Emva kweVolvo eyazalelwa eCitroën, sikhumbula ibali labantwana abangengomthetho bakwa-AMG. Njengoko usazi, u-AMG wazalwa njengomqeqeshi ozimeleyo weMercedes-Benz - siye sajongana nembali yokuqalwa kwe-AMG.
Kwakungo-1990 kuphela, kwaye emva kweminyaka emininzi yokuthandana, ukuba umtshato phakathi kwe-AMG kunye ne-Mercedes wagqitywa ekugqibeleni, ufikelele ekuthengeni i-capital enkulu ye-AMG nguDaimler, ngaloo ndlela waseka iqela esilaziyo namhlanje: iMercedes-AMG GmbH.
Nangona kunjalo, uyazi ukuba ulutsha luthandana njani… I-AMG ayikwazanga ukumelana namakhubalo obuhle baseJapan kwaye yanika ubudlelwane "ihlatywa" phambi kokuba bawugqibe umtshato.
Ubuhle baseJapan yayiyiMitsubishi. Oko kunika imfuno ephezulu yeesaluni ezinamandla kwimarike, iqhutywa kukukhula koqoqosho okukhulu okwathi kwafunyanwa yi-Japan ngeminyaka yoo-1980, yacela i-AMG ukuba ilungiselele imifuziselo yayo emibini. I-Debonair eyoyikekayo kunye ne-Galant elusizi. Isiphumo yinto oyibonayo kwimifanekiso.
Malunga neDebonair «crate» sinolwazi oluncinci. Siyazi ukuba yayiphezulu kuluhlu lwe-brand yaseJapan kwaye yayixhotywe nge-injini ye-3000 cm3 V6, eyavelisa i-167 hp. I-drive yahanjiswa kumavili angaphambili kwaye inobunzima be-1620 kg. Kwakungenxa yabo bonke obu bunzima, kunye nento yokuba imodeli ye-wheel drive yangaphambili, ukuba i-AMG ayizange ichukumise i-injini.
Ke i-AMG yenze okuncinci kunokuboleka iDebonair enye ye-aura yayo yezemidlalo. Isiphumo yaba yinto oyibonayo kwiifoto. Ibhokisi ene-chassis ethi:
Jonga kum ndiyi AMG!
Omnye unyana ongekho mthethweni we-AMG kunye ne-Mitsubishi, yayingu-Galant AMG, owazalwa ngo-1989. Kulo mzekelo, umsebenzi we-brand yaseJamani wawungekho nje ubuhle. Ngethamsanqa, uGalant "wasondeza" kufutshane necala likayise, kwaye umphumo wawunomdla kakhulu.
I-AMG yathatha i-Galant GSR yaze yayitofela ngolwazi namava, inyusa amandla e-injini ye-2.0l DOHC 4-cylinder ukusuka kwi-modest 138 hp ukuya kwi-168 hp ecacileyo yamandla. I-recipe yayiyinto esasiyazi kakade kwezinye iimodeli: ii-camshafts ezintsha, iipistons ezikhanyayo, iivalve ze-titanium kunye nemithombo, ukukhupha okuphezulu kunye nokuphucula ukungenisa.
I-gearbox enesantya ezintlanu ibone iigiya zayo zimfutshane kwaye i-asi yangaphambili ifumene umahluko wokuzitshixa. Iziqhoboshi kunye nokuxhonywa azilityalwanga kwaye zilungiswe ziiyunithi ezikwaziyo ukugcina izinto ziphantsi kolawulo.
Ngaphakathi, yonke into eyayikho ngelo xesha yayisetyenziswa. Irediyo eneCD kunye nesidlali-khasethi, ikhompyutha esebhodini, i-air conditioning ezenzekelayo, upholstery wesikhumba kunye ne-alutions kwi-AMG macala onke.
Obu budlelwane kunye neMitsubishi mhlawumbi yiyo eyabangela ukuba iMercedes ivuke kwixabiso i-AMG esele inalo. Yaye ngowe-1990, mhlawumbi ngenxa yomona, uMercedes wayefuna ukugqiba lo mtshato besithetha ngawo ngaphambilana.
Namhlanje ukukhwela enye yezi Mitsubishi zimbini kufuneka kube yinto ekhathazayo. Naphi na apho uya khona, kufuneka uve imilomo engathi “Jonga laa jester, ucinga ukuba uneMercedes”. Kodwa siyazi ukuba akunjalo. Bangabantwana nje abangekho mthethweni be-AMG, kunye "nabazalwana abancinci" abangafuniyo ukuthatha i-Mercedes-AMG.