THE Rolls-Royce Corniche , Birtaniyya, alatu, tare da injin V8 mai nauyin 6.75, motar baya da kuma watsa atomatik mai sauri uku. A manufa saitin for Paris-Dakar, ba haka ba? Ba ta inuwa ba… A cewar almara, wannan Rolls-Royce Jules an haife shi ne daga fare tsakanin abokai, wanda aka yi a ɗayan waɗannan darare waɗanda kowa ya san yadda ake farawa, amma ba wanda ya san yadda ta ƙare…
A wannan liyafar cin abincin, Jean-Christophe Pelletier, mai kamfanin Rolls-Royce Corniche, ya koka da Thierry de Montcorgé, abokinsa kuma direban mai son cewa motar tana karye. Fuskantar wannan kallo, Montorgé ya ba da shawarar abin da ba za a iya tsammani ba: "bari mu shiga cikin Dakar tare da Rolls-Royce Corniche!". An tattauna ra'ayin dukan dare, amma kowa yana tunanin ra'ayin zai fadi ta hanya washegari. Bai fadi ba…
Washegari, Thierry de Montcorgé ya ƙara yin tunani game da lamarin kuma ya sami ra'ayin mai yiwuwa. Abokan sun sake haduwa kuma bayan kwana biyu Montcorgé yana da cak tare da 50% na ƙimar don ci gaba da aikin.
An maye gurbin “zuciyar” samfurin Ingilishi da injin Chevrolet (mafi araha kuma… mai ɗorewa), ƙaramin Block V8 mai araha mai arha tare da lita 5.7 da 335 hp mai daraja. Watsawar 4 × 4 da chassis shima dole ne ya fito daga waje: Toyota Land Cruiser da farin ciki ya daina watsawa wanda ya haɗa da akwatin kayan aiki mai sauri huɗu.
A fare shiga a cikin Dakar, da toughest rally a duniya, tare da Rolls-Royce zai zama wani abu ... son zuciya, kamar yadda ba kawai su ne engine da watsa ba daga Rolls-Royce, amma tubular shasi sun kasance guda biyu zuwa ya kasance. an tsara shi daga karce don manufar. Amma aikin jiki da na ciki, zuwa babban matsayi, har yanzu sun fito daga Corniche.
Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu
Dogayen dakatarwa da kashe tayoyin hanya sun kammala kit ɗin Thierry de Montcorgé da ake buƙata don yin aiki mai kyau akan Dakar. An kara wani babban tankin mai mai karfin da bai gaza lita 330 ba.
Zaɓin sunan samfurin ya kasance mai sauƙi: babban mai ɗaukar nauyin wannan aikin shine mai salo Christian Dior wanda, a hanya, ya ƙaddamar da layin turare mai suna "Jules" kuma wannan shine sunan da ya ƙare har zuwa baftisma Rolls-Royce. .
Zai iya tsayawa?
Lokaci ya yi da wannan na'ura ta fuskanci Dakar kuma gaskiyar ita ce ... ya tafi da kyau sosai. Rolls-Royce Jules ya ƙare a koyaushe a cikin 20 na sama kuma zai hau zuwa matsayi na 13 mai kyau a cikin gabaɗayan matsayi lokacin da tseren ya ƙare.
Amma 13 lambar rashin sa'a ce. Komai ya yi nisa idan ba don matsalar tuƙi ba (hutu a ɗaya daga cikin masu tallafawa) don jinkirta direban ɗan Faransa, matsalar da ta ƙare ya hana shi shiga gasar, don isa ga minti 20 a makare a Parc. Fermé da gyara bayan lokaci.
Wasan caca, duk da haka, yana kan kaiwa ƙarshen Paris-Dakar a cikin Rolls-Royce - babu wanda ya faɗi wani abu game da cancanta ko a'a. Sabili da haka, Thierry de Montcorgé da Jean-Christophe Pelletier sun ci gaba da tseren, da nufin ketare layin ƙarshe a Dakar.
Daga cikin motocin 170 da aka shiga don 1981 Paris-Dakar, 40 ne kawai suka haye layin ƙarshe kuma Rolls-Royce Jules a hannun Thierry de Montcorgé na ɗaya daga cikinsu.
Rolls-Royce Jules bai sake yin gasa ba, amma ana yawan tambayarsa ya halarci bukukuwan mota da nune-nune. Bayan da aka mayar da shi, an sanya wannan "mai nasara" na Ingilishi tare da labari mai ban dariya don 200,000 €. Tarihi ba ya rasa.
Dabi'ar labarin: Yi hankali da fare da kuke sanyawa a wurin cin abincin abokai.
