THE Rolls-Royce Corniche , British, umbozha, ine 6.75 l V8 injini, rear-vhiri dhiraivha uye matatu-anomhanya otomatiki transmission. Iyo yakanakira marongero eParis-Dakar, handizvo here? Kwete nemimvuri… Sekureva kwengano, uyu Rolls-Royce Jules akazvarwa kubva pakubheja pakati peshamwari, akagadzirwa pane imwe yehusiku ihwohwo zvekuti munhu wese anoziva kuti hunotanga sei, asi hapana anoziva kuti zvinopera sei…
Pakudya kwemanheru ikoko, Jean-Christophe Pelletier, muridzi weRolls-Royce Corniche, akanyunyuta kuna Thierry de Montcorgé, shamwari yake uye mutyairi wemamateur, kuti mota yaigara yakatsemuka. Takatarisana nekuona uku, Montorgé akakurudzira zvisingafungidzike: "Ngatitorei chikamu muDakar neRoll-Royce Corniche yako!". Pfungwa iyi yakakurukurwa usiku hwose, asi munhu wose aifunga kuti pfungwa yacho yaizowira munzira zuva raitevera. Hazvina kudonha...
Zuva rakatevera racho, Thierry de Montcorgé akafunga nezvenyaya yacho uye akaona kuti pfungwa yacho yaibvira. Shamwari dzakasangana zvakare uye mazuva maviri gare gare Montcorgé akange aine cheki yaive ne50% yeukoshi hwekuenderera mberi nebasa.
"Mwoyo" wemhando yeChirungu yakatsiviwa nejini (inodhura uye ... yakasimba) Chevrolet injini, Small Block V8 ine 5.7 litres uye inoremekedzwa 335 hp. Iyo 4 × 4 kutapurirana uye chassis yaizofanirawo kubva kunze: Toyota Land Cruiser nemufaro kurega kutapurirana kwayo iyo yaisanganisira mana-anomhanya manual gearbox.
Kubheja kwekutora chikamu muDakar, rally yakaoma kwazvo pasi rose, neRolls-Royce chingave chimwe chinhu… chakarerekera, sezvo kwete chete injini uye kutapurirana zvisiri kubva kuRolls-Royce, asi tubular chassis yavakange vakabatanidzwa nayo. yakagadzirirwa kubva pakutanga. Asi iyo bodywork uye yemukati, kusvika pamwero mukuru, ichiri kubva kuCorniche.
Nyorera kune tsamba yedu
Kureba kwekumiswa uye matayi emumugwagwa akapedzisa kit Thierry de Montcorgé yaidiwa kuita zvakanaka paDakar. A monstrous fuel tank ine simba risingasviki 330 litres yakawedzerwa.
Kusarudza zita remuenzaniso kwaive nyore: mutsigiri mukuru wechirongwa ichi aive stylist Christian Dior uyo, nenzira, akange achangotangisa mutsara wezvinonhuhwirira unonzi "Jules" uye ndiro zita rakazopedzisa kubhabhatidza Roll-Royce. .
Inogona kumira here?
Yakanga yava nguva yokuti muchina uyu kutarisana Dakar uye chokwadi ndechokuti ... akaenda zvinoshamisa zvakanaka. MaRolls-Royce Jules aigara achipedza ari pamusoro pemakumi maviri uye aizokwira kusvika pachinhanho chakanakisa chechigumi nenhatu mukumira kwese apo mujaho waive pakati.
Asi 13 inhamba isina rombo rakanaka. Zvese zvaifamba zvakanaka dai pasina dambudziko rekufambisa (kumbozorora mune imwe yezvitsigiro) nekunonotsa mutyairi weFrance, dambudziko raizoguma ramubvisa mumakwikwi, nekusvika maminetsi makumi maviri paParc. Fermé uye kugadzirisa kunze kwenguva.
Kubhejera, zvisinei, kwaive kusvika kumagumo eParis-Dakar muRolls-Royce - hapana aive ataura chero chinhu nezvekukodzera kana kwete. Uye saka, Thierry de Montcorgé naJean-Christophe Pelletier vakaenderera mberi munhangemutange, vaine chinangwa chekuyambuka mutsetse muDakar.
Pamotokari zana nemakumi manomwe dzakapinda muna 1981 Paris-Dakar, makumi mana chete ndivo vakayambuka mutsetse wekupedzisa uye Rolls-Royce Jules mumaoko aThierry de Montcorgé aive mumwe wavo.
The Rolls-Royce Jules haana kukwikwidza zvakare, asi aigara achibvunzwa kuti avepo pamitambo yemotokari uye kuratidzwa. Mushure mekudzorerwa, uyu weChirungu "mukundi" ane nyaya inonakidza akaiswa kutengeswa kwe200,000 €. Nhoroondo haina kushaikwa.
Moral yenyaya: chenjerera mabheji aunoisa pakudya kweshamwari.
