Talbot Sunbeam Lotus: Sunbeam - Sports Cars
YOG HUAB TAIS hnub no tshaj tawm txog kev tuaj txog ntawm tus qauv nrog cov yam ntxwv no, kuv paub tseeb tias kev txiav txim yuav tawg, lub tshev tawm yuav puv tag nrho cov nyiaj tso cia, thiab cov rooj sib tham hauv internet yuav npau taws: tsav nraub qaum, 960 kg, 150 hp, 0-100 km / h hauv 6,6 vib nas this thiab ncua ntawv tsim los ntawm Lotus. Appetizing, puas yog? Ntawm chav kawm, ib tug zoo actor tsis txaus los ua ib tug zoo zaj duab xis, tab sis yog hais tias peb ntxiv rau cov yam ntxwv no ob peb yeej nyob rau hauv. WRC nws yuav nyuaj heev rau tiv.
La Sunbeam lotus 1.184 units tau tsim sab xis tsav, uas yog kwv yees li ib nrab ntawm tag nrho. Txawm li cas los xij, niaj hnub no feem ntau ntawm lawv tau mus rau hauv qhov chaw pov tseg: raws li Cov Tswv Cuab Club, tsuas muaj yim caum ntawm lawv. Thiab ib tug ntawm lawv nyob rau hnub no, ci ntsa iab nyob rau hauv yuav luag lub caij ntuj sov lub hnub nyob rau hauv classic Embassy Dub livery nrog nyiaj kab txaij. Nov yog ntu 1, koj tuaj yeem pom tam sim ntawd Fari me pem hauv ntej thiab los ntawm riam phom pentagon Chrysler nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm daim phiaj loj.
Ntawm no ib txhia ntawm koj yuav muaj tseeb tawg: “Tab sis nws tsis nyob ib leeg Talbot? "Kuv xav qhia koj txog nws zaj dab neeg me ntsis ...
Thaum lub sijhawm XNUMXs lig, UK kev lag luam tsheb tsis ua haujlwm zoo (hais qhov tsawg tshaj plaws) thiab Chrysler UK tsis muaj qhov tshwj xeeb. Tsev yuav Rutes Group, ua tau ib tug conglomerate ntawm me me zoo-paub hom xws li Highlander e Tus hu nkauj, THIAB Sunray Hauv kev xyaum, nws yog ib txoj haujlwm pab nyiaj los ntawm tsoomfwv Askiv los tiv thaiv kev kaw ntawm Chrysler cov nroj tsuag hauv Lynwood, ze Glasgow.
La Sunraylaunched nyob rau hauv 1977 yog ib qho tseem ceeb Hillman tus Avenger... Qhov tseeb, nrog rau Sunbeam project, Des O'Dell, lub taub hau ntawm motorsport sector ntawm Chrysler, tau txiav txim siab los ua raws li Avenger qhov kev sib tw ua tiav los ntawm cov neeg sib tw sib tw. Ford Escort... Ntau tus kws kho tsheb Avenger tau raug coj thiab teeb tsa ntawm Sunbeam, tab sis xav tau ib qho zoo. cav... Nws coj nws los ntawm Lotus, uas nyob rau hauv lub meantime pom nws tus kheej tsis muaj ib tug neeg thaum Jensen, uas 2-liter engine tau muab, yog tawm ntawm kev txiav txim. Muab qhov xwm txheej thiab qhov tseeb tias O'Dell tus lwm thawj Wynn Mitchell tau mus kawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv nrog Lotus thawj coj Mike Kimberley, qhov kev pom zoo tau ua tiav sai ntawm ob lub tuam txhab. V cav Lotus tau muab nrog lub cev muaj zog plaub-lub tog raj kheej 2.2 (Hom 911, zoo ib yam li Hom 912 Esprit S2 thiab S3). Nyob rau hauv txoj kev version, nws tsim 150 hp, tab sis yooj yim yuav tau nce mus rau 200 hp.
Lub Sunbeam Lotus txoj kev tsheb tau nthuav tawm ntawm Geneva Motor Show thaum lub Plaub Hlis 1979. Chrysler UK, lub sijhawm no, tau muag rau PSA, thiab thaum cov khoom xa tuaj pib thaum lub caij ntuj sov xyoo ntawd, lub hom Talbot tam sim no nws nyob Peugeot leej twg siv nws rau Sunbeam, txawm hais tias muaj lub sijhawm hloov pauv thaum Series 1 hu ua Talbot, tab sis muaj Chrysler lub tsho tiv no ntawm caj npab.
Lotus tsis tsuas yog muab cov cav tov, tab sis kuj tau koom nrog kev txhim kho ncua ntawv thiab system kawm tiav... Lub chassis tau tsim los ntawm Chrysler cov kab ntau lawm hauv Linwood thiab tom qab ntawd xa mus rau Lotus hauv Ludham los tiv thaiv ntxaib camshaft xyaw (tsim hauv Hethel) thiab Ceev Tsib-ceev ZF.
