Mbambande yaku America yomwe idabereka VW Karmann Ghia

Kulengedwa kodabwitsa kwa Virgil Exner waluntha adagonjetsa Paris, koma sanapite nawo kumalo ogulitsa magalimoto.

Pomwe mbiri yamagalimoto yaku America ndi yayitali kwambiri komanso yowala kwambiri poyerekeza ndi mayiko ena, sikuti aliyense wokonda magalimoto angatchule pomwepo opanga awiri kapena atatu odziwika mbali ina ya Atlantic. A pali maluso akulu pakati pawo. Monga Virgil Exner. Amadziwika kuti pakati pa zaka zapitazi, kuchokera kuzitsanzo zachikale komanso zotopetsa, Chrysler adapanga magalimoto ena okongola kwambiri panthawiyo.

Zina mwa malingaliro odziwika kwambiri a Exner ndi − Coupe yodabwitsa ya 1952 d'Elegance, yopangidwa mu kope limodzi. Komabe, si mbiri ya maonekedwe a galimoto imeneyi ndi chidwi, ndipo ngakhale mfundo yakuti Chrysler anauziridwa ndi izo kwa zaka zambiri kupanga zitsanzo zake zatsopano. Chifukwa cha d'Elegance, Volkswagen wokongola kwambiri adawonekera m'zaka zimenezo - Karmann Ghia.

M'malo mwake, mtundu waku America wopanga mtundu wa Volkswagen, kutanthauzira mawonekedwe atsopano a magalimoto amtsogolo a Chrysler, adaperekedwa kwa aku Germany ndi malo ogulitsira thupi Ghia. Ndiye kuti, ochokera kwa akatswiri omwewo ochokera ku kampani ya Turin, motsogozedwa ndi abwana nthawiyo a Luigi Segre, omwe adagwirapo kale ntchito pamalingaliro a Exner. Komabe, izi zidachitika patatha zaka zitatu kuchokera pomwe a D'Elegance adayamba, motero pali mkwiyo woyenera kwa aliyense.

Nthawi zambiri, lingaliro lomanga coupe lalitali komanso lapamwamba lidakhazikitsidwa ku United States ngakhale kale. Chinachake chofanana ndi silhouette yamasewera ndi mapanelo amthupi, ngati kuti akusewera minyewa yokwera, idawonetsedwa ndi Simca 8 Sport mu 1948, ndipo mu 1951 ndi Bentley Mark VI Cresta II Facel-Metallon. Chisangalalo, komabe, chinali D'Elegance Concept, yomwe idayamba mu 1952 Paris Motor Show. Chrysler amadabwitsa omvera ndi kutalika kwake, mzere wolunjika bwino wokhala ndi zipilala zamagudumu kumbuyo. Komanso ndi grille yayikulu ya chrome, yomwe idakanikizidwira kutsogolo kwa magetsi ndi nyali yopuma yomwe idabisika pansi pa chivindikiro cha thunthu.

Chrysler amadziwika mosadabwitsa mokongola, pafupifupi 5,2 mita yayitali yokhala ndi bonnet yayitali, denga lopindika ndi mawindo ozungulira. Komabe, D'Elegance imakhalanso ndi zina zoteteza kusokonezeka ndi mitundu ina. Mwachitsanzo, zingerere zokhala ndi ma chrome spokes ndi matayala okhala ndi zipupa zoyera, zomangidwa mumayendedwe othamanga ndi mtedza wapakati, zachitsulo chofiyira choyambirira ndi nyali zam'manja zikukumbutsa ma maikolofoni ochokera m'ma 40s.

M'nyumba yaying'ono komanso yosamala yokhala ndi matchulidwe a chrome, zinthu zakuda ndi zikopa za beige, masutikesi akuluakulu amapezeka kuseli kwa mipando mizere iwiri. Palibe kwina koti mupite chifukwa pafupifupi danga lonse lakumbuyo komwe kumakhala kumbuyo kwa wheel wheel.

Mwaukadaulo, pansi pa thupi la D'Elegance pali 25 chassis yofupikitsidwa ya Chrysler New Yorker model yokhala ndi injini ya 5,8-lita Hemi V8. kupanga 284 ndiyamphamvu ndi kufalitsa kwa PowerFlite. Otsatirawa adakhazikitsidwa nthawi imodzi yokonzanso galimoto.

M'mbuyomu, Exner adapanga zina zinayi zofananira, zomwe zimakhudza mawonekedwe a D'Elegance: K-310, C-200, Special and Special Modified. Mwa awa, ndi Special okha omwe amatha kuwonekera pamisewu yaboma. Ghia yaku Italiya imangopanga ma coupon angapo, omwe amagulitsa ku Europe pansi pa mtundu wa GS-1.

D'Elegance idachita gawo lofunikira m'mbiri ya Chrysler, yomwe idasinthiratu mitundu yake koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 50. Zosankha zingapo za mtunduwo zitha kupezeka mgalimoto zopanga zomwe kampaniyo imapanga pambuyo pake. Monga "zoipa" grille - mu "kalata mndandanda" wa Chrysler 300 (chilembo osiyana mu manambala atatu chitsanzo index - kuchokera 300B kuti 300L) kapena nyali zotuluka pamwamba zotchinga kumbuyo - mu 1955 Chrysler Imperial. Ngakhale olemba lingaliro la Chrysler The 1998 Chronos, wotsogola wa 300C sedan yamakono, adalimbikitsa D'Elegance.

Atawonetsedwa pazionetsero zingapo, Coupe yokongola idapita kuchipinda chosungira cha m'bale wapafupi wa m'modzi mwa mabwana a Chrysler, komwe adakhalako mu 1987. Pakadali pano, galimotoyo idalandila injini yatsopano ya 8 Hemi V1956, yomwe ili ndi mphamvu ya akavalo 102 yamphamvu kuposa yoyambayo. Pambuyo pake, lingalirolo linasintha eni ake angapo, akuyendayenda m'magulu a odziwa zamitundu ya retro. Pazaka 10 zapitazi, d'Elegance yawonekera kawiri pa malonda a RM Sotheby: mu 2011 idagulitsidwa madola 946, ndipo mu 000 pa 2017 madola zikwi.