Ngemva kweVolvo eyazalwa i-Citroën, sikhumbula indaba yezingane eziyinyumba ze-AMG. Njengoba wazi, i-AMG yazalwa njengomqeqeshi ozimele we-Mercedes-Benz - siphinde sabhekana nomlando wokuqalwa kwe-AMG.
Kwaba ngo-1990 kuphela, futhi ngemva kweminyaka eminingana yokuqomisana, lapho umshado phakathi kwe-AMG ne-Mercedes wagcina uphelile, waphetha ngokuthengwa kwenhloko-dolobha enkulu ye-AMG nguDaimler, ngaleyo ndlela kwasungulwa iqembu esilazi namuhla: iMercedes-AMG GmbH.
Kodwa-ke, uyazi ukuthi kunjani ukuphola kwentsha… I-AMG ayikwazanga ukumelana nezintelezi zobuhle baseJapan futhi yanikeza ubudlelwano “nokugwazwa” ngaphambi kokuqeda umshado.
Ubuhle baseJapan kwakunguMitsubishi. Lokho uma kubhekwa isidingo esikhulu samasaluni anamandla emakethe, okuqhutshwa ukukhula komnotho okukhulu okwatholwa yi-Japan ngeminyaka yawo-1980, kwacela i-AMG ukuthi ilungiselele izinhlobo zayo ezimbili. UDebonair owesabekayo kanye neGalant edabukisayo. Umphumela yilokho ongakubona ezithombeni.
Mayelana ne-Debonair «crate» sinolwazi oluncane. Siyazi ukuthi kwaba phezulu uhla uhlobo Japanese futhi ifakwe 3000 cm3 V6 injini, eyakhiqiza 167 hp. Idrayivu yalethwa emasondweni angaphambili futhi inesisindo esingu-1620 kg. Kungenxa yaso sonke lesi sisindo, nokuthi iwuhlobo oludonsa ngamasondo angaphambili, i-AMG ayizange iyithintile ngisho injini.
Ngakho-ke i-AMG yenza okungaphezu kokuboleka iDebonair enye ye-aura yayo yezemidlalo. Umphumela waba yilokho ongakubona ezithombeni. Ibhokisi elino-chassis elithi:
Bheka mina ngiyi-AMG!
Enye indodana engekho emthethweni ye-AMG eneMitsubishi, kwakunguGalant AMG, owazalwa ngo-1989. Kulo modeli, umsebenzi womkhiqizo waseJalimane wawungewona nje ubuhle. Ngenhlanhla, u-Galant "wadonsa" eduze noyise, futhi umphumela wawuthakazelisa kakhulu.
I-AMG ithathe iGalant GSR bayijova ngolwazi namava ayo, bakhulisa amandla enjini engu-2.0l DOHC 4-cylinder isuka ku-138 hp iye emandleni agqamile angu-168 hp. Iresiphi yayiyilokho esasivele sikwazi kwamanye amamodeli: ama-camshafts amasha, ama-piston alula, ama-valve e-titanium neziphethu, i-exhaust ephezulu yokusebenza kanye nokudla okuthuthukisiwe.
U-gearbox odonsa ngamagiya amahlanu amagiya awo aba mafishane kwathi i-asi yangaphambili yathola umehluko ozikhiyayo. Amabhuleki nama-suspension awakakhohliwe futhi alungiswe ngamayunithi anekhono ukuze kugcinwe izinto zilawulwa.
Ngaphakathi, kwasetshenziswa yonke into eyayitholakala ngaleso sikhathi. Umsakazo one-CD nesidlali sekhasethi, ikhompuyutha esebhodini, isiphephetha-moya esizishintshayo, upholstery wesikhumba kanye nokuhambisana ne-AMG nhlangothi zonke.
Lobu budlelwano nabakwaMitsubishi mhlawumbe yibo obenze iMercedes yavuka ngenani i-AMG ebisivele inalo. Futhi ngo-1990, mhlawumbe eshukunyiswa umona, uMercedes wayefuna ngempela ukuqeda umshado esasikhuluma ngawo ekuqaleni.
Namuhla ukugibela enye yalezi Mitsubishi ezimbili kumele kube yinto ekhungathekisayo. Kuzo zonke izindawo lapho uya khona, kufanele uzwe imilomo enjengokuthi “buka loya mfethu, ucabanga ukuthi uneMercedes”. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi akunjalo. Bayizingane zangaphandle ze-AMG, futhi “izelamani” iMercedes-AMG engafuni ukuzithwala.