THE Citron DS yana daya daga cikin sabbin motoci da aka taba samu. An gabatar da shi a Salon na Paris a shekara ta 1955, ya fara ne da jan hankali da ƙira mai ƙarfi da iska, wanda Flaminio Bertoni da André Lefèbvre suka yi tsammani, kuma bai daina mamaki ba sa’ad da mutane suka fahimci sabbin fasahohinsa masu yawa.
An ƙera shi don zama (mafi kyau) saloon mai daɗi, ba tare da wani nauyi na wasanni ba, amma ya ƙare har an “kama shi” akan radar masu zanga-zangar a lokacin. Wannan saboda yana da jerin halaye waɗanda za su iya sa ta zama injin gasa. Daga ingantattun abubuwan motsa jiki zuwa halaye na musamman (godiya ga almara na dakatarwar hydropneumatic), zuwa ingantacciyar gogayya (a gaba, wani sabon salo a lokacin) ko zuwa birki na gaba.
Ba shi da aikin injinsa - ya fara da 1.9 l na 75 hp - amma ikonsa na magance benaye mara kyau ya kasance na musamman kuma mafi girma, yanayin da ya ba shi damar saurin wucewa, yana samar da gazawar aikin dangane da motoci masu ƙarfi.
DS & ID. Bambance-bambance
CItroën ID shine DS mafi sauƙi kuma mafi araha. Babban bambanci ya ta'allaka ne a cikin adadin abubuwan da aka gyara / tsarin da suka yi amfani da tsarin hydraulic mai girma. Idan dakatarwar hydropneumatic ta zama gama gari ga duka biyun, an ba da ID ɗin tare da tuƙin wuta (zai zama zaɓi bayan shekaru), amma tsarin birki zai zama babban bambanci. Duk da tuƙin na'ura mai aiki da karfin ruwa, bai kasance mai haɓaka ba kamar tsarin da ke kan DS, wanda ya ba da izinin daidaita matsi na hydraulic a gaba da birki na baya dangane da kaya. Yana da sauƙi a raba su kamar yadda DS ke da fedar birki wanda wani nau'i ne na "maɓalli", yayin da ID ɗin yana da fedar birki na al'ada.
Citroën DS ya ƙare kusan "tilastawa" don zuwa gasar - yawancin matukan jirgi sun zaɓi ID mafi sauƙi - irin wannan shine "ƙarfin" da yawancin matukan jirgi a lokacin suka yi tare da Citroën, suna buƙatar alamar "chevron biyu" ta goyi bayan. su a cikin zanga-zangar Monte Carlo na 1956.
Kamfanin kera na Faransa ya yarda da ƙalubalen kuma bayan ƴan watanni wasu direbobin Faransa shida sun kasance a cikin shahararriyar zanga-zangar da suka goyi bayansu a duniya. Fata a kusa da halarta na farko na "boca de sapo" a cikin tarurrukan ya kasance mai girma, amma daga cikin samfurori shida da suka kasance a farkon, daya kawai ya kai karshen ... a wuri na bakwai.
Ba shine mafi kyawu ga wannan kasada ba, amma bayan shekaru uku, bayan wasu ƴan mummunan sakamakon tseren, “sa’a” ta canza. Paul Coltelloni zai lashe gasar Monte Carlo na 1959 a bayan motar ID 19 kuma a waccan shekarar zai zama zakara a Turai.
Nasarar da ta isa ta farfado da sha'awar Citroën na yin taro, tare da alamar Gallic har ma ta yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar sashen gasa mai ƙima, wanda René Cotton ke jagoranta.
Yawancin nasarori masu mahimmanci sun biyo baya a Faransa da Finland, tare da direbobi René Trautmann da Paulo Toivonen a motar ID 19, kuma a cikin 1963, a cikin zanga-zangar Monte Carlo, Citroën biyar "cika" wurare biyar a cikin "saman 10" na karshe.
Nasarar "boca de sapo" kuma za ta kai ga Portugal, ko da yake ya zama dole a jira 1969, riga bayan shiga cikin zanga-zangar Safari na 1965 da sabon nasara (kuma mai rikitarwa) a Monte Carlo, a cikin 1966 (wani mummunar zanga-zangar har yanzu. A yau da hannu a cikin jayayya, saboda rashin cancantar Mini Cooper S guda uku waɗanda ke jagorantar tseren da wuri na 4, Ford Lotus Cortina - labari don wata rana).
Zai kasance a cikin 1969 Rally de Portugal cewa Citroën ID 20 zai "tashi" zuwa nasara a hannun Francisco Romãozinho.
