Uma ungakaze uzwe nge-ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport) ungakhathazeki, okuhlukile kuyobe kuyivelakancane.
Le ndaba iqala ngaphambi kokuthi kudalwe i-ATS. Sibuyela emuva osukwini lapho u-Enzo Ferrari abhekana nemiphumela yokuba nentukuthelo embi: usuku alahlekelwa ngalo ingxenye ebalulekile yeqembu lakhe. U-Enzo, ongadingi singeniso, wayenobuntu obuqinile. Lowo mlingiswa usefake iFerrari ezingeni elingafinyeleleki, iphupho lanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwemoto. Kodwa-ke, wakhashelwa ukuma kwakhe okunolaka nokunolaka futhi ngemva kwezixwayiso eziningi ezivela kulabo ababemzungezile, waphusha iqembu lakhe lafinyelela umkhawulo.
Ngo-1961, kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "I-Palace Revolt", uCarlo Chiti noGiotto Bizzarrini, phakathi kwabanye, bashiya inkampani futhi bavala iminyango yabo ku-Enzo. Abaningi babecabanga ukuthi lokho kwakuyoba ukuphela kweFerrari, eyayisanda kulahlekelwa nguNjiniyela Omkhulu kanye nomuntu obhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto zokuncintisana, kanye nayo yonke iScuderia Serenissima. Laba bekuyilabo “kuphela” abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokuthuthukiswa kwe-Ferrari 250 GTO, futhi i-ATS yeza ngaphambi kokuba leli qembu lisungule i-Autodelta futhi laklama i-Lamborghini V12… into encane.
Isanda kuphuma i-Ferrari, le nqwaba yezingqondo ze-motorsport ihlangene ukuze yakhe i-Automobili Turismo ne-Sport SpA (ATS). Inhloso yayicacile: ukubhekana neFerrari emgwaqeni nangaphakathi kwesekhethi. Kwakubonakala kulula, abachithanga sikhathi base benza umsebenzi beqiniseka ukuthi bazogqama. Umphumela? I-ATS yasungulwa ngo-1963 futhi yahlala…iminyaka emibili.
Ukwakha izimoto kukodwa kuyinkimbinkimbi, hhayi nje ngenxa yengxenye yezobuchwepheshe nezobuchwepheshe edingekayo, kodwa nangenxa yomthamo wezimboni oqinisekiswa yizimali. Ibhekene ne-Ferrari futhi ihlose izinga elifanayo nelincane ongalifinyelela, lalinesibindi futhi lalinesibindi. Mhlawumbe ngenxa yobuhlakani obuningi, ukuthi kungakanani ababekuqonda ngezimoto kwakungalingani nokuthi kuncane kangakanani noma akukho abakuqondayo ngabaphathi. I-ATS yavala iminyango ngo-1965 futhi ngemuva kwayo kwakukhona imodeli yenganekwane, yobuhle obungavamile futhi egcwele izinhloso ezinhle - i-ATS 2500 GT.
Abantu abawubukhazikhazi babuthene kulo msebenzi, bonke sebelungele ukubhekana neFerrari kule mpi. Ngaphandle kokubhekisa futhi eqenjini okukhulunywe ngalo ngenhla labahlanganyeli bangaphambili beFerrari, osozimboni abathathu babeyimbangela yoxhaso lwezimali, omunye wabo engumsunguli we-Scuderia Serenissima - Count Giovanni Volpi, indlalifa yengcebo enkulu uyise, umuntu obalulekile waseVenice, ayenayo. wamshiya. Mayelana nomklamo ka-chassis, akekho omunye ngaphandle kuka-Bertone Franco Scaglione wangaphambili, ophethe ukuzala izindawo ezimbili zamaphupho.
Inhloso yokwakha imoto ezoba ngumpetha emgwaqeni yayinhle ngokungaphezi ukuba yiphupho. I-ATS 2500 GT yethulwa embukisweni wezimoto i-Geneva Motor Show ngo-1963, yayine-245 hp ekhishwe ku-2.5 V8 yafinyelela ku-257 km/h. Lezi zinombolo, ezihlaba umxhwele ngaleso sikhathi, zaba ngcono nakakhulu lapho uhlobo lumemezela ukuthi lena kuzoba imoto yokuqala yase-Italy enenjini ephakathi.
