Benshi bafatwa nkicyitegererezo cyiza cya Volvo, P1800, coupé ikomeye yahumetswe n’Ubutaliyani yakozwe n’umushinga wo muri Suwede witwa Pelle Petterson, yizihiza isabukuru yimyaka 60 uyu mwaka (2021).
Amateka yacyo rero asubira mu 1961, umwaka yatangijwe na coupe nziza yo muri Suwede, ariko hamwe n '"imbavu" yo mu Bwongereza rwose. Ni ukubera ko, icyo gihe, Volvo itashoboye gukora iyi P1800 muburyo bwayo.
Kubwibyo, gukora iyi moderi mumyaka yambere yubuzima byakorewe mubwongereza, chassis ikorerwa muri Scotland ikateranirizwa mubwongereza.
Kandi byakomeje gutya kugeza 1963, igihe Volvo yashoboye kujyana inteko ya P1800 i Gothenburg, muri Suwede. Nyuma yimyaka itandatu, mu 1969, yimuriye Olofström umusaruro wa chassis, no muri kiriya gihugu cy’amajyaruguru y’Uburayi.
Ukurikije urubuga rwabaye ishingiro rya Volvo 121 / 122S, P1800 yari ifite moteri ya litiro 1.8 ya moteri enye - yitwa B18 - yabanje kubyara 100 hp. Nyuma imbaraga zazamuka zigera kuri 108 hp, 115 hp na 120 hp.
Ariko P1800 ntiyahagaritse na B18, ubushobozi bwayo bwa santimetero kibe, cm 1800, bwayihaye izina. Mu 1968, B18 yasimbuwe na B20 nini, ifite cm 2000 na 118 hp, ariko izina rya coupé ntiryigeze rihinduka.
Umusaruro warangiye mu 1973
Niba coupé yararogeye, muri 1971 Volvo yatunguye abantu bose nibintu byose hamwe nuburyo bushya bwa P1800, ES, yagaragazaga igishushanyo mbonera rwose.
Ugereranije na “bisanzwe” P1800, itandukaniro riragaragara: igisenge cyaguwe mu buryo butambitse kandi umwirondoro watangiye kumera nka feri yo kurasa, itanga ubushobozi bwo gutwara ibintu byinshi. Yakozwe mu myaka ibiri gusa, hagati ya 1972 na 1973, ibona intsinzi ikomeye hakurya ya Atlantike.
Hamwe nimpera yuruzinduko rwiyi P1800 ES, umusaruro wiyi modoka yamateka nayo yarangira. Impamvu? Birashimishije, bijyanye ninsanganyamatsiko ikundwa na Volvo, umutekano.
Amategeko mashya, asabwa cyane ku isoko ry’amajyaruguru ya Amerika yahatira guhindura byinshi kandi bihenze, nkuko Volvo ubwayo ibisobanura: “Ibisabwa by’umutekano muke ku isoko ry’amajyaruguru ya Amerika byatuma ibicuruzwa byayo bihenze cyane ku buryo bitagerwaho”.
Imurikagurisha ryisi murukurikirane "Uwera"
Volvo P1800 yari kumenyekana ku rwego mpuzamahanga, ikaba inyenyeri kuri “ecran ntoya” bitewe na televiziyo “Uwera”, yateje impagarara mu myaka ya za 1960.
Yashushanyijeho ibara ryera, P1800 S yakoreshejwe murukurikirane yari imodoka yuruhererekane nyamukuru, Simon Templar, yakinnye na nyakwigendera Roger Moore.
Yakozwe mu ruganda rwa Volvo i Torslanda, i Gothenburg (Suwede), mu Gushyingo 1966, iyi P1800 S yari ifite "ibiziga bya Minilite, amatara ya Hella hamwe n’ibiziga bikozwe mu giti".
Imbere, yerekanaga kandi amakuru yihariye, nka termometero ku kibaho ndetse n'umufana uherereye mu kabari, byafashaga gukonjesha abakinnyi mu gihe cyo gufata amashusho.
Hanze ya ecran na kamera, Roger Moore mubyukuri yabaye nyiri moderi yambere. Icyapa cyacyo cya Londres, “NUV 648E”, cyanditswe ku ya 20 Mutarama 1967.
Muri uruhererekane "Uwera", imodoka yari ifite plaque "ST 1" maze itangira bwa mbere mu gice cyitwa "Double in Diamonds", yafashwe amashusho muri Gashyantare 1967. Bizatwarwa numuntu nyamukuru kugeza imperuka irangiye urukurikirane mu 1969.
Roger Moore amaherezo yagurisha iyi moderi nyuma yimyaka umukinnyi Martin Benson, wayibitse imyaka mike mbere yo kongera kuyigurisha. Kugeza ubu ni iy'imodoka za Volvo.
Ibirometero birenga miliyoni 5…
Niba warageze kure, birashoboka ko wigeze kumenya impamvu iyi P1800 idasanzwe. Ariko twasize inkuru nziza yiyi classique ya Suwede ya nyuma.
Irv Gordon, umwarimu w’ubumenyi w’umunyamerika witabye Imana hashize imyaka itatu, yinjiye mu gitabo cya Guinness World Records muri Volvo ye itukura P1800 nyuma yo gushyiraho amateka y’isi ku ntera ndende yagenze na nyirayo umwe mu modoka idacuruza.
Hagati ya 1966 na 2018, iyi Volvo P1800 - iracyafite moteri yumwimerere na garebox - “yakoze ibirometero birenga miliyoni eshanu (…) mu ntera irenga 127 ku isi cyangwa ingendo esheshatu ku kwezi”.