1969 TAP Rally International
A lokacin da gasar Rally de Portugal har yanzu ba ta shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta Rally, kuma aka yi ta cece-kuce ta wata hanya ta daban da wadda ake yi a yanzu, Francisco Romãozinho ya kasance babban jarumi, bayan da ya samu nasarar lashe gasar a shekarar 1969.
Tony Fall, a cikin Lancia Fulvia HF 1600, shine babban abin da aka fi so. Kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan mutanen da ke da alhakin wannan lakabi na Romãozinho.
Baturen, wanda ya lashe Rally de Portugal a shekarar da ta gabata, ya kasance a asalin daya daga cikin labaran da ba a saba gani ba (kuma sananne!) a cikin tseren Portuguese. Bayan da ya saci gaba a tseren daga Fernando Batista, a Montejunto, Fall ya isa Estoril gaba, tare da fa'ida mai mahimmanci akan Romãozinho.
Duk da haka, akwai wani sabon juyi da 'yan kaɗan suka yi tsammani. Baturen ya kai matsayi na ƙarshe tare da budurwarsa a cikin Lancia Fulvia HF 1600, wanda tsari ya haramta, kuma ya ƙare.
Shahararriyar wannan labari ba ta da iyaka, amma wasu na ganin cewa ba irin wannan kwane-kwane ba. Wannan Faɗuwar ba ta cancanta ba kuma cewa budurwarsa na cikin motar ba shakka. Sai dai akwai masu cewa ta haka ne kungiyar ta gano ta soke shi ba tare da tayar da kayar baya ba, bayan da ake zargin Baturen ya canza motarsa a wani mataki.
Gaskiyar abin da ya faru ba zai taba fitowa fili ba, amma abin da ke tabbata shi ne nasarar da Francisco Romãozinho ya samu a motar Citroën ID 20 ya kasance ga tarihi.
Bayanai game da rukunin da aka yi amfani da su a cikin tseren Portuguese ba su da yawa, amma an kiyasta cewa ID 20 da Romãozinho ya yi amfani da shi ya adana injin mai silinda hudu tare da 1985 cm3 da 91 hp wanda ya samar da samfurin.
"Ya yi girma, amma ya tuka kamar Mini"
Kalmomin sun fito ne daga Romãozinho da kansa, a cikin 2015, a kan bikin cika shekaru 60 na samfurin Faransanci, a cikin wata hira da Rádio Renascença.
"Hanyar mota ce kafin lokacinta", in ji direban Castelo Branco, wanda ya mutu a cikin 2020. "Kawai don ba da misali, a lokacin, ya riga ya sami akwati na atomatik na jeri, wani abu da kawai ya isa motoci shekaru da yawa. daga baya Formula 1", in ji shi.
A cikin wannan hirar, Romãozinho ya furta cewa dangantakarsa da sanannen "boca de sapo" shine "dangantakar soyayya" kuma yana jin "damuwa sosai lokacin da aka daina samarwa" a cikin 1975.
Romãozinho kuma ya tuna da dakatarwar hydropneumatic wanda ya dace da salon Faransanci kuma ya yarda cewa wannan shine "bangaren ban mamaki na motar", wanda duk da girmansa - 4826 mm tsayi - "an tuka shi kamar Mini".
Citroën matukin jirgi
Romãozinho kuma shi ne direban faretin na farko na Portuguese wanda ya tuka motar hukuma, Citroën DS 21, kuma a cikin 1973 ya dawo don shiga cikin Rally de Portugal, wanda ya riga ya kasance cikin Gasar Rally ta Duniya, amma tare da ƙungiyar Citroën Competition.
Francisco Romãozinho ya yi tsere mai ban sha'awa kuma ya dauki DS 21 zuwa matsayi na uku a cikin babban matsayi, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Alpine Renault A110s kawai karkashin Jean Luc Therier da Jean-Pierre Nicolas.
Hannu da hannu tare da Portugal
Tarihin "boca de toad" koyaushe za a danganta shi da ƙasarmu. Bisa ga ID-DS Automóvel Clube, an kiyasta cewa akwai kusan 600 Citroën DS a Portugal, wanda ya tabbatar da dangantaka da Portuguese tare da wannan samfurin.
Amma kamar dai duk wannan bai isa ba, an kuma samar da "boca de toad" a cikin ƙasarmu, a cikin 70s, a sashin samar da Citroën a Mangulde.
Domin kasancewarsa na musamman, saboda an halicce shi ba tare da wani buri na wasanni ba kuma don hotonsa mai ƙarfin hali, Citroën DS ya ci gaba da "dauke" taken mafi ban mamaki, m ko mota mai ban sha'awa har abada don lashe Rally de Portugal. Kuma ba ma tunanin zan taba rasa ta...