Lub Series 2, uas tau nthuav tawm hauv xyoo 1981, muaj qhov loj T nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub hauv ntej grille. cav tau me ntsis redesigned, lub reservoir thiab headlights ua wider, thiab tsom iav ob sab sib txawv. Xyoo 1982, tib txoj hauv kev rau Moonstone Blue livery yog ib qho tshwj xeeb ntawm Avon Coachworks nrog cov kab txaij xiav tsaus. Talbot tiv thaiv keeb kwm yav dhau ntawm moonstone thiab ntsuab-daj cim ntawm Lotus nrog lub ru tsev in yas... Tsab ntawv tshwj xeeb no yuav tsum muaj 150 daim ntawv luam nrog daim hlau los ntawm DDU 1Y rau DDU 150Y, tab sis tsuas yog 56 tau hloov dua siab tshiab (uas, ntawm lwm yam, tsis tau sau npe tom qab tus lej lej ntawm DDU 1Y rau DDU 56Y).
Zoo, tom qab qhov kev taw qhia me me no, cia peb rov qab los rau peb. Txawm hais tias kuv ib txwm qhuas Sunbeam Lotus thiab tsis tuaj yeem tos thaum kawg tswj nws, thaum xub thawj siab ib muag nws cov kab yooj yim thiab tsis qhia npe tsis zoo rau txhua yam tshwj xeeb. Thiab tom qab ntawd lub hood zoo li ntev thiab lub qhov rais tom qab loj heev.
Dave Merlane ntawm Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club thiab tus tswv ntawm lub tsheb tam sim no qhia tias qhov no tsis yog lub tsheb qub. Tab sis nws ua haujlwm zoo, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb. Thaum Dean yees duab ntau npaum li nws tuaj yeem ua tau, Dave taw qhia qee cov ntsiab lus nthuav dav, xws li lub ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas 225 (Sunbeam GLS, uas Sunbeam Lotus yog raws li, ncav cuag 195; qhov no yog ib txoj hauv kev yooj yim tshaj plaws kom paub qhov txawv ntawm Sunbeam tiag tiag. Lotus los ntawm replica). Kev nrawm nrawm nyob rau hauv lub hood qhia tau hais tias lub longitudinally mounted plaub-lub tog raj kheej zaum me ntsis nruj rau hauv lub cav compartment. Dave thov txim rau voj voog Miniliths tsis yog thawj thiab ntau tshaj ib nti, tab sis lawv tsis muaj sijhawm los hloov lawv nrog cov txheej txheem ntawm cov rims qub (qhov no yog peb qhov txhaum, peb hu nws yam tsis tau ceeb toom ntau). Tab sis lawv saib zoo rau nws ...
Tom qab cov duab thiab cov dej nag ib txwm muaj, nws yog lub sijhawm mus rau qhov ntawd. Sunray... Tus yuam sij ignition yog ib qho zoo nkauj ci xiav nrog tib lub cim Chrysler peb pom ntawm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub pem hauv ntej. Nws haum rau hauv lub qhov nyob hauv kab kauj, tig, tos kaum vib nas this, nias lub pedal ob peb zaugtsuj tawtus yuam sij rov qab los koom nrog lub oob khab, thiab thaum kawg lub 4-lub tog raj kheej dual camshaft sawv. Dave ceeb toom tias koj yuav tsum tsis txhob kos cua: "txawm tias nws txias heev, txwv tsis pub koj yuav poob lub cav nrog roj av."
Zaum no nrog cav Thaum tsis muaj zog, kuv pab tsis tau tab sis kov cov roj pedal ob peb zaug. Me ntsis, tsuas yog coj mus rhaub me ntsis los ntawm qee lub sij hawm kom rov qab los thiab txaus siab rau qhov kev sib txuas ntawm pedal-rau-piston tam sim no koj tuaj yeem ntsib nrog lub cable choke zoo li no. Cav txhawb cushions Dell'Orto Carburetors 45mm (tib yam li kuv RS2000 Escort) thiab muaj qhov zoo lub suab tag nrho lub cev, nrog ib daim ntawv hoarse zoo. Lub tsib-ceev ZF muaj thawj rov qab iav. Lever caj npab Ceev kev cai tsim - absurdly ntev thiab nyias, tab sis qhov hloov qhov rooj yog raws nraim qhov nws yuav tsum tau, nyob ib sab ntawm lub kauj tsheb yog li koj tsis tas yuav txav koj txhais tes ntau dhau.
Koj nce lub voj voog me me, koj maj mam tso nws Clutch kom txog rau thaum koj pom lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev tawm tsam thiab rau pem hauv ntej. Cov tog. Ntawm txoj kev tsis yooj yim peb tau xaiv los sim Sunray qhia tau hais tias lub caij nyuaj ntawm qhov tsis sib xws asphalt, tab sis nrog ceev nws kuj ua rau nws muaj peev xwm nqus cov poholes: pom tseeb ncua ntawv lawv raug tsim los ua kom nrawm.
