Cha, akulona uhlobo oluthile lwemfihlo yokuqala yesizukulwane se-Audi TT noma i-Audi quattro. Sikhuluma ngemoto “encane” “engemuva”, esithombeni esigqanyisiwe.
Inamandla, iyashesha, kodwa futhi iyingozi: yileyo ndlela izimoto ze-rally ze-Group B zingachazwa ngamagama ambalwa. Futhi uma lezi zazivele ziyi-"Formula 1 yemigwaqo" yangempela, ngo-1987 kwahlelwa ukuqala kweQembu S, a class ukuthi ihlanganise izinguqulo ezinamandla nakakhulu. Kodwa isizini yango-1986 eyayinezingozi ezimbi kakhulu - enye yazo khona lapha ePortugal - yaholela ekupheleni kweQembu B kanye nokuhoxiswa kweQembu S.
Kanjalo, bekunamamodeli wokuncintisana amaningana athuthukiswe amabhrendi angakaze abone “ukukhanya kosuku”, kodwa kukhona eyodwa ikakhulukazi okuye kwaheha ukunaka kwabathandi bezimoto, nangale kwalokho.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwayo kwakuphethe unjiniyela odumile u-Roland Gumpert, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumqondisi we-Audi Sport - futhi kamuva owayezothola uhlobo oluqanjwe ngaye. Ngokusekelwe emlandweni we-Audi quattro, imoto yezemidlalo yokuqala emhlabeni ukuhlanganisa idrayivu ngamasondo amane kanye nenjini ye-turbo, uGumpert uzame ukulungisa isibambo emakhoneni aqinile, okukhonjwe njengephutha elikhulu lemoto yezemidlalo yaseJalimane.
Kuyisibonelo esakhiwe ngabakwa-Audi ngaphansi kwesimo sokufihlwa ngokuphelele - ngisho nabathile abakhulu kunabo bonke bomkhiqizo ngeke bazi ngobukhona bale phrojekthi.
Kuze kube manje, onjiniyela bomkhiqizo baqala ngokunciphisa ubukhulu bemoto, okwaphoqa ukuguqulwa kwe-chassis, kodwa inkinga iphikelela. Ngaphezu kokuthuthukiswa okuncane kwe-aerodynamics, uGumpert ukhumbule ukubeka injini ye-turbo-cylinder ene-turbo-cylinder emgqeni, ene-hp engaphezu kuka-1000, endaweni engemuva emaphakathi, ushintsho olungeke lubhekwe kahle abathandi bomkhiqizo.
Kakade esesigabeni esithuthukisiwe sentuthuko, uGumpert kanye nenkampani banquma ukuthatha imoto yezemidlalo baye eDesna, eCzech Republic, lapho bengaqala khona ibhethri yokuhlolwa emzileni ngaphandle kokuphakamisa izinsolo. UGumpert wayedinga umuntu ofaneleke ngokwanele ukuba ahlole imoto yezemidlalo, ngakho wamema u-Walter Röhrl, ompetha bomhlaba izikhathi ezimbili ngo-1980 no-82, ukuze azohlolwa. Njengoba kulindelekile, umshayeli German ukuqinisekisile konke ukuthuthukiswa Dynamics imoto.
Ngenxa yokuthi zifana kakhulu ne-Audi quattro, ama-prototypes okuqala e-Audi Group S awazange abonwe-ngaphandle komsindo. Futhi kwakuyiwo kanye umsindo wokukhathala owaheha izintatheli. Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, umthwebuli wezithombe wakwazi ukuthwebula ezinye zezithombe zemoto yezemidlalo, futhi ngesonto elilandelayo, i-Audi Group S yayigcwele amaphepha. Lezi zindaba zafinyelela ezindlebeni zikaFerdinand Piech, owayala ukubhujiswa kwayo yonke i-Audi Group S.
Roland GumpertZonke izimoto ezakhiwe ngokusemthethweni zacekelwa phansi.
Ngenhlanhla, unjiniyela waseJalimane ukwazile ukugcina ikhophi eyodwa, ezongena emlandweni njengenye ye-Audi ekhethekile kakhulu eyake yaba khona. I-prototype, enomumo oyindilinga nomsebenzi we-fiberglass, "ifihliwe" kumnyuziyamu yomkhiqizo e-Ingolstadt futhi ayikaze ibambe iqhaza kunoma yimuphi umncintiswano osemthethweni noma umjaho wombukiso. Kuze kube manje.
Cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ngemva kokusungulwa kwayo, i-Audi Group S yaboniswa okokuqala ngqa kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bayo I-Eifel Rallye Festival , omunye wemicimbi yezemidlalo emikhulu kakhulu eJalimane.
Ngakho-ke, okwesikhashana, izethameli ezikhona zithole ithuba lokukhumbula ubuhlanya bemibuthano yama-80s futhi:
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