Ngizokutshela mayelana nemoto, ngenxa yokuqina kwayo, ukuklama nokuqamba okusha, ifanelwe indawo ku-"Olimpo dos Automóveis". Ngiyakhuluma - njengoba usuqagele ezithombeni… - ze I-Mercedes-Benz 190 (W201).
Mangisho ukuthi noma nini uma ngibona iMercedes-Benz 190 ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi iwumphumela wesiphambano esiyimpumelelo phakathi kukasofa wegumbi lokuphumula elijwayelekile, imoto, ithangi kanye newashi laseSwitzerland. Kimina kwakusuka kule mishmash lapho i-W201 yazalwa. Uma ukudalelwa kuvuma, kuzoba yile nguqulo engizoyidlulisela kubazukulu bami iminyaka eminingi ezayo "kwake kwaba khona usofa, ithangi..." - ngamafuphi, izingane ezimpofu.
Ngingabheja nawe ukuthi uma lolo suku lufika kusazoba namaMercedes-Benz 190 amaningi emigwaqweni yethu… sigqekeza! Inganekwane ithi - igqugquzelwa izizwe ezahlukahlukene zabashayeli bamatekisi abagcwele izwe lethu… - ukuthi i-190s isanda kwenza uhambo olungaphezu kwamakhilomitha ayisigidi. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, enkingeni!
Kepha ngaphezu kwenguqulo yami yendaba, kukhona enye engakholeleki kangako (Yebo…). Inguqulo ethi iMercedes-Benz 190 ingumphumela weminyaka eminingana yocwaningo kanye nocwaningo olunzulu lomkhiqizo waseJalimane. Ngokwale nguqulo, u-1976 kwaba unyaka lapho "usomandla" i-Mercedes-Benz yaqala ukubheka ngokukhathazeka inkampani eyayifuna ukunethezeka ebizwa ngokuthi i-BMW.
Lokhu kukhathazeka kwakunegama: E21. Noma uma uthanda, i-BMW 3 Series. Indawo yokucwala izinwele eyayigcina zonke izimfanelo zezimoto zikanokusho zengxenye engenhla, kodwa enobukhulu obukalwe kakhudlwana. Futhi yini eyamangaza i-Mercedes lapho ithola ukuthi imakethe yamukela ngisho nokukhokha (futhi kahle!) Imoto enalezi zici: ezincane kodwa ngokulinganayo. Kwathusa kakhulu ukugwetshwa kwabakwaMercedes-Benz. Phela, akuwona wonke umuntu owayefuna "i-salon enezinjongo eziningi" enamasondo. Okuthile okuncane kodwa okuhle ngokulinganayo kungenza.
Yingakho phakathi kuka-1976 no-1982 uhlobo lwamaJalimane aluzange lume ubusuku nemini, ngenkathi lungakaphothuli ukuphendula izimbangi zayo zakwaBMW. Ngo-1983, i-counterattack ekugcineni yethulwa: iMercedes-Benz 190 W201 yazalwa.
Leyo eyayibizwa ngokuthi “baby-mercedes” ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuyimoto okwathi, naphezu kokubukeka kwayo ngendlela evamile, eyayinenguquko ngesikhathi sayo. I-190 imele ukushintsha okuphelele kwe-paradigm yomkhiqizo wenkanyezi. BekuyiMercedes-Benz yokuqala ukukhipha ubukhulu be-XXL; ukungasebenzisi kakhulu i-chrome kuwo wonke umsebenzi womzimba; kanye nokusungula ulimi olusha lwesitayela.
Kuphinde kwaba yimoto yokuqala kulesi sigaba ukufaka i-multilink suspension kwi-axle yangemuva, kanye neMercedes yokuqala ukusebenzisa iMcPherson suspension ngaphambili. Lokhu kukodwa kusho lukhulu ngokuzibophezela komkhiqizo ekudaleni okuthile okusha. Futhi ifinyelele lokhu ngaphandle kokuncinza amanani aqondisa umkhiqizo ngeminyaka yawo-1980: induduzo, ukwethembeka, isiko nesithombe.
Engxenyeni yemishini, kwakukhona izinjini eziningana ezazihlala ku-hood ye-W201 phakathi neminyaka engu-11 isebenza. Kusukela ku-2000 cc Diesel 75hp ophile kakhudlwana owanyakazisa amatekisi amaningi azungeza e-Lisbon, kuya enjinini kaphethiloli enamandla kakhulu engu-2300 cc elungiswe yi-Cosworth (injini yokuqala yohlobo lwe-16-valve). Uma manje usuvele ucabanga ukuthi ngikhohliwe ngezinguqulo ze-Evo I, Evo II kanye ne-3.2 AMG, yilokho-ke, sengibalulile.
Naphezu komehluko ekusebenzeni, zonke izinjini zine-dinominator efanayo: ukuthembeka kokuvikela izinhlamvu. Ngaphakathi, umoya wawuyiMercedes-Benz. Izinto ezisezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, ezihlala zihambisana nokuqina okujwayelekile kwesiJalimane ekuhlanganiseni nemininingwane. Inkambu lapho i-190 ishiye okuthile okufanele ifuneke kwaku-ergonomics. Isondo lokuqondisa lalinobukhulu obufanela iphini lomkhumbi, futhi isikhala ngemuva sasingesikhulu.
Emkhakheni oguquguqukayo, naphezu kwabo bonke ubuchwepheshe obusetshenziswa ekuthuthukiseni ukumiswa kanye ne-chassis (kwakungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi uMercedes asebenzise izinhlelo zekhompiyutha), akukho okuningi okungalindelwa ku-saloon yomndeni kusukela kuma-80s. evamile usuku nosuku. izicelo, kodwa azikho izigigaba zomgwaqo omkhulu wezintaba. Isiteringi esinesivinini esiphansi kakhulu, kuhlangene nesidonsa ngamasondo angemuva nezilengisiwe ezenzelwe ukugibela kwantambama, akubanga izimanga.
Ngokuyisisekelo, iMercedes-Benz yayithobekile impela lapho iklama i-W201, babefuna nje ukuthi ibengcono kakhulu kulokho okwakufanele kube kuhle ngempela: ukunethezeka, ukwethembeka, isithombe kanye nokusha. Kwaphumelela. Okungenani yilokho okushiwo amayunithi ayizigidi ezintathu.