Imotokari shoma dzakabatanidzwa nezhizha uye nhandaro sengoro ine mukurumbira yaive neMeyers Manx (aka Volkswagen Buggy), yakagadzirwa naBruce Meyers, muchimiro chayo chepakutanga.
Tinoda kukuzivisa iwe nyaya yaMeyers uye chisikwa chake chine mukurumbira, mukuremekedza kwakakodzera kumurume ane mhosva yeimwe yeanonyanya kunzwa mota dzakanaka.
Mutero wepashure perufu, sekufa kwaBruce Meyers muna Kukadzi 19, ane makore makumi mapfumbamwe nemana, mwedzi mishoma mushure mekunge iye nemukadzi wake vatengesa kambani yeMeyers Manx kuTrousdale Ventures.
Kuda kunorodza huchenjeri
Akazvarwa muna 1926 muLos Angeles, nzira yehupenyu yaBruce Meyers yakamutora kubva kuNavy munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, kumujaho wepasi rose, uye kumahombekombe eCalifornia, uko uyu mufambisi wepamhepo akaziva kuti aida motokari yaiita kuti zvive nyore. kufambisa madutu kupfuura Ford Hot Rod yake ya1932.
Tsvimbo inopisa? Hongu, kare kare chisikwa chake chine mukurumbira chisati chaona chiedza chezuva, Meyers akanga ane nguva yakapfuura yakazadzwa nemotokari - akanga ariwo mutyairi anokwikwidza - uye akapotsa chiitiko cheHot Rod chakabudirira mumashure meHondo Yenyika II muU.SA.
Nyorera kune tsamba yedu
Yakanga isiri yemotokari chete, sekugona kwake kwefiberglass, zvinhu izvo muviri wengoro yake yaizogadzirwa, akabudirira mukugadzira surfboards uye kunyange madiki catamarans.
Muna 2019, Volkswagen yakagadzira ID. Buggy, dudziro yepakutanga, ikozvino magetsi.
Nenzira iyi, "yakatora" chassis yeVolkswagen Beetle, motokari iri nyore, yakapfupisa 36 cm, yakabvisa basa remuviri uye yakagadzira imwe mune iyo yaitotonga, fiberglass. Yakarerutsa dhizaini zvakanyanya sezvinobvira, ichiisa chete zvakakosha, izvo zvinovimbisa kutaridzika kwakasiyana uye ... kunakidzwa.
Uye saka takawana yekutanga Volkswagen Buggy, iyo Meyers Manx, inozivikanwa se "Big Red". Yakaberekwa muna 1964, motokari iyi inoshanda zvakasiyana-siyana, isingaremi, ine mavhiri ekumashure yakavaka hwaro hwe“fashoni” yapararira pasi rose.
Haisi kungove fashoni chete, asi Meyers uye "Big Red" vakave vachinzi ndiye mumwe wevatyairi vakuru vekurongwa kwemujaho wemumugwagwa. Akanga ari iye naTom Mangels, shamwari yake yemujaho, akaisa rekodhi yekutanga-mavhiri mana - achitonyanya kukurumidza kupfuura midhudhudhu - muBaja yekutanga, 1967 Mexican 1000, mutungamiri weBaja 1000 iripo.
"Mutengo" wekubudirira
Meyers Manx anogona kunge akaita mukurumbira mushure mekuonekwa mufirimu ra1968 "The Thomas Crown Affair" uye nekurova butiro remagazini ye "Car and Driver" muna 1969, zvisinei, havasi vese "vaive vakanaka." ".
Muna 1971 Bruce Meyers akasiya kambani yaakanga atanga, iyo yakashaya mari, pasinei nokuti akanga atogadzira kumativi e7000 makopi ebhigi yakakurumbira. Vaparidzi? Mitero uye makwikwi ayo plagiarized dhizaini yako.
Kunyangwe akaendesa vanyori kumatare edzimhosva - panguva iyo makambani anopfuura makumi manomwe akagadzira mhando dzakafanana - haana kumbobvira akarurama, Meyers achitadza kupa patent yake Volkswagen Buggy. Kunyangwe kuve musiki weiyo pfungwa, bhizinesi raizokuvadzwa zvakanyanya.
Nekudaro, iyo "bug" yekugadzira mota yakaenderera mberi mukati meBruce Meyers uye mugore ra2000, anenge makore makumi matatu mushure mekunge amira kugadzira mabhugi ake anoshamisa, muCalifornian akasarudza kudzoka kuita izvo zvakaita kuti ave nemukurumbira: kugadzira Meyers Manx yake.
Nguva pfupi yadarika, takaona Volkswagen ichipa mutero wakaringana kudivi risingaremekedze re "Beetle", payakaratidza ID muna 2019. Buggy, kuratidza kuchinjika kunobvumirwa nepuratifomu yayo yakatsaurirwa yemotokari dzemagetsi, MEB.