THE I-Rolls-Royce Corniche , British, okunethezeka, enenjini engu-6.75 l V8, edonsa ngamasondo angemuva kanye no-gearbox ozishintshayo onamagiya amathathu. Isimo esihle seParis-Dakar, akunjalo? Hhayi ngezithunzi... Ngokwenganekwane, lo Rolls-Royce Jules wazalwa ngokubheja phakathi kwabangane, okwenziwe ngobunye balobo busuku wonke umuntu azi ukuthi buqala kanjani, kodwa akekho owaziyo ukuthi buphela kanjani...
Kuleso sidlo sakusihlwa, uJean-Christophe Pelletier, umnikazi weRolls-Royce Corniche, wakhononda kuThierry de Montcorgé, umngane wakhe nomshayeli oyimfundamakhwela, ngokuthi imoto yayihlala iphukile. Ebhekene nalokhu kubuka, u-Montorgé uhlongoze okungacatshangwa: “ake sibambe iqhaza e-Dakar nge-Rolls-Royce Corniche yakho!”. Lo mbono waxoxwa ubusuku bonke, kodwa wonke umuntu wayecabanga ukuthi umbono uzowela endleleni ngakusasa. Ayizange iwe...
Ngosuku olulandelayo, u-Thierry de Montcorgé waphinde wacabanga ngale ndaba futhi wathola ukuthi lowo mbono ungenzeka. Abangane baphinde bahlangana futhi ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili u-Montcorgé wayephethe isheke elinamaphesenti angu-50 yenani lokuqhubeka nomsebenzi.
"Inhliziyo" yemodeli yesiNgisi yathathelwa indawo injini yeChevrolet (ethengekayo futhi... ehlala isikhathi eside), i-Small Block V8 ethengekayo enamalitha angu-5.7 kanye ne-335 hp ehloniphekile. I-4 × 4 eshintshwayo kanye ne-chassis kuzomele ziqhamuke ngaphandle: iToyota Land Cruiser ikujabulele ukuyeka ukushintshwa kwayo okuhlanganisa no-gearbox onamagiya amane ashintshwayo.
Ukubheja ukubamba iqhaza e-Dakar, irali enzima kunawo wonke emhlabeni, nge-Rolls-Royce kungaba yinto... echemile, njengoba bekungekona nje kuphela ukuthi injini nokuhanjiswa bekungaveli ku-Rolls-Royce, kodwa ne-chassis yamashubhu ababexhunywe kuyo. yakhelwe kusukela ekuqaleni ngenjongo. Kodwa i-bodywork kanye nengaphakathi, ngezinga elikhulu, lalivela eCorniche.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ukumiswa okude kanye namathayi angekho emgwaqeni kuqedele ikhithi ka-Thierry de Montcorgé eyayidingeka ukuze enze kahle eDakar. Kwengezwe ithangi elibi likaphethiloli elinamandla angekho ngaphansi kwamalitha angama-330.
Ukukhetha igama lemodeli kwakulula: umxhasi oyinhloko wale phrojekthi kwakungu-stylist uChristian Dior, ngendlela, owayesanda kwethula ulayini wamakha abizwa ngokuthi "Jules" futhi lelo kwakuyigama elagcina libhaptize iRolls-Royce. .
Ingakwazi ukubambelela?
Kwase kuyisikhathi sokuba lo mshini ubhekane neDakar futhi iqiniso liwukuthi… uhambe kahle ngokumangalisayo. I-Rolls-Royce Jules ihlale iqede endaweni engu-20 ephezulu futhi izokhuphukela endaweni ye-13 enhle kakhulu lapho umjaho usumaphakathi.
Kodwa u-13 inombolo eneshwa. Konke bekuhamba kahle ukube bekungeyona inkinga yesiteringi (ukuphuka kwesinye sezisekelo) ngokubambezela umshayeli waseFrance, inkinga ebizogcina imkhiphe emqhudelwaneni, ngokufika sekudlule imizuzu engu-20 eParc. Fermé kanye nokulungisa kuphelelwe yisikhathi.
Nokho, ukugembula kwase kufinyelele ekupheleni Paris-Dakar e Rolls-Royce - akekho owayekhulume lutho mayelana nokufaneleka noma cha. Ngakho-ke, uThierry de Montcorgé noJean-Christophe Pelletier baqhubekile nomjaho, behlose ukuwela umugqa eDakar.
Ezimotweni ezingu-170 ezangena ngo-1981 eParis-Dakar, zingama-40 kuphela ezawela entanjeni kanye neRolls-Royce Jules ezandleni zikaThierry de Montcorgé kwakungenye yazo.
I-Rolls-Royce Jules ayizange iphinde iqhudelane, kodwa yayivame ukucelwa ukuba ibe khona emikhosini yezimoto kanye nemibukiso. Ngemva kokubuyiselwa, lo “mnqobi” wesiNgisi onendaba ehlekisayo wathengiswa nge-200,000€. Umlando awushodi.
Isimilo sendaba: qaphela ukubheja okufaka ezidlweni zakusihlwa zabangane.
