ʻO ka hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua Bentley Flying Spur e kūʻē iā Pierce-Arrow Model 54

Ma waena o ka Bentley Flying Spur W12 a me ka Pierce-Arrow Model 54 Club Sedan no 86 mau makahiki a me kahi ākea ʻenehana nui. Akā aia kekahi mea e hoʻohui iā lākou

Kupanaha, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ka paʻa ʻo Buffalo-hoʻokumu ʻo George Pierce me nā manu manu manuahi. Me ke kūpaʻa a me ka gigantism e hōʻike ai ʻo ia i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻoi aku ka kūpono o nā hīnaʻi elephant nona. Hana ka hui i nā paikikala, nā motika, nā kalaka, nā kaʻa ʻōhua a me nā kaʻa kaʻa, akā ua kaulana ia no kāna mau kaʻa.

ʻO ka mea mua i hana ʻia ma 1901, a ua hoʻokau koke ʻia ka hilinaʻi ma mua. Ua hana ʻia nā mea āpau me ka palena nui - ʻaʻole i haki ʻia nā paneli kino o ke alumini, akā kī. I ka makahiki 1910, ua hoʻololi ʻia nā ʻenekini 4-ʻāpana me ka nui o aneane 12 liters e ka laina ʻeono i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lōkō - 13,5 liters. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ua kūʻē ʻo Pierce-Arrow i nā marathons endurance grueling, a me ko lākou mana a hilinaʻi hoʻi o nā kaʻa pana pua i lanakila koke i ke aloha o ka poʻe koikoi ʻAmelika. Ua hōʻike haʻaheo kekahi o nā hoʻolaha i kahi kaʻa o kahi ʻohana o nā mea hana wili (hoʻomanaʻo iā Budweiser pia?) Iā Adolphus Busch III a hoʻokūpaʻa i ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻia o ke kaʻa e ka mea nona nā makahiki he ʻewalu a ʻoi.

I Iune 1919, ʻo Pelekikena US Woodrow Wilson, ka mea i hoʻi mai mai ka Paris Peace Conference, e kali ana no kahi limousine hou ʻo Pierce-Arrow. Ma ka manawa like, ʻo ka Pelekane Walter Owen Bentley e kokoke ana e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kahi hui kaʻa i kapa ʻia ma hope ona iho. Ma ka Hōʻike Hōʻikeʻike Lākana ʻo London, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kahi chassis me kahi ʻenekini hoʻomākeʻaka, a ua kūkulu ʻia nā prototypes i ka hale lio ma ke alanui Baker. ʻO ka mea kūʻai mua i loaʻa ke kaʻa ma Sepatemaba 1921 wale nō. A mahalo koke ʻo ia i ka pono nui o ka brand hou - ka motika. ʻO ka anakuhi uila me ʻehā mau kiwikā a me ʻelua plugs no ka paukū i hoʻomohala ʻia he 65 hp, a ua lawe ʻia ka mana o nā mana heihei i 92 horsepower.

ʻAʻole nui: ʻoiai me kahi kino māmā a me nā chassis wili pōkole, ʻaʻole māmā nā Bentley mua. Eia nō naʻe, hilinaʻi ka ʻenekini a mahalo ʻia kēia ʻano no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Bentley 3 Liter i kahi ala lanakila i ka heihei kaʻa. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi pōʻai o nā heihei makehewa, playboys a me nā adventurer - Bentley Boys - a puni ka inoa hou. I ka 1924 ʻo lākou ka mea mua ma Le Mans, a laila lanakila hou lākou i mau manawa hou. Ua kapa hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ʻo Ettore Bugatti iā Bentley "ke kalaka ʻoi loa o ka wikiwiki i ka honua", akā ʻo kāna mau "lio lio" i loaʻa nā hopena i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka inoa Pelekane i ka heihei 24 hola.

ʻO kekahi o nā keikikāne Bentley, ʻo Wolf Barnato, ka heihei, hoʻokūkū, cricketer a me ka mea pāʻani leʻaleʻa a he aha hou aʻe, ua hoʻoholo e loaʻa kāna ʻoihana aloha. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua ʻae ʻia ka mokuʻāina o ka hoʻoilina i ke aupuni daimana. ʻO kāna squat Gurney-Nutting coupe i kiʻi ʻia i ka heihei ʻana i ke kaʻaahi Mōʻī Blue. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Barnato ma luna o ke kīʻaha o ka champagne e kiʻi ʻo ia i ke kaʻaahi paʻa a ʻo ia ka mea mua e hele mai Cannes a hiki i Ladana, a ʻoiai nā pilikia i ukali iā ia, ua lanakila ʻo ia. Ke hoʻokele nei ʻo ia i kahi kaʻa me kahi 6,5-lita laina "ʻeono". Ua makemake ʻia kēia ʻenekini e ka poʻe i kēnā i nā kino kaumaha kaumaha ma luna o ka chassis Bentley. Ma hope mai, ua ʻike ʻia kahi anakahi 8-lita ikaika loa.

