Mutane da yawa suna ɗauka a matsayin mafi kyawun ƙirar Volvo, P1800, ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan Italiyanci wanda mai zanen Sweden Pelle Petterson ya kirkira, yana bikin cika shekaru 60 a wannan shekara (2021).
Tarihinsa yana komawa zuwa 1961, shekarar da aka ƙaddamar da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙawancen Sweden, amma tare da shakka "haƙarƙari" na Biritaniya. Wannan shi ne saboda, a lokacin, Volvo bai iya samar da wannan P1800 ta hanyarsa ba.
Saboda haka, samar da wannan samfurin a cikin shekarun farko na rayuwa da aka gudanar a cikin United Kingdom, tare da chassis da aka samar a Scotland da kuma taru a Ingila.
Kuma haka ya kasance har zuwa 1963, lokacin da Volvo ya yi nasarar kai taron P1800 zuwa Gothenburg, Sweden. Shekaru shida bayan haka, a shekara ta 1969, ya tura kayan aikin chassis zuwa Olofström, kuma a wannan ƙasar ta arewacin Turai.
Dangane da dandamalin da ya zama tushen Volvo 121/122S, P1800 yana da injin silinda mai girman lita 1.8 - mai suna B18 - wanda da farko ya samar da 100 hp. Daga baya ikon zai tashi zuwa 108 hp, 115 hp da 120 hp.
Amma P1800 bai tsaya tare da B18, wanda damar a cubic santimita, 1800 cm3, ya ba da sunansa. A cikin 1968, B18 ya maye gurbin B20 mafi girma, tare da 2000 cm3 da 118 hp, amma ba a canza sunan Coupé ba.
Production ya ƙare a 1973
Idan Coupé ya yi sihiri, a cikin 1971 Volvo ya ba kowa mamaki da komai tare da sabon bambance-bambancen P1800, ES, wanda ke da sabon ƙirar baya gaba ɗaya.
Idan aka kwatanta da "na al'ada" P1800, bambance-bambance a bayyane yake: an shimfiɗa rufin a kwance kuma bayanin martaba ya fara kama da birki mai harbi, wanda ya ba da damar ɗaukar nauyi. An samar da shi tsawon shekaru biyu kawai, tsakanin 1972 zuwa 1973, kuma ya sami babban nasara a daya gefen Tekun Atlantika.
Tare da ƙarshen zagayowar wannan sigar P1800 ES, samar da wannan mota mai tarihi shima zai zo ƙarshe. Dalilan? Abin sha'awa, mai alaƙa da wani batu masoyi ga Volvo, aminci.
Sabbin ka'idoji masu buƙata a kasuwannin Arewacin Amurka za su tilasta yin gyare-gyare mai yawa da tsada, kamar yadda Volvo da kansa ya yi bayani: "Mafi tsananin buƙatun aminci a kasuwannin Arewacin Amurka zai sa masana'anta su yi tsada sosai don ƙoƙarin bi".
Nunin duniya a cikin jerin "The Saint"
Volvo P1800 zai sami karbuwa a duniya, ya zama tauraro akan "kanamin allo" godiya ga jerin talabijin "The Saint", wanda ya haifar da tashin hankali a cikin 1960s.
An yi masa ado da fararen lu'u-lu'u, P1800 S da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin jerin ita ce motar babban jigon, Simon Templar, wanda ke tauraro da marigayi Roger Moore.
An samar da shi a masana'antar Volvo a Torslanda, a Gothenburg (Sweden), a watan Nuwamba 1966, wannan P1800 S an sanye shi da "Ƙananan ƙafafu, Hella hazo fitilu da sitiyatin katako".
A ciki, ya kuma nuna wasu keɓantattun bayanai, irin su ma'aunin zafi da sanyio a kan dashboard da kuma wani fan da ke cikin ɗakin, wanda ke ba da damar kwantar da ƴan wasan yayin yin fim.
Kashe allo da kashe kamara, Roger Moore ya zama farkon mai wannan ƙirar. An yi rajistar farantin layinta na London, "NUV 648E", a ranar 20 ga Janairu 1967.
A cikin jerin "The Saint", da mota yana da lambar faranti "ST 1" da kuma sanya ta halarta a karon a cikin episode "A Double a Diamonds", yin fim a Fabrairu 1967. Za a kora da babban hali har zuwa karshen na jerin a 1969.
A ƙarshe Roger Moore zai sayar da wannan samfurin shekaru bayan haka ga ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Martin Benson, wanda ya adana shi 'yan shekaru kafin ya sake sayar da shi. A halin yanzu mallakar Volvo Cars ne.
Fiye da kilomita miliyan 5…
Idan kun yi hakan zuwa yanzu, tabbas kun riga kun gano dalilin da yasa wannan P1800 ya zama na musamman. Amma mun bar mafi kyawun labarin wannan al'ada ta Sweden na ƙarshe.
Irv Gordon, wani farfesa a fannin kimiyar Amurka wanda ya rasu shekaru uku da suka gabata, ya shiga kundin tarihin duniya na Guinness a cikin jar Volvo P1800 bayan ya kafa tarihin duniya mafi tsayin nisa da mai shi guda daya ya yi a cikin motar da ba ta kasuwanci ba.
Tsakanin 1966 da 2018, wannan Volvo P1800 - wanda har yanzu yana riƙe da ainihin injinsa da akwatin kayan aiki - "ya rufe fiye da kilomita miliyan biyar (...) a kan nisa fiye da 127 laps a duniya ko kuma tafiya shida zuwa wata".