Perekani njira yopita ku freeway
Vuto la Austin Highway linali loti pofika 1962 yunifolomu yake inali itatha ntchito.
Iyi ndi galimoto, osati msewu waukulu waku Texas, koma mchimwene wake wonyezimira Wolseley 24/80. Ndipo musanafunse, 24/80 amatanthauza malita 2.4 ndi 80 hp. (ndiyo 59 kW mundalama yamakono).
Kuphatikiza kwa Freeway/Wolseley six-silinda anapangidwa chifukwa mu 1962 British Motor Company (BMC) inali kuluza nkhondo yolimbana ndi Holden, Falcon ndi Valiant ndi injini zawo za 1.6-litre four-cylinder Austin A60, Morris Oxford ndi Wolseley 15, zonse. Zopangidwa ndi Britain komanso zowoneka bwino zocheperako. . /60. Atatu awa sanasinthe konse kuyambira pomwe adatulutsidwa mu 1959.
Popanda ndalama zopangira injini yatsopano, mainjiniya a BMC akumaloko adangowonjezera masilindala awiri pa injini ya silinda yomwe ilipo, ndikuwonjezera mphamvu ndi 35%.
Otsatsa adatcha injini ya 2.4-lita "mzere wabuluu" ndipo mawu otsatsa adalimbikitsa makasitomala kuti "apereke njira kumsewuwu."
Zomwe makasitomala omwe angakhale nawo anali kuchita ndikulunjika kumalo ogulitsa Holden, Ford, kapena Chrysler, ndipo maloto a BMC ochita bizinesi yoyenda bwino sanakwaniritsidwe. Atagulitsa mayunitsi 27,000 okha, kupanga kunatha mu 1965 mu 154,000. Poyerekeza, Holden adagulitsa mitundu 18 ya EJ m'miyezi XNUMX yokha.
Vuto la freeway linali loti pofika 1962 mawonekedwe ake anali atatha. Katswiri wamkulu waku Italiya Batista Pininfarina adapanga mapangidwe oyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1950. Anapatsa magalimoto a BMC okulungidwa mopepuka komanso zipsepse zochepetsetsa zamchira. Vuto linali loti pofika m'chaka cha 1962 msewuwu unali wokwera kwambiri, wopapatiza kwambiri, komanso wofanana ndi 1959 poyerekeza ndi mpikisano wake wautali, wamfupi, waukulu, wokongola kwambiri, komanso wamphamvu kwambiri.
Kumbukirani kuti Pinnifarina adatengerapo mwayi pamapangidwe a BMC. Anagwiritsa ntchito template yofananira ya Peugeot 404, 1957 Lancia Flaminia ndi Ferrari 250GT Pininfarina. Ngati simundikhulupirira, yang'anani pa Peugeot 404 ndi Freeway. Zonsezi zimatengedwa kuchokera ku chodula chofanana. Kapenanso, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito Google. Pali masamba operekedwa pamutuwu!
Okonda magalimoto amatcha magalimoto "BMC Farinas" ndipo mudzadabwa ndi mphamvu za otsatira awo ndi gulu la odzipereka. Pitani kuwonetsero iliyonse ya 'All-British' Automobile Club ndipo ndikukutsimikizirani kuti mtundu wotsogola kwambiri pawonetserowu, womwe uli ndi anthu okhudzidwa kwambiri, udzakhala ma BMC amtundu wa Farina.
David Burrell, mkonzi www.retroautos.com.au