ʻO nā kukui-con i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā fenders - ʻo ia ka mea e hiki ai ke wehewehe i kahi kaʻa ʻo Pierce-Arrow me ka maopopo loa. Ua haku ʻia lākou e ka mea hoʻolālā ʻōpio ʻo Herbert Dawley i ka makahiki 1913, akā ʻoiai i ka makahiki 1930, he mea nui ʻole ia. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ʻo ia e nā hana kūpono - nā ipukukui kau ma nā ʻeheu i hoʻomālamalama maikaʻi loa ʻia ke ala a me nā huli, a ʻo ia hoʻi, ua pale aku lākou me ka hilinaʻi ʻole ʻia mai nā pōhaku. ʻOi aku ka māmā o ke kukui uila ma mua o ka acetylene, no laila ʻaʻohe pilikia me ke kau ʻana ma luna o nā ʻeheu, a he mea weliweli ka mānoanoa o nā ʻēheu o Pierce-Arrow.

Kau ʻia nā kukui hou i mua o ka pā radiator. No laila i ka pouli, ʻālohilohi nā Piers e like me ka lāʻau Kalikimaka. ʻOi aku ka palekana a ʻaʻole ia e hiki i kekahi mea holo kaʻa e holo ma waena o nā kukui ʻelua ma kahi mamao kūpono mai kēlā me kēia. Ua lilo nā poʻo poʻomanaʻo ma nā fenders i mea nui o ke kiʻi o Pierce-Arrow a pale ʻia hoʻi mai ke kope ʻana e kahi palapala kūikawā.

I ka hala ʻana o 1920s, ʻoi aku ka mālama nui ʻana o nā kaʻa ʻo Pierce-Arrow a me ke kumu kūʻai i ʻoi aku ma mua o kā lākou mea hoʻokūkū. ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻoki ka ʻoihana i nā kumukūʻai, a laila e hele no ka hoʻohui me ka mea kaulana kaulana ʻo Studebaker.

"Ke alo nei nā alakaʻi i kahi nīnau koʻikoʻi inā hiki ke hoʻokūkū kūleʻa ka hana hana kaʻa kaʻawale no nā manawa lōʻihi me nā ʻoihana e like me General Motors, Studebaker, Kreisler a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, nona ka nui o ka hana, ʻano ʻokoʻa a me nā hui kūʻai kūʻai e hāʻawi ai i ka noi o nā mea kūʻai paʻa. ʻoi aku ka mana ma mua o ka mākaukau o kahi hui pilikino me kahi helu hana hana palena, "i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka makasina ʻo Za Rulem i nā luna o Pierce-Arrow i nā mea kuleana ma 1928.

Ua like ka hoʻohuihui me ka hoʻopakele ʻana iā Pierce-Arrow mai ka panakalupa, akā mahalo iā ia, ua loaʻa i ka mea hana uila ma Buffalo ke kālā kūpono a ua hiki ke hoʻonui i kāna pūnaewele ʻoihana kūʻai aku. Ua loaʻa iā "Studebaker" ka inoa kaulana. Ma o nā hoʻāʻo like ʻana, ua hoʻomohala ʻia kahi ʻenekini 8-ʻalani hou me ka nui o 6 liters a me ka hiki o 125 horsepower, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea ma lalo o ka pale o ke kaʻa mai ka hōʻiliʻili Kamyshmash, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i 1931. Inā ʻole, ua hoʻomau nā keʻena hoʻolālā o nā ʻoihana ʻelua i kahi kūʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka maʻamau, hōʻike ʻia nā pelaha o Pierce-Arrow i nā kāne a me nā wahine i ʻaʻahu nani ʻia i ka hōʻea ʻana mai i kahi hale keaka a i ʻole ka hui moku peʻa. ʻO ka manawa maʻamau, piʻi ka pena ʻo Pierce-Arrow i waho o ʻAmelika, akā i mea wale nō e hōʻike ai i ka hilinaʻi nui. Aia nō he chauffeur i loko o kahi pāpale a me kahi kapa komo hina e kokoke ana i nā mea ola ola ʻole.

