Poganizira kuti ndi mtundu wodziwika bwino wa Volvo, P1800, coupé yamphamvu yaku Italy yopangidwa ndi wopanga waku Sweden Pelle Petterson, ikuchita chikondwerero chazaka 60 chaka chino (2021).
Mbiri yake imabwerera ku 1961, chaka chomwe coupé yokongola yaku Sweden idakhazikitsidwa, koma ndi "nthiti" yaku Britain. Izi zili choncho chifukwa, panthawiyo, Volvo sinathe kupanga P1800 iyi mwa njira zake.
Choncho, kupanga chitsanzo ichi m'zaka zake zoyambirira za moyo kunachitika ku United Kingdom, ndi galimotoyo amapangidwa ku Scotland ndipo anasonkhana ku England.
Ndipo zinapitirira motere mpaka 1963, pamene Volvo anakwanitsa kutenga msonkhano wa P1800 kunyumba ku Gothenburg, Sweden. Patapita zaka 6, mu 1969, anasamutsira kupanga chassis ku Olofström, komwenso kuli dziko la kumpoto kwa Ulaya.
Kutengera nsanja yomwe idakhala ngati maziko a Volvo 121/122S, P1800 inali ndi injini ya 1.8 lita ya ma silinda anayi - yotchedwa B18 - yomwe idatulutsa 100 hp. Kenako mphamvuyo idakwera mpaka 108 hp, 115 hp ndi 120 hp.
Koma P1800 sanasiye ndi B18, amene mphamvu mu kiyubiki masentimita, 1800 cm3, anaupatsa dzina lake. Mu 1968, B18 idasinthidwa ndi B20 yayikulu, yokhala ndi 2000 cm3 ndi 118 hp, koma dzina la coupé silinasinthidwe.
Kupanga kunatha mu 1973
Ngati coupé idasangalatsa, mu 1971 Volvo idadabwitsa aliyense ndi chilichonse ndi mtundu watsopano wa P1800, ES, womwe unali ndi mapangidwe atsopano akumbuyo.
Poyerekeza ndi P1800 "yachizoloŵezi", kusiyana kuli koonekeratu: denga linatambasulidwa mozungulira ndipo mbiriyo inayamba kufanana ndi kuphulika kowombera, komwe kunapereka mphamvu yaikulu yolemetsa. Linapangidwa kwa zaka ziwiri zokha, pakati pa 1972 ndi 1973, ndipo linapeza chipambano chachikulu kutsidya lina la Atlantic.
Kumapeto kwa kuzungulira kwa mtundu uwu wa P1800 ES, kupanga kwagalimoto yodziwika bwinoyi kuthanso. Zifukwa zake? Chochititsa chidwi, zokhudzana ndi mutu wokondedwa Volvo, chitetezo.
Malamulo atsopano, ovuta kwambiri pamsika wa kumpoto kwa America angakakamize kusintha kwakukulu komanso kokwera mtengo, monga momwe Volvo mwiniwake akufotokozera: "Zofunika kwambiri zachitetezo pamsika wa North America zingapangitse kupanga kwake kukhala kodula kwambiri kuyesa kutsata".
Chiwonetsero cha dziko lonse mu mndandanda wa "Oyera"
Volvo P1800 ikanadziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi, kukhala nyenyezi pa "screen yaying'ono" chifukwa cha mndandanda wa TV "Woyera", zomwe zidayambitsa chipwirikiti m'ma 1960.
Wokongoletsedwa ndi ngale yoyera, P1800 S yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito pamndandandawu inali galimoto yamunthu wamkulu wapagulu, Simon Templar, yemwe adakhala ndi malemu Roger Moore.
Inapangidwa ku fakitale ya Volvo ku Torslanda, ku Gothenburg (Sweden), mu November 1966, P1800 S iyi inali ndi "mawilo a Minilite, nyali za chifunga za Hella ndi chiwongolero chamatabwa".
Mkati mwake, idawonetsanso zina mwapadera, monga choyezera choyezera kutentha pa dashboard ndi chowotcha chomwe chili mu kanyumbako, chomwe chimathandiza kuti ochita zisudzo aziziziritsa panthawi yojambula.
Chojambula chojambula ndi kamera, Roger Moore anakhala mwini wake woyamba wa chitsanzo ichi. Laisensi yake yaku London, "NUV 648E", idalembetsedwa pa Januware 20, 1967.
Mu mndandanda wakuti "Woyera", galimotoyo inali ndi nambala ya "ST 1" ndipo inayamba mu gawo la "A Double in Diamonds", yomwe inajambulidwa mu February 1967. Idzayendetsedwa ndi munthu wamkulu mpaka kumapeto kwa mndandanda mu 1969.
Roger Moore pamapeto pake adagulitsa chitsanzo ichi patapita zaka zambiri kwa Martin Benson, yemwe adachisunga zaka zingapo asanachigulitsenso. Pakadali pano ndi ya Volvo Cars.
Kupitilira makilomita 5 miliyoni…
Ngati mwakwanitsa mpaka pano, mwina mwazindikira kale chifukwa chake P1800 iyi ndiyapadera kwambiri. Koma tasiya nkhani yabwino kwambiri yachikale yaku Sweden iyi komaliza.
Irv Gordon, pulofesa wa sayansi wa ku America yemwe anamwalira zaka zitatu zapitazo, adalowa mu Guinness Book of World Records mu galimoto yake yofiira ya Volvo P1800 atakhazikitsa mbiri yapadziko lonse ya mtunda wautali kwambiri womwe mwiniwake mmodzi adayenda mgalimoto yopanda malonda.
Pakati pa 1966 ndi 2018, Volvo P1800 iyi - yomwe imasungabe injini yake yoyamba ndi gearbox - "yayenda makilomita oposa mamiliyoni asanu (...) pamtunda wa maulendo oposa 127 padziko lonse lapansi kapena maulendo asanu ndi limodzi opita ku mwezi".