Inofungidzirwa nevakawanda semhando yepamusoro yeVolvo, iyo P1800, yakasimba yekuItaly-yakafuridzirwa coupé yakagadzirwa nemugadziri weSweden Pelle Petterson, iri kupemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi matanhatu gore rino (2021).
Nhoroondo yaro saka inodzokera kumashure ku1961, gore iro rinoyevedza reSweden coupé rakatangwa, asi neBritish "mbabvu". Izvi zvinodaro nekuti, panguva iyoyo, Volvo haina kukwanisa kugadzira iyi P1800 nenzira yayo.
Naizvozvo, kugadzirwa kweiyi modhi mukati memakore ekutanga ehupenyu kwakaitwa muUnited Kingdom, nechassis ichigadzirwa muScotland uye yakaungana muEngland.
Uye zvakaenderera seizvi kusvika 1963, apo Volvo yakakwanisa kuendesa gungano reP1800 kumba kuGothenburg, Sweden. Makore matanhatu gare gare, muna 1969, akatamisa kugadzirwa kwechasi kuOlofström, zvakare munyika iyoyo yekuchamhembe kweEurope.
Kubva pachikuva chakashanda sehwaro hweVolvo 121/122S, iyo P1800 yaive ne1.8 litre four-cylinder engine - inonzi B18 - iyo yakatanga kugadzira 100 hp. Gare gare simba raizokwira kusvika pa108 hp, 115 hp uye 120 hp.
Asi P1800 haina kumira neB18, iyo ine simba mu cubic centimita, 1800 cm3, yakapa zita rayo. Muna 1968, B18 yakatsiviwa neB20 yakakura, ine 2000 cm3 uye 118 hp, asi zita re coupé harina kuchinjwa.
Kugadzirwa kwakapera muna 1973
Kana iyo coupé yakarongedzerwa, muna 1971 Volvo yakashamisa munhu wese nezvese nemutsauko mutsva weP1800, iyo ES, iyo yakaratidza dhizaini nyowani yekumashure.
Kuenzaniswa ne "yakajairika" P1800, misiyano iri pachena: denga rakatambanudzwa rakatambanudzwa uye chimiro chakatanga kufanana neyekupfura bhureki, iyo yakapa hukuru hukuru hwekutakura. Yakagadzirwa kwemakore maviri chete, pakati pa1972 na1973, uye yakawana kubudirira kukuru kune rimwe divi reAtlantic.
Nekupera kwekutenderera kweiyi P1800 ES vhezheni, kugadzirwa kwemota iyi yenhoroondo kwaizosvikawo kumagumo. Zvikonzero zvacho? Sezvineiwo, zvine chekuita nemusoro wenyaya inodiwa kuVolvo, chengetedzo.
Mitemo mitsva, inonyanya kudiwa mumusika weNorth America yaizomanikidzira kugadzirisa kwakawanda uye kunodhura, sezvo Volvo pachayo inotsanangura: "Izvo zvakanyanya kuchengetedza zvinodiwa mumusika weNorth America zvingaita kuti kugadzira kwayo kudhure zvakanyanya kuedza kutevedzera".
Kuratidzwa kwepasi rose munhevedzano "Mutsvene"
Iyo Volvo P1800 yaizowana kuzivikanwa kwakasimba pasi rose, ikava nyeredzi pa "skirini diki" nekuda kweTV yakatevedzana "Mutsvene", iyo yakakonzera nyonganyonga muma1960.
Yakashongedzwa nechena chena, iyo P1800 S yakashandiswa munhevedzano yaive mota yeakateedzana 'mukuru, Simon Templar, ane nyeredzi Roger Moore.
Yakagadzirwa kuVolvo fekitori muTorslanda, muGothenburg (Sweden), muna Mbudzi 1966, iyi P1800 S yaive ne "Minilite mavhiri, Hella fog marambi uye vhiri rehuni".
Mukati, yakaratidzawo zvimwe zvakasarudzika, senge thermometer pane dashboard uye feni iri mukabhini, iyo yakashanda kutonhodza vatambi panguva yekutorwa kwemafirimu.
Kudzima skrini uye kamera, Roger Moore akave muridzi wekutanga weiyi modhi. Yayo London rezinesi plate, "NUV 648E", yakanyoreswa musi wa20 Ndira 1967.
Muchikamu che "Mutsvene", motokari yakanga ine mahwendefa e "ST 1" uye yakaita kutanga kwayo muchikamu "A Double in Diamonds", yakatorwa muna February 1967. Yaizotungamirirwa nemunhu mukuru kusvika pakupera kwe dzakatevedzana muna 1969.
Roger Moore aizopedzisira atengesa iyi modhi makore gare gare kune mutambi Martin Benson, uyo akaichengetedza makore mashoma asati aitengesa zvakare. Parizvino ndeye Volvo Cars.
Anopfuura mamirioni mashanu emakiromita…
Kana iwe wakazviita kusvika zvino, iwe unogona kunge watofunga kuti nei iyi P1800 yakakosha. Asi isu takasiya yakanakisa nyaya yeiyi Swedish classic kwekupedzisira.
Irv Gordon, mumwe muzvinafundo weSainzi wekuAmerica akashaya makore matatu apfuura, akapinda muGuinness Book of World Records mumotokari yake tsvuku yeVolvo P1800 mushure mekuisa rekodhi pasi rose yedaro refu rakafambwa nemuridzi mumwe chete nemotokari isiri yezvekutengesa.
Pakati pa1966 na2018, iyi Volvo P1800 - iyo ichiri kuchengetedza injini yayo yekutanga negiya bhokisi - "yakafukidza anopfuura mamirioni mashanu emakiromita (...) pamusoro pechinhambwe chinodarika zana nemakumi maviri nenomwe kutenderera pasirese kana nzendo nhanhatu kuenda kumwedzi".