ʻO ka haku wahine ʻAmelika nāna i hānau ʻo VW Karmann Ghia

ʻO kēia hana kupaianaha o ka loea ʻo Virgil Exner i lanakila ma luna o Paris, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i hoʻolilo ʻia ia i nā ʻoihana kaʻa.

ʻOiai ʻo ka mōʻaukala kaʻa o ʻAmelika ka lōʻihi loa a me ka ikaika o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i kēlā me kēia mea makemake kaʻa automate haʻi koke iā ʻoe i nā inoa o ʻelua a ʻekolu paha mau mea hoʻolālā kaulana ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻAkelanika. A ME aia he mau talena nui maoli i waena o lākou. E like me Virgil Exner. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia no ka mea i waenakonu o ke kenekulia i hala, mai nā hiʻohiʻona lapuwale a me ka luhi, ua hana ʻo Chrysler i kekahi o nā kaʻa kaila loa o ka manawa.

Ma waena o nā manaʻo kaulana loa o Exner ʻo − he kupaianaha 1952 dʻElegance coupe, i hana ʻia i hoʻokahi kope. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ia ka moʻolelo o ka hiʻohiʻona o kēia kaʻa e ʻimi nei, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻo Chrysler i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ia no nā makahiki he nui i ka wā e hoʻomohala ai i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona hou. Mahalo iā d'Elegance, ua ʻike ʻia ka Volkswagen maikaʻi loa i kēlā mau makahiki - ʻo Karmann Ghia.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hoʻolālā prototype ʻAmelika no ka mana Volkswagen, e wehewehe ana i nā hiʻohiʻona hou o nā kaʻa Chrysler e hiki mai ana, ua hāʻawi ʻia i nā Kelemania e ka hale kūʻai kino ʻo Ghia. ʻO ia, mai nā loea like mai ka hui Turin, alakaʻi ʻia e ka luna o laila ʻo Luigi Segre, ka mea i hana ma mua i ka manaʻo e pili ana i nā sketch a Exner. Eia naʻe, ua hana ʻia kēia ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope o ka premiere o DʻElegance, no laila aia ka huhū maikaʻi i kekahi.

Ma ka laulā, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka manaʻo o ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi coupe lōʻihi a nani hoʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma mua. ʻO kekahi mea like me kahi silhouette haʻuki a me nā paneli kino, me he mea lā e pāʻani ana i nā ʻiʻo inflated, ua hōʻike ʻia e ka Simca 8 Sport ma 1948, a ma 1951 e ka Bentley Mark VI Cresta II Facel-Metallon. ʻO ka manaʻo naʻe, ʻo ia ka manaʻo DʻElegance, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma ka 1952 Paris Motor Show. Hoʻonāukiuki ʻo Chrysler i ke anaina me kona lōʻihi, ʻaneʻane pololei laina pololei me nā ʻōpuʻu o nā huila o hope. A me kahi grille chrome grille, kokoke kaomi ʻia i ka panela mua me nā kukui kukui a me kahi huila keu i hūnā ʻia ma lalo o ke poʻi kumu.

ʻIke maopopo ʻole ʻia ʻo Chrysler i kahi coupe nani, ʻaneʻane 5,2-mika ka lōʻihi me kahi pāpale i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia, kaupaku i uhi ʻia a me nā puka aniani puni. Eia nō naʻe, he mau hiʻohiʻona ko DʻElegance e pale ai i ka huikau me nā prototypes ʻē aʻe. ʻO kahi laʻana, nā apo me nā chrome a me nā huila me nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao keʻokeʻo, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke kaʻe heihei me kahi nut waena, ke kumu hao ʻulaʻula a me nā kukui e hoʻomanaʻo i nā microphone mai nā makahiki 40.

I loko o kahi keʻena ākea a me ka conservative me nā chrome accents, nā mea o ka ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻili beige, aia nā ʻeke nui ma hope o nā noho i nā lālani ʻelua. ʻAʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe e hele ai no ka mea ʻaneʻane ʻo ka hakahaka āpau o ka hope sloping e noho ʻia e ka huila keu.

Ma ka ʻenehana ʻenehana, aia ma lalo o ke kino DʻElegance kahi 25 cm pōkole chassis o ka Chrysler New Yorker model me kahi 5,8-liter Hemi V8 engine. ke hoʻomohala nei i 284 horsepower a me kahi hoʻoiho PowerFlite akomi. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka hope i ka wā o kahi o ka hoʻoponopono kaʻa.

Ma mua, ua hana ʻo Exner i ʻehā mau prototypes like, i kahi kekelē a i ʻole i hoʻohuli i ka hiʻohiʻona o DʻElegance: ka K-310, C-200, kūikawā a me nā hoʻololi kūikawā. ʻO kēia mau mea, hoʻoponopono wale ʻo Special i nā ala ākea. Hana ka Italia Ghia i kahi mau kakini wale nō o kēia mau coupe, a kūʻai aku ia ma ʻEulopa ma lalo o ka inoa GS-1.

He kuleana nui ʻo DʻElegance i ka moʻolelo o Chrysler, kahi i hoʻololi hou i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona i nā 50 mau mua. Hiki ke loaʻa i kahi mau hanana stylistic no ka prototype i nā kaʻa hana a ka hui e hana ai ma hope o ia. E like me ka "hewa" grille - i loko o ka "letter series" o ka Chrysler 300 (ʻokoʻa leka ma ka helu ʻekolu-helu kumu hoʻohālike - mai 300B a hiki i 300L) a i ʻole nā ​​kukui poʻo e kū ana ma luna o nā fender hope - i ka 1955 Chrysler Imperial. ʻO nā mea kākau o ka manaʻo Chrysler ʻO ka 1998 Chronos, ka mea mua o ka sedan 300C hou, i hoʻoikaika iā D'Elegance.

Ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana ma nā hōʻike he nui, ua hele ka coupe kaila i ka hale kaʻa ponoʻī o kahi hoahānau pili o kekahi o nā luna Chrysler a laila, kahi i noho ai ma 1987. I kēia manawa, ua loaʻa ka kaʻa i kahi ʻenekini Hemi V8 1956 hou, ʻo ia ka 102 horsepower ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka mea kumu. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻololi ka manaʻo i kekahi mau mea nona, e auwana ana i nā hōʻiliʻili o nā connoisseurs o nā hiʻohiʻona retro. I nā makahiki he 10 i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo d'Elegance i ʻelua mau manawa ma ka RM Sotheby auction: ma 2011 ua kūʻai ʻia no 946 tausani kālā, a ma 000 no 2017 tausani kālā.