Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule kwaVolkswagen baveze isithombe sokuqala semoto abahlose ukubamba iqhaza ngaso kwiPikes Peak International Hill Climb ezayo. Ngokubukeka kwayo nje, ibonakala ishesha kakhulu. Ukuthuthukiswa okuhlanganyelwe neVolkswagen Motorsport kwenzeka enkampanini engumzali eWolfsburg ukuzama inhlanhla emjahweni oyingqopha-mlando wokuya emafini. Umgomo uwukufinyelela irekhodi “eliluhlaza,” okungukuthi, ukuqeda ukukhuphuka kwentaba ngaphansi kuka 8imizuzu57,118s , isikhathi esenziwe ngu-Rhys Millen ku-eO PP100 yakhe, kanye nogesi ongu-100%, ngonyaka odlule.
Mhlawumbe wawungakazalwa ngesikhathi iVolkswagen iqala ePikes Peak, kwakungu-1985. Kungawo lowo nyaka lapho lo mkhiqizo wethula khona iVolkswagen Golf MK2. Kodwa njengoba ungase uqagele, bekungeyona nje igalofu - bekuyi- Igalofu BiMotor . Amamotho amabili, eyodwa ku-eksisi ngayinye. Cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule…
Yavela kanjani igalofu enenjini ezimbili?
Ngo-1983, unyaka omuhle ngoba kwakuwunyaka engazalelwa kuwo, kwaVolkswagen banquma ukufaka izinjini ezimbili kwiScirocco ukuze bangenele umjaho kaGroup B. Ngaphezu kokuthuthukisa ukusatshalaliswa kwesisindo, izinjini ezimbili ezingu-1.8 litre, ezifisa ngokwemvelo kanye ne-180 hp ngayinye, zinikeze amandla aphelele angu-360 hp. Inhloso bekuwukuba ishesha njengemoto yesithenjwa yangaleso sikhathi, i-Audi Quattro.
Okwakuhlaba umxhwele ngeGroup B nakho kwaba yinhlekelele, amandla ayihaba ayesho izingozi ezivamile, ngezinye izikhathi ezibulalayo, eziholele ekushabalaleni kwayo ngo-1986. Ngale ndlela, iVolkswagen yawubeka eceleni umsebenzi wenjini engamawele iScirocco.
Nokho, umqondo wawusuthuthuke kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi futhi wasetshenziswa kabi ukuze uchitheke. Kungakho, ngo-1985, lo mkhiqizo wathatha ulwazi kanye nesipiliyoni ebisivele sinalo kwaScirocco wasisebenzisa kuGalofu. Inhloso: Yakha imoto ekwazi ukunqoba iPikes Peak. Ngokukhuphuka okukodwa, uma kuhambe kahle, ukusakazwa okufanayo kwabezindaba kwenkathi yonke ye-rally kwakungenzeka.
Ngakho, ngalowo nyaka i-Golf BiMotor yayisilungele umqansa oyinganekwane. Onogada abaluliwe abaqapha udaka, ingemuva elinohlaka oluncane lweshubhu kanye nezinjini ezimbili ezilungiselelwe i-Oettinger, manje ezino-195 hp iyinye. Iphelele ngu-390 hp kanti kungenzeka ukuthi ifinyelele ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-4.3 kuphela. Kodwa-ke, izinjini ezishisekelayo ngokwemvelo zazingenawo “amaphaphu” adingekayo ukuze akwazi ukusingatha umoya omncane wokuphakama okungamamitha angu-4000.
ukugcizelela komkhiqizo
Ngo-1986, uhlobo lwaseJalimane lwabuya nemoto ebuyekeziwe. Izinjini ezishibhile ngokwemvelo zathathelwa indawo amayunithi ashajwe kakhulu, akulungele kangcono ukubhekana nobude obuphakeme, zamukela izinjini ezimbili ezinama-turbocharged angu-1.3 litres ziphuma kwiPolo futhi zinama-250 hp iyinye. Bathathe indawo yesi-4, bengakwazi ukuhambisana ne-Audi Sport Quattro S1 edle umhlanganiso.Ingafuni ukuyeka, ngonyaka olandelayo, ngo-1987, iVolkswagen yabuya ne-radical iteration ye-Golf BiMotor. KweGolf bekungekuningi. Kwakungeyona into engaphezu kwe-silhouette efakwe ku-chassis ye-tubular. Izinjini manje zase zifakwe ngobude, futhi zaba amabhulokhi amabili angu-1.8, ane-16v four-cylinder turbo, ngayinye ino-326 hp, isamba esingu-652 hp. . Wanweba imoto wafaka amasondo amakhudlwana namasondo. Sekukonke, ngisho nangezinjini ezimbili, isisindo semoto sasiyi-1020 kg.
Kubikwa ukuthi i-VW Golf BiMotor kulokhu, ngo-1987, yayihola iziqeqeshela ukukhuphuka iPikes Peak, kodwa ngeshwa izogcina inezinkinga ngaphambi kokufika esicongweni, yawuyeka umjaho.
I-Volkswagen Golf BiMotor isekhona, ikwimnyuziyamu yomkhiqizo e-Wolfsburg, kodwa kulokhu iVolkswagen inomunye umlingiswa oyinhloko okufanele bamyise e-Pikes Peak.
Iyini i-Pikes Peak?
I-Pikes Peak International Hill Climb ingenye yemicimbi yomjaho edume kakhulu ehlelwa minyaka yonke. Umsuka uhlehlela emuva ku-1916, unyaka umjaho wokuqala owahlelwa ngawo e-Rocky Mountains eduze kwaseColorado Springs.
Inhloso?
Hamba cishe amakhilomitha angama-20 womqansa, cishe namajika angu-156 ukuya endaweni ephakeme kakhulu, endaweni engamamitha angu-4300 ukuphakama. Ukubamba iqhaza ku-Pikes Peak kubonakala njengendlela yokubonisa amandla ezobuchwepheshe nokuthuthukisa izinhlelo ngaphandle kwemingcele yokulawula.irekhodi eliphelele
U-Sébastien Loeb ugcina irekhodi eliqinisekile ngemva kokuqeda umqansa 8imizuzu 13.878s ngo-2013, nge Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak.
Kodwa uma iVolkswagen ingenalo irekhodi elihle kuPikes Peak, udadewabo u-Audi akasenjalo. Ngawo-1980, i-Audi yawina izinhlelo ezinhlanu kweziyishumi ezazibanjwe kuleyo minyaka eyishumi. Ngo-1987, uWalter Röhrl esondweni le-Audi Sport Quattro E2, efakwe injini engu-2.1 litre eyi-five-cylinder ene-turbo futhi kubikwa ukuthi icishe ibe ngu-1000 hp, waphatha isikhathi I-10min 47.850s.
Ingabe kulapho iVolkswagen ithola khona izikhathi zenkazimulo ePikes Peak?
