THE Rolls-Royce Corniche , British, obutofotofo, kunye 6.75 l V8 injini, ngasemva-wheel drive kunye nesantya ezintathu transmission oluzenzekelayo. Indawo efanelekileyo yeParis-Dakar, akunjalo? Hayi ngethunzi… Ngokwentsomi, le Rolls-Royce Jules yazalwa ngokubheja phakathi kwezihlobo, ezenziwe ngobo busuku bonke abantu bazi ukuba buqala njani, kodwa akukho mntu waziyo ukuba iphela njani…
Kweso sidlo sangokuhlwa, uJean-Christophe Pelletier, umnini weRolls-Royce Corniche, wakhalaza kuThierry de Montcorgé, umhlobo wakhe nomqhubi ongekahlawulwa, ukuba imoto yayisoloko yonakele. Ejongene nolu qwalaselo, uMontorgé wenze isindululo esingenakucingelwa: "Masithathe inxaxheba eDakar kunye neRoll-Royce Corniche yakho!". Lo mbono waxoxwa ubusuku bonke, kodwa wonke umntu wacinga ukuba ingcamango iya kuwa endleleni ngosuku olulandelayo. ayizange iwe...
Ngemini elandelayo, uThierry de Montcorgé wacinga ngalo mba ngakumbi kwaye wafumanisa ukuba uluvo lunokwenzeka. Abahlobo badibana kwakhona kwaye kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva uMontcorgé wayephethe itshekhi ene-50% yexabiso lokuqhubeka neprojekthi.
"Intliziyo" yemodeli yesiNgesi yatshintshwa yi-injini ye-Chevrolet (efikelelekayo kwaye ... ehlala ixesha elide), i-Small Block V8 efikelelekayo ene-5.7 ilitha kunye ne-335 hp ehloniphekileyo. I-4 × 4 i-transmission kunye ne-chassis nayo kuya kufuneka ivele ngaphandle: i-Toyota Land Cruiser ngovuyo iyeka ukuhanjiswa kwayo okubandakanya i-gearbox ene-speed manual manual.
Ubhejo lokuthatha inxaxheba eDakar, eyona rali inzima emhlabeni, ngeRolls-Royce iya kuba yinto… ecalucalulo, njengoko ibingekuko nje injini kunye nothumelo olungaphumi kwiRolls-Royce, kodwa itshisi ye-tubular abadityaniswa nayo. iyilwe kwasekuqaleni ngokwenjongo. Kodwa umsebenzi womzimba kunye nangaphakathi, ubukhulu becala, wawusuka eCorniche.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Ukunqunyanyiswa okude kunye namatayara aphuma endleleni agqibe ikhithi ethi Thierry de Montcorgé efunekayo ukuze aqhube kakuhle eDakar. Itanki yamafutha eyoyikekayo enomthamo ongekho ngaphantsi kweelitha ezingama-330 yongeziwe.
Ukukhetha igama lomzekelo kwakulula: umxhasi oyintloko wale projekthi yayingu-stylist uChristian Dior owathi, ngendlela, wayesandula ukuqalisa umgca weziqholo ezibizwa ngokuba yi "Jules" kwaye leyo yayiligama elagqiba ukubhaptiza iRolls-Royce. .
Ngaba inokubambelela?
Kwafika ixesha lokuba lo matshini ujongane neDakar kwaye inyaniso… ihambe ngokumangalisayo. IRolls-Royce Jules ithe gqolo igqibezela kuluhlu lwama-20 kwaye iza kunyukela kwindawo ebalaseleyo ye-13 kugqatso xa ugqatso luphakathi.
Kodwa u-13 linani elingelishwa. Yonke into ibihamba kakuhle ukuba bekungengenxa yengxaki yokuqhuba (ikhefu kwenye yenkxaso) ngokulibazisa umqhubi ongumFrentshi, ingxaki ebeya kugqiba ukumkhupha kukhuphiswano, ngokufika emva kwemizuzu engama-20 eParc. Fermé kunye nokulungiswa ngaphandle kwexesha.
Ukungcakaza, nangona kunjalo, yayifikelela ekupheleni kweParis-Dakar kwiRolls-Royce - akukho mntu wayekhankanye nantoni na malunga nokufaneleka okanye hayi. Kwaye ke, uThierry de Montcorgé kunye noJean-Christophe Pelletier baqhubekile nogqatso, bejonge ukuwela umgca wokugqibela eDakar.
Kwiimoto ze-170 zangena kwi-1981 Paris-Dakar, kuphela i-40 yawela umgca wokugqibela kunye ne-Rolls-Royce Jules ezandleni zikaThierry de Montcorgé yayingomnye wabo.
I-Rolls-Royce Jules ayizange iphinde ikhuphisane, kodwa yayisoloko icelwa ukuba ibekho kwiminyhadala yeemoto kunye nemiboniso. Emva kokubuyiselwa, le "winner" yeNgesi enebali elihlekisayo kakhulu yathengiswa nge-200,000 €. Imbali ayisweleki.
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