Dad badan ayaa u tixgalinaya inuu yahay moodelka ugu caansan Volvo, P1800, oo ah coupé xoog leh oo Talyaanigu dhiiri galiyay oo uu sameeyay nashqadeeyaha Swedish Pelle Petterson, ayaa u dabaaldegaya sanadguuradii 60aad ee sanadkan (2021).
Taariikhdeeda sidaas awgeed waxay dib ugu noqotaa 1961, sanadkaas oo la bilaabay koonka iswidhishka ee quruxda badan, laakiin leh hubaal "feer" Ingiriis ah. Tani waa sababta oo ah, wakhtigaas, Volvo ma awoodin in uu soo saaro P1800 iyada oo u gaar ah.
Sidaa darteed, wax soo saarka model this inta lagu guda jiro sano ee ugu horeysay ee nolosha waxaa lagu fuliyay gudaha Boqortooyada Ingiriiska, iyada oo chassis la soo saaray Scotland oo lagu ururiyey in England.
Waxayna sidan ku socotay ilaa 1963-kii, markaasoo Volvo ay ku guulaysatay inay shirka P1800 gayso Göteborg, Iswiidhan. Lix sano ka dib, 1969, wuxuu u wareejiyay wax soo saarka chassis Olofström, oo sidoo kale ku taal waqooyiga Yurub.
Iyada oo ku saleysan madal u adeegtay saldhigga Volvo 121/122S, P1800 waxay lahayd 1.8 litir matoor afar-dhululubo ah - oo loo yaqaan B18 - kaasoo markii hore soo saaray 100 hp. Ka dib korantadu waxay kor u kici doontaa 108 hp, 115 hp iyo 120 hp.
Laakiin P1800 ma joojin B18, kuwaas oo awood in sentimitir cubic, 1800 cm3, siiyey magaceeda. Sannadkii 1968-kii, B18 waxaa lagu beddelay B20 weyn, oo leh 2000 cm3 iyo 118 hp, laakiin magaca Coupé lama beddelin.
Wax-soo-saarku wuxuu dhammaaday 1973-kii
Haddii coupé uu sixray, 1971 Volvo wuxuu la yaabay qof walba iyo wax kasta oo leh nooc cusub oo P1800 ah, ES, kaas oo soo bandhigay naqshad cusub oo gadaal ah.
Marka la barbardhigo "caadiga ah" P1800, kala duwanaanshuhu waa cad yahay: saqafka ayaa loo fidiyay si siman, muuqaalkuna wuxuu bilaabay inuu u ekaado bareegga toogashada, kaas oo bixiyay awood weyn. Waxaa la soo saaray laba sano oo keliya, intii u dhaxaysay 1972 iyo 1973, waxayna guul weyn ka heshay dhinaca kale ee Atlantic.
Dhamaadka wareegga nooca P1800 ES, soo saarista baabuurkan taariikhiga ah ayaa sidoo kale dhammaan doona. Sababaha? Waxa xiiso leh, ee la xidhiidha mawduuca Volvo ee qaaliga ah, badbaadada.
Shuruucda cusub, ee baahida badan ee suuqa Waqooyiga Ameerika waxay ku qasbi doontaa isbeddel ballaadhan oo qaali ah, sida Volvo lafteedu waxay sharraxaysaa: "Shuruudaha badbaadada adag ee suuqa Waqooyiga Ameerika waxay ka dhigi doontaa wax soo saarkeeda mid aad qaali u ah si ay isugu dayaan inay u hoggaansamaan".
Bandhiga caalamiga ah ee taxanaha "The Saint"
Volvo P1800 wuxuu heli lahaa aqoonsi caalami ah oo xooggan, isagoo noqday xiddig ku jira "shaashadda yar" taas oo ay ugu mahadcelineyso taxanaha TV-ga "The Saint", kaas oo dhaliyay buuq 1960-yadii.
Waxaa lagu qurxiyay cad luul ah, P1800 S ee loo adeegsaday taxanaha ayaa ahaa baabuurka jilaagii taxanaha ahaa, Simon Templar, oo uu jilay Roger Moore.
Waxaa laga soo saaray warshadda Volvo ee Torslanda, ee Göteborg (Sweden), bishii Nofembar 1966, P1800 S waxaa lagu qalabeeyay "Taageerayaal yar yar, Laambadihii fogaanta Hella iyo isteerinka alwaax".
Gudaha, waxay sidoo kale muujisay faahfaahin gaar ah, sida heerkulbeeg ku yaal dashboard-ka iyo taageere ku yaal qolka, kaas oo u adeegay inuu qaboojiyo jilayaasha inta lagu jiro duubista.
Shaashada kabaxday iyo kamarad kabaxsan, Roger Moore wuxuu noqday mulkiilihii ugu horreeyay ee moodelkan. Taarikoda London, "NUV 648E", waxa la diwaan galiyay 20 January 1967.
In taxanaha "Saint The", gaariga ayaa lahaa taarikada nambarada "ST 1" iyo sameeyey kulankiisii ugu horeysay ee dhacdo "A Double in Diamonds", filim bishii February 1967. Waxaa la kaxayn lahaa by jilaha ugu weyn ilaa dhamaadka taxane 1969kii.
Roger Moore ayaa ugu dambeyntii ka iibin lahaa moodelkan sanado ka dib jilaaga Martin Benson, kaas oo dhawray dhowr sano ka hor inta uusan mar kale iibin. Hadda waxa iska leh baabuurta Volvo.
In ka badan 5 milyan oo kilomitir…
Haddii aad samaysay ilaa hadda, waxaad u badan tahay inaad hore u ogaatay sababta P1800 kan uu gaar u yahay. Laakiin waxaan uga tagnay sheekadii ugu fiicneyd ee iswiidhishka caadiga ah.
Irv Gordon, oo ah bare-sare oo Sayniska Maraykanka ah oo geeriyooday saddex sano ka hor, ayaa ku galay buugga Guinness World Records isaga oo ku jira gaadhigiisa cas ee Volvo P1800, ka dib markii uu dhigay rikoodhka adduunka ugu dheer ee uu ku safray baabuur aan ganacsi ahayn.
Intii u dhaxaysay 1966 iyo 2018, Volvo P1800 - oo wali sii haysa mishiinkeedii asalka ahaa iyo sanduuqa gear-ka - "wuxuu daboolay in ka badan shan milyan oo kilomitir (...) in ka badan masaafo ka badan 127 wareeg oo adduunka ah ama lix safar oo dayaxa".