umlando we Imodeli ye-Ford T ididaniswa nomlando wemboni yezimoto uqobo, kodwa umthelela wayo ube mkhulu kakhulu ekubuseni ngentando yeningi izimoto, kangangoba izokwamukela, ngqo, isihloko semoto yekhulunyaka. XX.
Yize bekungeyona imoto yokuqala emhlabeni - lena bekuyiMotorwagen kaCarl Benz - iModel T, eyethulwa ngo-1909, yagcina inesibopho sokusheshisa ukufakwa kwemoto, kuze kube yileso sikhathi ithathwa njengomkhiqizo wokunethezeka, emphakathini waseMelika ngesikhathi sokuqala. ingxenye yesine yekhulu lama-20.
Ngokwenza lula izinqubo, izinsiza kanye nokuzanelisa kwesitshalo e-Highland Park, e-Michigan, izindleko eziphansi zokukhiqiza zavumela i-Ford ukuba inikeze imoto ephumelelayo nengabizi kakhulu.
Ngo-1915, amakhophi amaningi apendwe amnyama, umbala oshibhile, owomisa ngokushesha. Ngakho-ke ibinzana elidumile likaHenry Ford:
Imoto itholakala noma yimuphi umbala inqobo nje uma imnyama.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
IFord Ts yokuqala yayinesisindo esingaphezudlwana kuka-500 kg futhi ifakwe injini engu-2.9 litre in-line enamasilinda amane, ihambisana nebhokisi lamagiya amabili, enamandla angaba ngu-20 hp (emasondo angemuva). Izinombolo, nakuba zingamangazi kulezi zinsuku, zanele ukufinyelela isivinini sika-70 km/h. Ukusetshenziswa kungafinyelela ku-18 l/100km.
I-chassis yayinesakhiwo se-"U" spars futhi ukumiswa kwakuyi-asili eqinile (ngaphambili nangemuva), ngaphandle kokudonsa ukushaqeka.
Lapho iphuma okokuqala, iFord Model T yayilinganiselwa ku-$825 (cishe ama-$22,000 kulezi zinsuku). Ngo-1925, inani lokugcina lase lehlile laya ku-$260, futhi ukukhiqizwa kwadlula amayunithi ayizigidi ezimbili.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, i-Model T ithathe izimo eziningi kanye nenqwaba yezitayela ezahlukene zomzimba. Ngo-May 26, 1927, cishe ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili ukukhiqizwa kuqalile, iFord Model T yayekwa. Ngalowo nyaka, uhlobo lwaseMelika lwathengisa izimoto ezingaphansi kuka-500,000. IFord Model T yathathelwa indawo iModel A, okwathi nakuba ibe nempumelelo ekuqaleni, ayizange ibe nawo (cishe noma ngisho ukude) umthelela owandulelayo.
I-Ford Model T ePortugal
IModel T yethulwa ngo-1909, yafika ePortugal eminyakeni emibili kamuva ngo-António Augusto Correia, owabhalisa ngepuleti elithi N-373. Ngo-1927 imoto yadayiselwa uManuel Menéres, kwathi eminyakeni eyalandela yabamba iqhaza emicimbini eyahlukene efana neRallye Internacional do Estoril noma iRallye de Santo Tirso.