Bayan Volvo da aka haifa Citroën, muna tunawa da labarin 'ya'yan AMG na shege. Kamar yadda kuka sani, an haifi AMG a matsayin mai horar da Mercedes-Benz mai zaman kansa - mun kuma yi magana game da tarihin farkon AMG.
Sai a shekarar 1990, kuma bayan shafe shekaru da dama ana soyayya, daga karshe aka daura aure tsakanin AMG da Mercedes, wanda ya kai ga siyan babban birnin AMG na Daimler, ta haka ne aka kafa kungiyar da muka sani a yau: Mercedes-AMG GmbH.
Koyaya, kun san yadda zawarcin matasa… AMG ya kasa yin tsayayya da fara'a na kyawun Jafananci kuma ya ba dangantakar "wuka" kafin cika auren.
Kyakkyawan Jafananci shine Mitsubishi. Wannan idan aka yi la'akari da babban buƙatun saloons masu ƙarfi a kasuwa, sakamakon babban ci gaban tattalin arzikin da Japan ta samu a shekarun 1980, ya nemi AMG da ta shirya nau'ikansa guda biyu. Mummunan Debonair da Galant mai tausayi. Sakamakon shine abin da kuke iya gani a cikin hotuna.
Game da Debonair «Crate» muna da kadan bayanai. Mun san cewa shi ne saman kewayon Japan iri da kuma cewa an sanye take da 3000 cm3 V6 engine, wanda ya samar da 167 hp. An isar da motar zuwa ƙafafun gaba kuma nauyin kilogiram 1620. Saboda duk wannan nauyi, da kuma kasancewar abin tuƙi na gaba, AMG bai ko taɓa injin ba.
Don haka AMG bai yi komai ba fiye da ba Debonair aron wasu daga cikin auransa na wasanni. Sakamakon shine abin da kuke iya gani a cikin hotuna. Akwati mai chassis yana cewa:
Dube ni ni AMG ne!
Wani ɗan shege na AMG tare da Mitsubishi, shine Galant AMG, wanda aka haifa a cikin 1989. A cikin wannan ƙirar, aikin alamar Jamusanci ba kawai kayan ado ba ne. An yi sa'a, Galant "ya ja" kusa da gefen mahaifinsa, kuma sakamakon ya kasance mafi ban sha'awa mara iyaka.
AMG ya ɗauki Galant GSR kuma ya yi masa allura da wasu ƙwarewa da ƙwarewarsa, yana ƙara ƙarfin injin 2.0l DOHC 4-cylinder daga matsakaicin 138 hp zuwa mafi girman 168 hp na iko. A girke-girke shi ne abin da muka riga sani daga wasu model: sabon camshafts, haske pistons, titanium bawuloli da marẽmari, high-yi shaye da kuma inganta ci.
Akwatin gear mai sauri biyar ya ga an rage gear ɗinsa kuma gatari na gaba ya sami bambancin kulle-kulle. Ba a manta da birki da dakatarwa ba kuma wasu ƙwararrun raka'o'i sun canza su don kiyaye abubuwa a ƙarƙashin iko.
A ciki, an yi amfani da duk abin da yake samuwa a lokacin. Rediyo mai CD da na'urar kaset, kwamfuta a kan allo, kwandishan ta atomatik, kayan kwalliyar fata da kuma kwatance ga AMG ta kowane bangare.
Wannan dangantaka da Mitsubishi watakila shine abin da ya sa Mercedes ta farka zuwa darajar da AMG a matsayin alama ta riga ta kasance. Kuma a cikin 1990, ƙila kishi ne ya motsa shi, Mercedes yana so ya ƙulla auren da muke magana a baya.
Yau hawan ɗayan waɗannan Mitsubishi biyu dole ne ya zama abin takaici. Duk inda za ka je, ya kamata ka ji bakuna kamar "duba wannan jester, yana tsammanin yana da Mercedes". Amma mun san ba haka ba ne. Su ne kawai 'ya'yan AMG na shege, da kuma "'yan'uwan rabin" waɗanda Mercedes-AMG ba sa son ɗauka.