Citroën World Rally Team. Yakavambwa muna 1998, Chikwata cheCitroën cheFrench chimwe chezvikwata zvinoremekedzwa muWorld Rally Paddock. Rekodhi yake inotaura pachayo: 9 mazita evatyairi vepasirese, 8 mazita emhando yenyika uye makumi mapfumbamwe nemasere kukunda kwese. Izvi chete muWRC.
Asi pamberi pekuvambwa kweCitroën World Rally Team, rudzi rweFrance rwakanga ratoedza rombo rayo muWorld Rally Championship pasina kana mbiri kana mbiri. Ichi chinyorwa chiri pamusoro peiyo crusade. Crusade yaive neCitroën BX 4TC seyayo huru "Achilles chitsitsinho".
Mu "golden age" yeBoka B
Kunyangwe makore maviri chete gare gare, Boka A (Lancia Delta HF Integral 16V; Celica GT-Four; Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, zvichingodaro) rakakurumidza zvisingaenzaniswi kupfuura Boka B, chokwadi ndechekuti kana tichidaidza zvekare, iBoka B. izvo zvinoramba zvichizadza fungidziro yedu.
Kana zvasvika kune visceral rally mota, dzine simba, dzinotyisa, dzisingachinji, dzakasimba - zvakanaka, zvirevo zvakakwana ... - mazita anobva angopinda mupfungwa dzangu ndeaya: Audi Quattro, Lancia Delta S4, Peugeot 205 T16 uye Ford RS200.
Iri pakati pekubatanidzwa kwezvikara zvinoyera panomuka Citroën BX 4TC Evolution. Rakanga riri gore rinotyisa ra1986, rimwe remakundano eWorld Rally Championship nekuda kwezvikonzero zvatakatsanangura pano uye raive nechimwe chezvitsauko zvinosiririsa uye zvakakosha muPortugal.
Pakanga pari pamusoro pesimba reBoka B apo Citroën akabatana neWorld Rally Championship. Kufanana neAudi, Citroën yakasarudzawo kusarudza modhi ine injini yepamberi, panguva iyo iyo yepakati-injini Boka B yakatanga kuratidza zviratidzo zvekutonga.
Nhanho inotevera yaizova Grupo S, asi kufa kwaHenri Toivonen nemumwe wake mutyairi Sergio Cresto kwakagumisa chikamu ichi kunyange vasati vatanga.
Sezvaungafungidzira, panguva iyoyo, kugadziridzwa uku kwakamanikidza injini kuti iiswe panzvimbo yepamusoro zvikuru maererano neakisi yepamberi, kuitira kuti dhiraivha yose-mavhiri inogona kugariswa. Uku kugovewa kwehuremu kwakazouraya iyo Citroën BX 4TC Evolution…
Sokunge izvo zvanga zvisina kukwana, iyo Citroën BX 4TC Evolution yaivewo inorema uye isina simba zvakanyanya. Iyo French modhi yakashandisa 2.4 litre 8-valve Simca-Chrysler injini, inokwanisa kuendesa inodarika 380 hp yesimba. Nhamba dzakadonha zvakanyanya pamakwikwi.
Huremu hwaive hwakakwirawo. Yakanga iri pamusoro pechikumbaridzo chidiki-diki chakaiswa nemitemo yeBoka B.
Zvese mune zvese, iyo Citroën BX 4TC Evolution yaive isina kudzikama uye inorema chassis, uye ine simba shoma, injini yechinyakare. Zvichida ndosaka Citroën BX 4TC Evolution yakangomira mumisangano yeMonte Carlo, Sweden neAcropolis.
Pane izvi, mhedzisiro yakanaka yaive nzvimbo yechitanhatu muRally Sweden, naJean-Claude Andruet pavhiri.
Kunyadziswa kwese, mhando yeFrance yaigona kuita zvishoma kana kusaita chinhu pamberi pechirongwa chakazvarwa chakashata. Sezvineiwo kuCitroën, Boka B rakabviswa mumwaka wa1987 uye BX 4TC Evolution yakabva yakanganwika…kana kutopotsa.
Iyo yakanakisa homologation vhezheni
Sezvaunoziva, panguva iyoyo, mabhureki aifanirwa kuburitsa mota dzinosvika mazana maviri kuti dzikwanise kuita homologate mamodheru avo eWorld Rally Championship. Iyo Citroën BX 4TC yakanga isiri iyo.
Mukutaura kwekunaka, chitarisiko chayo chinofadza chakavimbisa kuita zvinokatyamadza. Zvakanga zvisina kudaro, zvisinei nekutarisa kwakaomarara kwehondo; pasi pebhoneti takawana imwechete Simca-Chrysler 2.4 litre 8 valve injini, ikozvino iine 200 hp yesimba uye 294 Nm ye torque yakakura.
Zvakadaro, manhamba haana kunyadzisa chero munhu: 7.1 sec. kubva 0-100 km/h uye 220 km/h kunonyanyisa kumhanya.
Pamayuniti mazana maviri akaona chiedza chezuva muna 1988, asingasviki hafu akatengeswa. Iye zvino panouya chikamu chinonyanya kufadza… Citroën yafunga kukanzura chirongwa ichi uye kuyedza kutengazve mayunitsi aitengeswa panguva iyi, zvichinzi nemutengo wakapetwa kaviri.
Mazhinji eCitroën BX 4TCs akaparadzwa, asi zvinotendwa kuti kuchine makumi mana mayunitsi mumaoko ega. Nemamwe mashoko, nhasi vane mari shoma.
Sekuziva kwedu, isu tinofunga kuti Citroën BX 4TC imhando yerudo. Nguva yakamuitira zvakanaka. Ndiyo chapupu chipenyu chenguva apo pakanga pachine rudo uye kusava nemhosva mumutambo wemotokari. Kubva pakusachena ikoko BX 4TC yakazvarwa.
Inogona kunge isiri (hazvisizvo…) muchina usingakanganwike wenguva yayo, asi haukanganwike nenzira yawo.
Swipe iyo Citroën BX 4TC mufananidzo gallery:
Kubva parutivi, hongu.