Kwiyoroshya, kwikenura na spartan, inshuti ya Austin Metro yari, amatsiko, munsi ya moderi zidasanzwe. Usibye kuba ishingiro rya Groupe B MG Metro 6R4, umuturage wicisha bugufi wumujyi wu Bwongereza yari afite uburenganzira bwo kubona ibintu byiza kandi byashyizweho umukono na… Aston Martin.
Mbere yo kugira umuntu wumujyi ufite ikimenyetso cyacyo, Cygnet (ntabwo irenze Toyota iQ), ikirango gikundwa na James Bond cyafatanije nu myaka ya za 1980 hamwe n’abongereza Leyland maze bafatanya gukora verisiyo yihariye ya Metro ya Austin.
Kugenwa Frazer-Tickford Metro , iyi variant yabatuye mumujyi wubwongereza yakozwe na Tickford (imodoka yaguzwe na Aston Martin mumwaka wa 1955) kandi birashoboka cyane ko aribwo busobanuro bwihariye bwa Metro.
Ibice bitarenze 26 bya Frazer-Tickford byakozwe, muri byo bitatu gusa byari ibumoso. Kugirango utange igitekerezo cyuko umubare wari uhari, MG Metro 6R4 idasanzwe ya homologation yabonye ibice 220 biva kumurongo, 200 muri byo bikaba byemewe n'amategeko.
Niki cyahindutse ugereranije na Metro?
Ugereranije nizindi Austin Metros, Metro ya Frazer-Tickford yatangiye kwigaragaza bitewe nigikoresho cyayo cyaka cyane cyahaye SUV yoroheje isura nziza, ubupfura bwagutse bwumubiri, amajipo yimpande, bumper nshya hamwe niziga, ndetse na grill yihariye.
Iyandikishe mu kanyamakuru kacu
Hanze kandi, icyapa kivuga ngo "Tickford" inyuma (80s nziza cyane) hamwe na logo ya Aston Martin bashishikajwe no kwerekana ko iyi Metro itandukanye cyane nabandi. Ariko, imbere niho uruhare rwa Aston Martin muri uyu mushinga rwagaragaye cyane.
Imbere muri Spartan imbere yarangije kuruhu na Alcantara, konsole yihariye igenewe umushoferi, irimo radio nshya ndetse n "" ibintu byiza "nko kugenzura ubwato cyangwa izuba. Ibi byose mu ntangiriro ya za 80!
Hanyuma, moteri nayo yungukiwe n'ubuhanga bwa Aston Martin. Byateguwe byumwihariko na marike ya Gaydon, ntoya ya 1275 cm3 (ubwihindurize bwa moteri ya A-Series ya MINI) yatangiye gutanga ingufu za 80 hp, gusimbuka hafi 20 hp ugereranije nurukurikirane. Ibi byagezweho tubikesha Carburetor ya Weber, valve nini ndetse na camshaft nshya.
Igice cyo kugurisha
Urebye gake ya Metro ya Frazer-Tickford ntawabura kuvuga ko moderi ntoya yo mubwongereza ari 'unicorn'. Kubera iyo mpamvu, isura imwe yo kugurisha, ndetse kuri imwe muri eshatu hamwe na drake ibumoso, nimpamvu yo kuvuga "hagarika kuzenguruka".
Kopi twababwiye yavuye ku musaruro mu 1982 kandi yari iy'uwahoze ari umufotozi wa Ferrari Wendal McBride. Hamwe n'ibirometero 15,000 gusa, iyi Metro ya Frazer-Tickford izatezwa cyamunara na H&H Classics kandi biteganijwe ko izagurishwa hafi pound 45.000 (hafi 54.000 euro).