Lwm qhov dej nag poob rau hauv, thiab kuv yuav tsum maj nrawm kom pom qhov twg ntawm cov koob knitting ntawm lub log tswj lub wiper. Los ntawm muab xub rau thiab tig lub teeb taub hau, thaum kawg kuv tuaj yeem tshem lub qhov cua ntawm cov dej thiab txawm pom lub wiper nram qab.
Yog koj tsis maj, Ceev ZF yog qhov zoo heev: nws txiav txim siab thiab zoo, nws muaj qhov hnyav, thiab tsis txawm saib, koj ib txwm paub tseeb tias koj nyob hauv lub iav. V kauj Nws yog ib qho nyuaj tab sis zoo thiab ua kom ntseeg tau, thiab tom qab ob peb feeb nyob rau hauv lub hnub, koj nyob nraum inevitably ntxias kom tuaj tos koj pace. Yog li koj downshift thiab ntaus cov roj pedal (txhua qhov kev zam txim yog qhov zoo), cranking li rpm thiab xav paub yuav ua li cas nimble, ceev, thiab agile lub tsheb zoo li ntsiag to hloov mus ua. Muab hais tias qhov piv txwv no muaj lub cav txheem tag nrho, kuv xav tsis thoob thaum nws tuaj yeem ua tau. Ua ntej caij tsheb, kuv xav tias 0-100 hauv tsawg dua 7 vib nas this tsuas yog ua tau yog tias koj lub npe yog Sebastien thiab koj tab tom khiav ntawm txoj kev. WRC, tab sis tam sim no kuv nkag siab tias kuv underestimated nws heev.
Lub tsheb no yog hom. V cav nws yog cus ciav heev thiab nyiam nce toj hauv lub voj voog, thiab nrog lub suab zoo heev koj yuav xav caij nws ntawm tag nrho lub zog, zoo li ib qho tiag tiag. me me kev ua si. Lub thav duab zoo nkaus li luv luv thiab boxy piv rau cov Escort. Yog tias koj saib video los ntawm lub sijhawm Henri Toivonen thiab nws cov npoj yaig ntawm lub log ntawm Sunbeam, koj yuav pom tias nws yooj yim heev rau xa nws. dhau lawm... Nrog qhov no ntes Impressive, guaranteed los ntawm lub hauv ntej kawg, understeer zoo li tsis yooj yim sua. Tab sis yog tias koj xav sim tiag tiag, koj yuav pom tias lub hnub ci ntsa iab dheev ncav cuag nws qhov kev txwv thiab qhov tsuas yog ua kom koj tsis txhob poob rau hauv qhov kwj dej yog nws txoj kev nrawm nrawm, uas tso cai rau koj tawm tsam thiab rov pib txoj hauv kev. . Tshwj xeeb, nrog rau Sunbeam no, oversteer tsis pom tseeb li kuv xav (thiab cia siab), tej zaum yog vim lub log tsheb nrog ib tug dav tread thiab niaj hnub roj hmab compound, tab sis nws tseem muaj kev lom zem heev, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv cov ces kaum ceev uas lub ncua kev kawm ntawv zoo li yuav lis zoo dua.
Muab nws qhov khoom plig uas tsis tuaj yeem lees paub, nws yog qhov txawv txav Sunbeam lotus tsis muaj qhov xwm txheej zoo ib yam li Escort Mk2. Tej zaum qhov no yog nyob ntawm Escort yog thawj zaug tshwm sim thiab Sunbeam txoj kev vam meej sai sai los ntawm Pawg B. Txawm tias niaj hnub no, Escort overshadows Sunbeam: leej twg nrhiav tsav nraub qaum golden xyoo nrog ib tug pedigree los ntawm rub ua ke Qhov tseeb, nws yuav luag yeej xaiv Ford vim nws cov nqi tsis txaus ntseeg, ditching qhov kim dua thiab tsis tshua muaj Sunbeam.
nqi Ntxiv rau qhov ntawd, peb yuav tsum xav txog tias Escort, nrog nws lub cav hloov pauv thiab lub log pem hauv ntej, yog qhov ua tau zoo dua li Sunbeam, yog li nws yuav tsis ua rau peb xav tsis thoob tias nws tau siv nees nkaum xyoo los xav txog kev tsav tsheb. compact teb. Sporty, nrog rau BMW 1 series. Tab sis, raws li lub M135i qhia hnub no, qhov kev teeb tsa no nthuav thiab muaj feem cuam tshuam rau cov neeg nyiam tsav tsheb uas xav txog kev xav thiab kev ua kom muaj zog yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj li qhov chaw me ntsis hauv lub tsheb. pob tw.
