Igcwele ukufana ne-Prototype 5 elindele ukubuya kweRenault 5 - noma izoba ngenye indlela - i I-Renault 5 Turbo PPG kuwuphawu lwenkathi evele ikude yohlobo lweGallic.
Namuhla "bephethe ingalo" namaJapane ngendlela yeRenault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, kube nezikhathi lapho iRenault ifika khona ukuhambisana nemikhiqizo ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic, ngokuqondile ne-American Motors Corporation (AMC) - okuyinto futhi wayeneJeep.
I-Renault yayizoba umnikazi wamasheya omkhulu we-AMC ngo-1980 futhi yenyuse amasheya ayo afinyelele ku-49%, lapho ngemva kweminyaka yemiphumela engemihle, izogcina isidayisele i-Chrysler eyayizomunca i-AMC (kanye neJeep ebalulekile) ngo-1987.
ukukhetha okungajwayelekile
Kungalesi sikhathi, lapho kwaRenault bephethe i-AMC ngempumelelo, lapho kwazalwa khona amaphrojekthi afana nale Renault 5 Turbo PPG.
Igama le-PPG liqhamuke ku-PPG Industries, okuyinkampani ephethwe yimboni yamakhemikhali, eyayingumxhasi oyinhloko we-Indy Car World Series ngaleso sikhathi, eyayidume ngokucela ukusungulwa kwezinye zezimoto ezingasoze zalibaleka emlandweni.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngo-1982, i-PPG Industries yaphonsela inselelo i-AMC, GM, Ford kanye neChrysler ukuthi yenze iPace Car yesizini ka-1982 Indy Car World Series, futhi isixazululo esivezwe yi-AMC saholela endabeni esikutshela yona namuhla.
Esikhundleni sokubheja futhi ku-1980/81 AMC AMX PPG Pace Cars, i-AMC yanquma ukukhuthaza iRenault 5 encane (eyathengiswa e-US njenge-Le Car), inombono wesekela likamongameli wezomklamo ngaleso sikhathi e-AMC , Richard A. (Dick) Teague.
Ukufana phakathi kweRenault 5 Prototype kanye ne-5 Turbo PPG kudlula kakhulu umbala.
IRenault 5 (cishe) ngegama kuphela
Esebenzisa inkululeko yokudala ehlinzekwa yiqiniso lokuthi i-Renault 5 Turbo PPG iyimoto nje eyiPace, u-Richard A. Teague uye wanikeza amandla emcabangweni wakhe.
Okokuqala, wenza i-prototype yakhe yaba banzi futhi yaba phansi kune-5 Turbo II eyamkhuthaza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, igxile kakhulu ku-aerodynamics, ikunikeza imigqa e-angular encane kakhulu kunaleyo eyethulwa ngabakwaRenault 5s besimanje.
Ukungeza kulokhu nokwandisa "wow factor!" ovela kwaRenault 5 Turbo PPG, u-Richard A. Teague umnikeze “amaphiko e-seagull” aheha amehlo, okuyisixazululo ngaleso sikhathi esasidume kakhulu, ngokuhlonishwa kwe-DeLorean DMC-12 enikele ngezinye zezingxenye zomshini womnyango kule Renault 5 engavamile.
Ipendwe ngemibala yeRenault, igama lomkhiqizo nemodeli ibonakala kahle yonke indawo, namasondo acwebezelayo e-BBS afana nalawa asetshenziswa iRenault 5s egijima esigabeni se-IMSA GTU, le Pace Car bekunzima ukuthi ingabonwa.
Hlala eduze kwakho
Esahlukweni semishini, iRenault 5 Turbo PPG isebenzise injini ye-Cléon-Fonte enamasilinda amane e-Turbo eno-1.3 l no-160 hp ebonakale isendaweni emaphakathi ngemuva. Ukumiswa kwatholwa njengefa kwaRenault 5s eyayibambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni we-IMSA GTU ngo-1981.
Yafeza umsebenzi wayo njengemoto ehamba ngesivinini, iRenault 5 Turbo PPG yagcina igcinwe endaweni yokugcina izimpahla, ingenye yezimoto ezimbalwa zePace yangaleso sikhathi ezasinda. Ithengwe ngamadola ayizinkulungwane ezingama-50 (cishe ama-euro ayizinkulungwane ezingama-41) ngabakwaSunspeed (abanikazi beqoqo leMadison-Zamperini), leli lagcina selidayiselwe uTeo Mártin waseSpain.
Lena bekungeke kube ngeyekugcina iPace Car ekhiqizwe ngabakwaRenault bePPG Industries, njengoba bephinde bazalwa iRenault 5 Aero Wedge Turbo kanye neRenault Alpine, kodwa indaba yabo ingeyolunye usuku.