Chikhalidwe cha American cha m'ma 70: Pontiac Grand Am

Mu 1973, phokoso la chidziwitso chaumisiri linapangitsa kuzindikira kuti "General Motors" inapanga mitundu yoposa khumi ya magalimoto, yotengera thupi limodzi, lotchedwa A-thupi. Ambiri mwa magalimoto amenewa adakhala zochitika zapakati pa mdima wa mbiri yamoto ya America. Komabe, imodzi mwa zitsanzo zimenezi, yotchedwa Pontiac Grand Am, yomwe inatulutsidwa mu 1975, idakalipo lero ngati chizindikiro chosonyeza msewu umene palibe amene asankha kusunthira - ndizochokera ku America.

Kusamalira

Ngakhale kuti dzinali limaphatikizapo kaphatikizidwe kake ka Pontiac Grand Prix ndi kachitidwe ka Pontiac Trans Am, chitsanzo chatsopanochi chinapangidwa mofanana ndi anthu a ku Ulaya ndipo chimalingalira zosavuta komanso kugwiritsira ntchito bwino kapangidwe ka mkati - izi ndizo zomwe zimagwirizana ndi magalimoto apamwamba pa Ulaya panthawiyo. Izi "Pontiac" zinaperekedwa ndi matayala, masewera a masewera, mipando yamagombe ndi gudumu loyendetsa. Ngakhale kusintha kwa nyali zakutali kunali pa gudumu, monga magalimoto onse a ku Ulaya, ndipo sanali batani, monga mu magalimoto ambiri a ku America. Magazini ambiri analemba kuti kuwonjezera pa Firebird / Camaro ndi Corvette, mulibe magalimoto ku America kuti zingakhale zosavuta kuzilamulira kuposa "Pontiac" - ndipo ndithudi panalibe galimoto yomwe ingayandikire nayo kukula kwake. Koma aliyense adagwirizana kuti kuyendetsa galimotoyi ndizosangalatsa.

Mtundu

Koma ndilo kayendedwe ka galimoto yatsopano yomwe inapangitsa kuti ikhale yosiyana ndi magalimoto ena onse a ku America. Lolani Pontiac ndipo ali ndi mawonekedwe ofanana ndi magalimoto angapo, monga Buick Century ndi Chevrolet Shevel, idakali yapadera, kapena yodabwitsa, yowala komanso yosakumbukika. Mofanana ndi chitsanzo cha LeMans, chimene chinakhazikitsidwa ndi Pontiac yatsopano, galimotoyo ili ndi thumba lakale kwambiri, thunthu lalifupi, ndi zinthu zina zosaiŵalika zomwe zimagwirizanitsa pamodzi, kupanga mapangidwe apadera. Komanso, "Pontiac" yatsopano yasunga "mphuno" yapadera, yomwe yakhala ikuyimira makina a mtundu uwu. Komabe, izo zinapangidwa mosiyana kwambiri - mphuno zisanayambe, monga zitsulo zonse, zinali zitsulo - muchitsanzo chatsopano chomwe chinapangidwa ndi soft polyurethane, yomwe imabwerera ku mawonekedwe ake oyambirira ngakhale atagunda pang'ono. Omwe a galimotoyi adanena kuti mizere yake ikuwoneka bwino, onsewa adanena momwe anthu amayang'ana kuyang'ana chozizwitsa ichi pamene akuyenda mumsewu mu 2015. Ndipotu, galimotoyi ndi yosiyana kwambiri ndi magalimoto ena onse omwe angawonekere pamsewu.

Mtengo:

Mtengo wa galimoto imeneyi mu 1973, pamene unayamba kuwonekera, unali $ 4,263 ndi $ 50. Zinali pafupi madola chikwi mtengo kwambiri kuposa momwe analembera chizindikiro "Pontiac" - LeMans, koma mtengo uwu unali theka chabe zomwe zinkawonongedwa, mwachitsanzo, "BMW Bavaria" kapena "Jaguar XJ6". Ngakhale zodzala ndi zoonjezera zosiyanasiyana, monga zabwino kwambiri pa injini ya 8.5 malita, masitima asanu ndi asanu ndi asanu (5,5 malita), kayendedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendedwe ka ndege, mpweya wabwino, komanso magalimoto asanu ndi atatu, galimotoyi inanyamuka mtengo wokwana madola zikwi zisanu ndi chimodzi zokha. Koma mu 1981 Ron Berglund, yemwe ankakonda kwambiri Pontiac, adagula Pontiac Wamkulu Am yemweyo ali ndi ndalama zokwanira madola mazana asanu okha. Ndipo pamene adatsalira galimotoyi kwa zaka ziwiri, adadziuza yekha - galimoto imeneyi tsiku lina idzatengera ndalama zambiri. Kotero iye anaganiza kuti achite izo.

Galimoto yabwino kwambiri

Ndipo mpaka lero, Pontiac Berglund ndi imodzi mwa zabwino kwambiri ku America. Chimakhala pamagetsi a masentimita 15, amawoneka wonyada kwambiri komanso ngakhale nyama zowonongeka. Ndipo kulemera kwake kwa galimoto kumaphatikizapo kutulutsa zotsatira zatsopano - galimoto iyi imakhala pa gudumu la inchi 112 ndi kulemera matani awiri. Ndipo izi zilibe kanthu kuti ali ndi khomo lokhala ndi khomo lokhala ndi khomo lokhala ndi khomo lokhala ndi khomo lazing'ono kwambiri. Kuyerekezera, mutha kutenga chitseko cha "Pontiac" iyi - pafupifupi pafupifupi kukula kwa denga la "Fiat 500" zamakono.

Zomangamanga

Aliyense yemwe amadziwa kalembedwe ka mkati mwa Pontiac mu zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi, adzamva kunyumba panjinga ya galimotoyi. Mbali ya galimotoyo imakongoletsedwa ndi nkhuni zachilengedwe, ili ndi zida zambiri zojambula, zida. Kusamalidwa koyenera kumayenerera mpando ndi gudumu - choyamba, iwo ali omasuka bwino komanso omasuka kwa woyendetsa komanso oyendetsa galimoto, ndipo kachiwiri, amawoneka bwino komanso ogwirizana kwambiri ndi mkati mwa galimoto.

Kuthamanga

Berglund atayamba kuyambika, nthawi yomweyo zimakhala zoonekeratu kusiyana kwa galimotoyi kuchokera ku mitundu yambiri ya ku America pamsika - zimangokhala zazikulu, zachiwawa, koma osamva - chabwino, monga ndikufunira kuti imve ngati galimoto. Komanso, Berglund wapita ndi galimoto yake kusintha komwe kunapangitsa kuwonjezerapo chikondi, chomwe chiri chodabwitsa kwambiri - ichi ndi nyimbo yeniyeni ya wokonda magalimoto. Koma ngakhale ndi injini ya fakitale galimoto iyi imatha kuyendetsa tsiku lonse pa liwiro la makilomita 80 pa ora popanda vuto lililonse. Komanso, Berglund akunena kuti kale adawona zilembo zitatu zojambulapo kamodzi kamodzi, ndipo palibe zifukwa zosamukhulupilira. Bokosi lamagalimoto la galimotoyi lili ndi maulendo atatu okha, koma izi sizikuipiraipira. Zoona zake n'zakuti sizinapangidwe pakupanga, komabe zimasinthidwa ku injini yomwe makinawa amaperekedwa. Chotsatira ndicho chitsimikizo chabwino, ndipo pamapeto pamakhala kumverera kuti nthawi zonse mumayendetsa paulendo woyenera.