Kwakungamashumi amahlanu eminyaka eyadlulayo apho uMercedes-Benz waqala wazisa iintatheli kwiziko labo elitsha lovavanyo e-Untertürkheim, eStuttgart.
Sasiphakathi kwiminyaka ye-50. Uluhlu lweemodeli zeMercedes-Benz zandiswe ukusuka kwiimoto eziphezulu ze-volume ezintathu ukuya kwiibhasi, ezidlula kwiiveni kwaye ziphela nge-Unimog yezithuthi ezininzi.
Uluhlu lweemodeli eziqhubekayo zikhula ekuphenduleni imfuno ekhulayo. Nangona kunjalo, yayingenayo ithrekhi yokuvavanya kufuphi nemigca yemveliso eya kuvumela ukuvavanya ukuziphatha kweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zezithuthi kwi-portfolio ye-Mercedes-Benz.
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Kulo mba, uFritz Nallinger, intloko yophuhliso e-Daimler-Benz AG, ucebise ukudala umkhondo wokuvavanya okufutshane nesityalo sase-Untertürkheim e-Stuttgart.Ingcamango yanikwa ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukuqhubela phambili kwaye yavelisa, kwi-1957, kwinqanaba lokuqala kunye nomzila wovavanyo lwesetyhula kunye neendawo ezahlukeneyo - i-asphalt, ikhonkrithi, i-basalt, phakathi kwabanye. Kodwa ngokukhawuleza kwacaca ukuba lo mzila wawungonelanga "kwiimfuno zovavanyo lwentengiso kunye nabakhweli".
Zonke iindlela zikhokelela eStuttgart
Kule minyaka ili-10 ilandelayo, iMercedes-Benz iqhubekile nokusebenza nzima ekwandiseni nasekuphuculweni kwezi ndawo, apho iinjineli zavavanya ngokufihlakeleyo iimodeli zemveliso yeprototype.
Kwandula ke, ngowe-1967, iziko lovavanyo elihlaziyiweyo leMercedes-Benz ekugqibeleni laziswa, inkcaso engaphezulu kwe-15 km ubude.
Ukugqwesa okukhulu ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kwakuyindlela yokuvavanya isantya esiphezulu (kumfanekiso ogqanyisiweyo), kunye neemitha ze-3018 kunye namagophe ane-90 degrees of inclination. Apha, kwakunokwenzeka ukufikelela kwisantya ukuya kwi-200 km / h - leyo, ngokutsho kwe-brand, yayiphantse "ingenakunyamezelwa ngokwenyama kubantu" - kwaye ugobe ngaphandle kokubeka izandla zakho kwivili lokuqhuba, kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zeemodeli.
Inxalenye eyimfuneko yovavanyo lonyamezelo yayilicandelo elithi "Heide", elaliphindaphinda amacandelo emeko embi yeLüneburg Heath road ukusuka ngoo-1950 kumantla eJamani. Imimoya emandla esecaleni, iinguqu kwicala, imingxuma endleleni… nantoni na onokuyicinga.
Ukusukela ngoko, iziko lovavanyo e-Untertürkheim lenziwe langoku kunye namaxesha aneendawo ezintsha zovavanyo. Elinye licandelo elinomgangatho ophantsi wengxolo ebizwa ngokuba yi "whisper asphalt", ilungele ukulinganisa amanqanaba engxolo aqhubekayo.