Iqela le-Citroën World Rally. Yasekwa ngo-1998, iqela laseFransi laseCitroën lelinye lawona maqela ahlonitshwayo kwiWorld Rally Paddock. Ingxelo yakhe iyazithethela: Izihloko zabaqhubi behlabathi ezili-9, izihloko ezisi-8 zehlabathi kunye noloyiso lulonke oluyi-98. Oku kuphela kwi-WRC.
Kodwa phambi kokusekwa kweQela le-Citroën World Rally Team, uphawu lwaseFransi lwalusele luzamile ithamsanqa lalo kwiWorld Rally Championship ngaphandle kodumo okanye uzuko. Eli nqaku limalunga naloo mkhosi womnqamlezo. I-crusade eyayine-Citroën BX 4TC njengeyona "i-Achilles heel" yayo.
Kwi "golden age" yeQela B
Nangona kwiminyaka emibini kamva, iQela A (Lancia Delta HF Integral 16V; Celica GT-Four; Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, njl.njl.) lalikhawuleza ngendlela engenakuthelekiswa nanto kuneQela B, inyaniso kukuba xa sibiza ixesha elidlulileyo, liQela B. eziqhubeka ukuzalisa intelekelelo yethu.
Xa kuziwa kwiimoto ze-visceral rally, ezinamandla, ezoyikeka, ezingenakunqandwa, ezibukhali - kakuhle, izichazi ezaneleyo ... - amagama athi avele athi qatha engqondweni yam ngala: Audi Quattro, Lancia Delta S4, Peugeot 205 T16 kunye neFord RS200.
Kuphakathi koku kudityaniswa kwezilo ezingcwele apho kuvela iCitroën BX 4TC Evolution. Yayingunyaka wamasikizi ka-1986, omnye weyona mibi kakhulu kwiWorld Rally Championship ngenxa yezizathu esele sizichazile apha nesinye sezona zahluko zilusizi nezona zibalulekileyo ePortugal.
Kwakusencotsheni yamandla eQela B apho uCitroën wajoyina iWorld Rally Championship. Njengo-Audi, uCitroën naye wagqiba ekubeni akhethe imodeli ene-injini yangaphambili, ngexesha apho i-Mid-injini yeQela B yayiqala ukubonisa iimpawu zolawulo.
Isinyathelo esilandelayo siya kuba nguGrupo S, kodwa ukufa kukaHenri Toivonen kunye nomqhubi osebenza naye uSergio Cresto baphelise olu didi nangaphambi kokuqala kwabo.
Njengoko unokuthelekelela, ngelo xesha, olu lungelelwaniso lunyanzelise ukuba injini ibekwe kwindawo ephezulu kakhulu ngokunxulumene ne-asi yangaphambili, ukuze inkqubo yokuqhuba ngamavili onke ikwazi ukubonelelwa. Oku kusasazwa kobunzima kuye kwabulala kwi-Citroën BX 4TC Evolution…
Ngokungathi oko akwanelanga, i-Citroën BX 4TC Evolution nayo yayinzima kwaye ingenawo amandla. Imodeli yaseFransi isebenzise injini ye-2.4 litre ye-Simca-Chrysler ye-valve eyi-8-valve, ekwazi ukuhambisa ngaphezu kwe-380 hp yamandla. Amanani asilele kakhulu kukhuphiswano.
Ubunzima nabo babuphezulu. Yayingaphezulu kakhulu kowona mqobo uphantsi ubekwe yimigaqo yeQela B.
Lilonke, i-Citroën BX 4TC Evolution yayine-chassis engalinganiyo kwaye inzima, kunye ne-injini yakudala, enamandla aphantsi. Mhlawumbi yiloo nto i-Citroën BX 4TC Evolution ifolile kuphela kwiindibano zaseMonte Carlo, eSweden naseAcropolis.
Kwezi, esona siphumo singcono ibe yindawo yesithandathu kwiRally Sweden, eqhutywa nguJean-Claude Andruet.
Ukuthotywa kulo lonke, uphawu lwesiFrentshi lunokwenza okuncinci okanye akukho nto ebusweni beprojekthi yokuzalwa kakubi. Ngethamsanqa le-Citroën, iQela B liye layekiswa kwisizini ka-1987 kwaye i-BX 4TC Evolution yalityalwa kwangoko…okanye phantse.
Inguqulelo ye-homologation emangalisayo
Njengoko usazi, ngelo xesha, iibrendi zazifuneka ukuba zivelise ubuncinci beemoto ezingama-200 ukuze zikwazi ukwenza imodeli yazo kwiWorld Rally Championship. I-Citroën BX 4TC yayingenjalo.
Ngokubhekiselele kubuhle, inkangeleko yayo echulumancisayo yayithembisa intsebenzo encomekayo. Kwakungenjalo, nangona inkangeleko yemfazwe inzima; phantsi kwebhonethi sifumene Simca-Chrysler efanayo 2.4 ilitha 8 ivalve injini, ngoku nje 200 hp amandla kunye 294 Nm torque eliphezulu.
Sekunjalo, amanani awazange abe neentloni nabani na: 7.1 sec. ukusuka ku-0-100 km/h kunye ne-220 km/h isantya esiphezulu.
Kwiiyunithi ezingama-200 ezabona ukukhanya kwelanga ngowe-1988, ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha zathengiswa. Ngoku kuza elona candelo linika umdla… UCitroën wagqiba kwelokuba ayirhoxise iprojekthi aze azame ukuphinda athenge iiyunithi ezithengisiweyo ngeli xesha, kuqikelelwa ukuba ixabiso eliphindwe kabini.
Uninzi lweeCitroën BX 4TCs zatshatyalaliswa, kodwa kukholelwa ukuba kusekho iiyunithi ezingama-40 ezandleni zabucala. Ngamanye amazwi, namhlanje baxabisa intywenka yemali.
Ngokubhekiselele kuthi, sicinga ukuba i-Citroën BX 4TC yimodeli enomdla. Ixesha limenzele okulungileyo. Lingqina eliphilayo lexesha apho kwakusekho uthando kunye msulwa kwimidlalo yeemoto. Ukususela kobo bumsulwa i-BX 4TC yazalwa.
Isenokungabi (ngokuqinisekileyo ayinguye…) oyena matshini ukhumbulekayo ngexesha layo, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo uyakhumbuleka ngendlela yawo.
Swayipa igalari yemifanekiso yeCitroën BX 4TC:
Ukusuka ecaleni, kunjalo.