Izinkinga zezimali zazihlupha ifekthri ye-ATS nsuku zonke futhi kwaba yizindleko ezinkulu ukuthi amakhophi angu-12 ashiye izakhiwo, naphezu kokuba angu-8 kuphela ayeseqediwe. I-2500 GT yayiyimoto ngaphambi kwesikhathi sayo, entsha, eyayizoba imoto enhle kakhulu.
Ngenkathi i-2500 GT igijima emhlabeni wonke ifuna abathengi, uhlobo lwanquma ukungena kuFormula 1. Imodeli bekuyi-Type 100 futhi ifakwe i-1.5 V8 - i-chassis bekuyikhophi yeFerrari 156. Umpetha ka-1961 uPhil. Hill kanye nozakwabo uGiancarlo Baghetti. Empeleni, kwakuyimoto enenjini entsha, i-Ferrari chassis yona iFerrari ngokwayo eyayingasafuni, ishayelwa owayengumpetha - lalibukeka njengeqembu lezwe lesithathu elingahlelekile futhi lisekelwa usozimali ongusozigidi owayengazi okuncane noma engazi lutho ngokugijima, wayefuna ukuchitha imali nje.
Ukubheka emuva nokuhlola kulula, kodwa kusivumela ukuthi sibone ukuthi uma umkhiqizo usuvele unezinkinga, ngokungena ku-F1 - okulethe ukuhoxiswa kuphela futhi akukho ukunqoba - bekungavunyelwe ngokuphelele. Ukudlula okuyizinxushunxushu ku-F1 konakalisa amathuba okwenza noma iyiphi iphrojekthi nokuthatha umthwalo wezezimali - I-ATS yayinesiphetho esisodwa kuphela: ukuqothuka.
Namuhla, ukukhanya kubonakala ekupheleni komhubhe wenkampani encane yokwakha yase-Italy ngokubonakala kwezithombe zalokho okuthiwa ikusasa le-2500 GT. Singabona imodeli ethembisa ukulandela imihlahlandlela eyandulelayo - elula, emisha nesitayela. Ngokuqondene “nemininingwane”, kuhle… lapho bebona kuqala bayakhathazeka: i-optics ayiyona into exakile…ah! ngqo, ziyafana neFerrari California. Kusakhanya, siya ngemuva ukuze sibone ukuthi...impela! Futhi kunenye isethi yama-optics ajwayeleke kakhulu ukukhumbula okuncane kwalokho uFerrari esinikeze khona ngokuhamba kwesikhathi…
Manje njengoba ngicabanga ngakho, ngiyazibuza: ingabe leli ihlaya elibi?
Ukubheka izici zobuchwepheshe kungenze ngime kokubili: 0-100 km/h i-sprint kanye ne-transmission. Intokozo yokuqala - okungenani uma uyibona - imizuzwana engu-3.3. Okwesibili ingxube yokungathembani, imizwelo nokungathembi futhi: “ibhukwana lejubane eliyisithupha”.
Manje, ngiyazi ukuthi i-purist yeqiniso iyawuthanda umqondo wokushayela i-V8 ene-500+hp emasondweni angemuva ngokuphelele. Ngiyavuma ukuthi nami ngiyayithanda, nakuba ngiya ngokuya ngizinikela kuma-ATM. Kodwa-ke, angingabazi ukubuza ukuthi kungani bekungelona ibhokisi lakamuva - noma ngabe belikopisha kwaFerrari, izinduna ze-ATS, phela bekungenye nje "into engekho"…
Isikhathi ngokuqinisekile sizokwembula okwengeziwe ngale modeli. I-ATS 2500 GT elandelayo ingase ibe insangu nje, ngokuhambisana ne-mirage eseduze eyayingamanduleli wayo. Kungalezi zikhathi lapho imikhiqizo efana ne-ATS, njengoba ngishilo, ingabona ukukhanya ekugcineni komhubhe. Ngethemba ukuthi akusona isitimela esihambayo ngokuphambene.
