Ukuthetha ngeQela B lehlabathi le-rally lithetha ngeemoto ezifana ne-Audi Quattro, i-Peugeot 205 T16 okanye i-Ford RS 200. Nangona kunjalo, kwi-rally world squad yale "golden age" kwakukho iimodeli ezithobekileyo kunye "ezingaziwa", ezifana i-Mazda RX-7 okanye imoto ebesithetha ngayo namhlanje, i IMetro yeMG 6R4.
Njengoko usazi, iQela B lazalwa ngo-1982, kwaye njengamanye amabhrendi amaninzi, u-Austin-Rover wayefuna ukuthatha inxaxheba. Nangona kunjalo, ngokungafaniyo nezinye iibrendi, i-Austin-Rover yayingekho kwimeko yezemali evumayo kakhulu, ngoko xa ithatha isigqibo sokwenza imodeli yeQela B kuye kwafuneka ukuba…yiyile.
Ngoko ke, inkampani yaseBritani yagqiba ekubeni isebenzise ithuba lokuba ngumxhasi kaWilliams kwaye yagqiba ekubeni ibacele uncedo (ngaba isuka apha ingcamango yokuba iQela B yayiyiFormula yendlela 1?). Ngenkxaso yeqela leFomula 1 eliqinisekisiweyo, u-Austin-Rover wagqiba kwelokuba imodeli eza kusebenza njengesiseko semoto yerali kufuneka ibe… I-Austin Metro - lo, idolophu encinci ebifanele ukuba ithathe indawo yeMini.
I-MG Metro 6R4 iyazalwa
Ukwenza imodeli yeQela B, i-Austin-Rover ikhethe indlela eyahluke kancinane kunokhuphiswano. Endaweni yokukhetha i-injini ye-turbo ezine okanye ezintlanu-cylinder kumgca we-turbo, i-Austin-Rover ikhethe injini ye-V6 enqwenelekayo ngokwendalo ejikeleze i-406 hp - akukho turbo lag ... iivili ezine.
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Ebizwa ngokuba yiMG Metro 6R4 (isithandathu sibhekisa kwinani leesilinda, i-“R” kwinto yokuba iyimoto yerali kwaye ezine ukuya kwinani lamavili okuqhuba), iAustin Metro encinci kwi-steroids igcine encinci kakhulu kumzekelo wayo. .wasebenza njengesiseko.
Nangona ifumene indawo yesithathu kwirali yase-UK ngo-1985, inqwelo-mafutha encinci yerali yachatshazelwa yimiba yokuthembeka nto leyo ethetha ukuba ayizange igqibe iindibano ezininzi ethathe inxaxheba kuzo. Ukuphela kweQela B ngo-1986 kwenza ukuba ibe yenye yezona moto zingaqhelekanga kwaye zingaziwayo "kwixesha legolide" lokuhlangana.
Uguqulelo lwe-homologation
Njengoko usazi, omnye wemigaqo yokuthatha inxaxheba kwiQela B yayibubukho benguqulelo ye-homologation. Le yindlela ezazalwa ngayo iimodeli zendlela, ezifana nePeugeot 205 T16, iCitroën BX4TC kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, umzekelo weMG Metro 6R4 esithetha ngayo namhlanje.Zizonke, iiyunithi ezingama-220 zeMG Metro 6R4 ziye zaveliswa. Kwezi, ezingama-200 ibiziiyunithi zendlela-zomthetho, ezichongwe “i-Clubman”. Banikezela malunga ne-250 hp kwaye babenento efanayo kunye nemodeli yokhuphiswano kunokuba ne-Austin Metro eyavelisa.
I-MG Metro 6R4 eza kwifandesi
Ikopi eya kuthengiswa yi-Silverstone Auctions nge-12 kaJanuwari yinombolo 111 kwiiyunithi ezingama-200 ezisemthethweni. Yathengwa entsha ngo-1988 lisebe lezentengiso likaWilliams (ewe, iqela leFormula 1) elithengisiweyo ngo-2005 laza lafika ngo-2015 ezandleni zomnini wangoku.
Ithengwe entsha nguWilliams, iMG Metro 6R4 encinci ihamba kuphela iimayile eziyi-175 (malunga nama-282 km) kwiminyaka engama-33.
Nangona uneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, oku IMetro yeMG 6R4 Wahamba kancinane okanye engahambanga kwanto ebomini bakhe, ehambe iimayile ezingama-175 kuphela (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-282). Ngaphandle komgama ophantsi, le MG Metro 6R4 iye yafumana uhlengahlengiso ngoomatshini ngo-2017.
Ukuba uziva ufuna ukuthenga esi siqwenga sembali kwiQela B leWorld Rally Championship, imoto iya kuthengiselwa ifandesi nge-12 kaJanuwari kwaye ixabiso eliqikelelweyo liphakathi kwe-180,000 kunye ne-200,000 yeponti (phakathi kwe-200 lamawaka kunye ne-223 lamawaka eeuro).