuye inyuse ikhono layo lokumunca imigodi: kusobala ukumiswa zenzelwe ukuhambisana.
Kuqala enye imvula, futhi kufanele ngiphuthume ukuthola ukuthi iziphi izinaliti zokuluka esondweni ezilawula i-wiper. Ngokubeka umcibisholo nokuvula amalambu angaphambili, ngikwazi ekugcineni ukusula iwindi lomoya lamanzi ngize ngithole nesisuli sangemuva.
Uma ungasheshisi, Isivinini I-ZF inhle kakhulu: izimisele futhi inethemba, inesisindo esifanele, futhi ngaphandle kokubheka, uhlale wazi kahle ukuthi ukuleliphi igiya. KU-IN ukuqondisa Kunzima kodwa okuhle futhi kuyaqinisa idolo, futhi ngemuva kwemizuzu embalwa uselangeni, nakanjani ulingeka ukuba uthathe ijubane lakho. Ngakho-ke wehla ngamandla futhi unyathele isisekelo segesi (noma isiphi isizathu sihle), uvuseleleke kakhulu futhi uzibuze ukuthi injani indlela ebukeka ngayo, ishesha futhi ishesha kanjani le moto ebukeka ithule. Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi lesi sibonelo sinenjini ejwayelekile ngokuphelele, ngiyamangala ngejubane elingabamba. Ngaphambi kokuyigibela, bengicabanga ukuthi u-0-100 ngemizuzwana engaphansi kwengu-7 kungenzeka kuphela uma igama lakho linguSebastien futhi ugijima kulo mzila. I-WRC, kepha manje sengiyaqonda ukuthi ngimbukele phansi kakhulu.
Le moto iyalutha. KU-IN injini inempilo kakhulu futhi iyathanda ukukhuphuka ngemibuthano, futhi ngalo msindo omnandi uzolokhu ufuna ukuyigibela ngokuphelele, njengeyangempela compact ezemidlalo. Uhlaka lubukeka lufushane kakhulu futhi luqhathaniswa ne-Escort. Uma ubuka ividiyo kusuka enkathini UHenri Toivonen nozakwabo esondweni leSunbeam, uzothola ukuthi ukulithumela bekulula kakhulu. okweqile... Ngalokhu bamba Okuhlaba umxhwele, okuqinisekisiwe yi-front end, i-understeer ibonakala ingenakwenzeka kunalokho. Kodwa uma ufuna ngempela ukuzama, uzothola ukuthi i-sunbeam ifinyelela umkhawulo ngokuzumayo futhi okuwukuphela kwento ekuvimbela ukuthi ungashayi emgodini ukuqondisa kwayo okushesha kakhulu okukuvumela ukuthi uphikisane futhi uqale kabusha i-trajectory. . Ikakhulukazi, ngale Sunbeam, i-oversteer ayibonakali njengoba bengicabanga (futhi ngethemba), mhlawumbe ngenxa amathayi enentambo ebanzi nenhlanganisela yenjoloba yesimanjemanje, kepha kusese mnandi kakhulu, ikakhulukazi emakhoneni asheshayo lapho ukumiswa kubonakala kusingatha amaqhubu kangcono.
Njengoba enikezwe isipho sakhe esingenakuphikwa, kuyamangaza lokho ILotbeam lotus ibingenaso isimo esifanayo ne-Escort Mk2. Mhlawumbe lokhu kuncike ekutheni i-Escort ibe ngeyokuqala ukuvela nokuthi impumelelo yeSunbeam yasitshekelwa yiGroup B. Nanamhlanje, i-Escort isibekela iSunbeam: ngubani ofuna idrayivu yangemuva iminyaka yegolide nozalo olusuka ku donsa ndawonye empeleni, cishe uzokhetha iFord ngenxa yamanani ayo angenangqondo, edonsa iSunbeam ebiza kakhulu futhi engajwayelekile.
Intengo Ngaphandle kwalokho, kufanele futhi sicabangele ukuthi i-Escort, nokuhlelwa kwayo kwezinjini ezinqamulelayo nedrayivu edonsa phambili, ibisebenza kakhulu kuneSunbeam, ngakho-ke kungenzeka kungasimangazi kakhulu ukuthi kuthathe iminyaka engamashumi amabili ukubheka idrayivu yamasondo angemuva. indawo ehlanganisiwe. ezemidlalo, nochungechunge lweBMW 1. Kepha njengoba iM135i ikhombisa namhlanje, lokhu kulungiswa kuyathakazelisa futhi kufanele impela kumuntu othanda ukushayela ocabanga ukuthi imizwa namandla ashukumisayo abaluleke kakhulu kunesikhala esithe xaxa ekamelweni nasemotweni. isiqu.
