Ọtụtụ ndị chere na ọ bụ ihe atụ kachasị ama Volvo, P1800, coupe siri ike sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ Italiantali nke onye mmebe Sweden Pelle Petterson mepụtara, na-eme mmemme ncheta afọ 60 ya n'afọ a (2021).
Akụkọ ya si otú ahụ laghachi azụ na 1961, bụ afọ nke ebidola ọmarịcha Swedish coupé, ma na-ejiri "ọgịrịga" Britain nke ọma. Nke a bụ n'ihi na, n'oge ahụ, Volvo enweghị ike ịmepụta P1800 a n'onwe ya.
Ya mere, a na-emepụta ihe nlereanya a n'ime afọ mbụ nke ndụ ya na United Kingdom, na-emepụta chassis na Scotland ma gbakọta na England.
Ọ gara n’ihu otú a ruo n’afọ 1963, bụ́ mgbe Volvo jisiri ike buru mgbakọ P1800 n’ụlọ na Gothenburg, Sweden. Afọ isii ka e mesịrị, na 1969, o bufere mmepụta chassis na Olofström, nke dịkwa ná mba ahụ dị n'ebe ugwu Europe.
Dabere n'elu ikpo okwu nke jere ozi dị ka ntọala maka Volvo 121/122S, P1800 nwere engine cylinder anọ nke 1.8 lita - nke a na-akpọ B18 - nke mbụ mepụtara 100 hp. Mgbe e mesịrị, ike ga-ebili na 108 hp, 115 hp na 120 hp.
Ma P1800 akwụsịghị na B18, onye ikike na cubic centimeters, 1800 cm3, nyere ya aha. Na 1968, B18 nọchiri anya B20 buru ibu, ya na 2000 cm3 na 118 hp, mana aha coupé agbanwebeghị.
Mmepụta kwụsịrị na 1973
Ọ bụrụ na coupé enchanted, na 1971 Volvo tụrụ onye ọ bụla na ihe niile na a ọhụrụ variant nke P1800, na ES, nke na-egosipụta a kpamkpam ọhụrụ n'azụ imewe.
N'iji ya tụnyere "conventional" P1800, ihe dị iche iche doro anya: a na-agbatị elu ụlọ ahụ n'ahịrị na profaịlụ malitere ịdị ka nke breeki agbapụ, nke na-enye nnukwu ibu ibu. Emepụtara ya naanị afọ abụọ, n'etiti 1972 na 1973, wee hụ nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma n'akụkụ nke ọzọ nke Atlantic.
Na njedebe nke okirikiri nke ụdị P1800 ES a, mmepụta nke ụgbọ ala akụkọ ihe mere eme ga-abịakwa na njedebe. Ihe kpatara ya? N'ụzọ na-akpali mmasị, metụtara isiokwu hụrụ n'anya Volvo, nchekwa.
Iwu ọhụrụ, nke na-achọsi ike n'ahịa North America ga-amanye mgbanwe dị ukwuu na ọnụ ahịa dị oke ọnụ, dị ka Volvo n'onwe ya na-akọwa: "Iwu nchekwa siri ike na ahịa North America ga-eme ka mmepụta ya dị oke ọnụ iji gbalịa irube isi".
Ihe ngosi ụwa na usoro "The Saint"
Volvo P1800 ga-enweta nkwanye ùgwù siri ike nke mba ụwa, na-aghọ kpakpando na "obere ihuenyo" ekele maka usoro ihe nkiri TV "The Saint", nke kpatara ọgba aghara na 1960.
Ejiri akwa pearly chọọ ya mma, P1800 S ejiri mee ihe n'usoro a bụ ụgbọ ala nke usoro'isi agwa, Simon Templar, nke na-egosi onye nwụrụ anwụ Roger Moore.
Emepụtara na Volvo factory na Torslanda, na Gothenburg (Sweden), na November 1966, P1800 S a kwadebere na "Obere wiil, Hella fog oriọna na osisi steering wheel".
N'ime ya, o gosikwara ụfọdụ nkọwa pụrụ iche, dị ka temometa dị na dashboard na onye na-anụ ọkụ n'obi dị n'ime ụlọ, bụ nke mere ka ndị na-eme ihe nkiri jụrụ oyi n'oge a na-ese foto.
Gbanyụọ ihuenyo yana gbanyụọ igwefoto, Roger Moore ghọrọ onye mbụ nwe ihe nlereanya a. Edebanyere efere ikike London ya, "NUV 648E", na 20 Jenụwarị 1967.
Na nsonso "The Saint", ụgbọ ala nwere nọmba efere "ST 1" na mere ya mpụta mbụ na ihe omume "A ugboro abụọ na diamond", filmed na February 1967. Ọ ga-chụpụrụ site isi agwa ruo ọgwụgwụ nke. usoro na 1969.
Roger Moore ga-emecha ree ihe nlereanya a afọ ole na ole ka e mesịrị nye onye omee Martin Benson, bụ onye chebere ya afọ ole na ole tupu ere ya ọzọ. Ụgbọ ala Volvo nwe ya ugbu a.
Ihe karịrị nde kilomita ise…
Ọ bụrụ na ịmeela ya ruo ugbu a, ikekwe ị chọpụtala ihe kpatara P1800 a ji bụrụ ihe pụrụ iche. Mana anyị ahapụla akụkọ kacha mma nke Swedish a kpochapụrụ n'ikpeazụ.
Irv Gordon, onye prọfesọ sayensị America nwụrụ afọ atọ gara aga, batara na Guinness Book of World Records na Volvo P1800 na-acha uhie uhie ya mgbe o debere ndekọ ụwa maka ogologo ogologo njem nke otu onye nwe ya na ụgbọ ala anaghị ere ahịa.
N'agbata 1966 na 2018, Volvo P1800 a - nke ka na-ejigide injin mbụ ya na igbe gear - "ekpuchila ihe karịrị nde kilomita ise (...) n'ebe dị anya karịa 127 laps gburugburu ụwa ma ọ bụ njem isii na ọnwa".