ʻAʻole wale kēia he mea kūlana - i mea e kū ai i ke kaʻa nunui, pono ʻia kahi kanaka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūikawā. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea e lawelawe ai nā mea kūwaho a me nā levers, pehea e hoʻohana ai i ka freewheel a ehia mau puka aniani e wehe i nā ʻaoʻao o ka pale e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai ka motika nunui. A ʻokoʻa, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e ke kūlana olakino maikaʻi, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he mana hoʻokele, ʻōnaehana paleki anti-laka a me kahi mea kōkua kaʻa. Maʻaneʻi, ʻo ka visor lā i hoʻolālā ʻia no kahi kanaka i kahi pāpale, ke ʻole uhi ʻia ka papa o ka mea hoʻokele.

No ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi motika nunui, pono ʻoe e kaomi ʻeha i kou wāwae i ka pihi poepoe o ka hoʻomaka o ka wāwae a ma ka manawa like e ʻūʻī ai i ka hope pliable o ka sofa. E ala ana ka lalani ʻeono-lita "ʻewalu" me kahi clang booming, lohe ʻia ka hao a me kona kani haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, akā maʻalahi ka hana. Ma hope, ʻo nā motoka, e hoʻomaha ana i nā pale pulu, e loaʻa iā lākou nā kiwikā a e ʻoi aku ka mālie. Me he mea lā ua hāmau ke axle hope o Pierce-Arrow, hypoid, akā e uwē nō hoʻi. Eia nō naʻe, no kona mau makahiki he kaʻa mālie ia. ʻAʻole ke kani wale nā ​​iwakāluakū, ke uē nei lākou i nā pale hāmeʻa a me nā pahu kani uila ʻole me ka ʻole o nā synchronizers.

E huli maʻalahi wale ka hoʻokele ke holo ke kaʻa. I loko o ka pā o ka hale hōʻikeʻike "Kamyshmash", ua like ʻo Pierce-Arrow me kahi elepani i loko o kahi hale kūʻai china, a ʻo nā aniani hou aʻe i nā hihia mālama ʻaʻole kōkua nui. Ma waena wale o nā koʻi o ke kaʻa he 3,5 m, me kahi radius huli nui, a me nā puka aniani a me nā hōʻike waiwai e puni ana. ʻO ka mea nui e haki i kahi ala ākea me ka liʻiliʻi o ka huli ʻana: ma laila e hoʻomohala ai ka ʻenekini i kāna ikehu 339 Nm a hōʻike i ka mea hiki iā ia. ʻAʻole koi ka hōʻike ʻana i ka mana i nā wikiwiki, ʻoiai ke ʻike maʻalahi hiki ke maʻalahi i kahi kaʻa kaumaha i 100 km / h a ʻoi aku. ʻO ka mea nui e kū i ka manawa.

Hiki ke hoʻoneʻe ʻekolu mau pale uila me ka lever lōʻihi me ka ʻole o nā pilikia, a ʻae ʻia ka hana ma nā pedal nui, akā mai ka manaʻo o ka mea hoʻokele, ua like ʻo Pierce-Arrow me kahi kalaka, a mai ka manaʻo o ka poʻe ohua - nui kaʻa me nā punawai palupalu. Noho ka keʻena kūikawā i hope hope o ke kino. No nā ʻūlū, hana ʻia kahi papa hāmama ma ka hope hope, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi pahu me kahi uhi wai ʻole ma luna. Hoʻohui ʻia ka loko a me nā noho i ka lole huluhulu mānoanoa a kiʻekiʻe loa, i ka kumumanaʻo, pale ia i nā mea kaʻa mai ke anuanu. Eia nō naʻe, he mea hoʻomehana kekahi.

ʻO nā ipukukui Ashtray, me nā aniani, nā puka o ka puka, nā ipu kīʻaha pua - hana ʻia nā mea āpau me ka nani, akā ʻo kēia ka welina hope loa o ka wā i puka. ʻAʻole he mea kupanaha, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kino ma mua o ka chassis - ua hiki. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ua lilo nā laina o nā kaʻa ʻo Pierce-Arrow a like me nā kiʻi hoʻolaha, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai nā kaʻa heʻe hou aku, akā, ʻo ia nō nā kaʻa kahiko.

Ua komo ka ʻoihana i ka Great Depression i ka piʻi ʻana: pālua nā kūʻai aku i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me 1929, akā laila ua hoʻomaka ka hāʻule i manaʻo ʻia. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻenekini V1928 hou ma nā kaʻa ʻo Piʻce-Arrow ma hope o ka poʻe hoʻokūkū, a ua holo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hana i ke kaʻa o ka wā e hiki mai ana - ua lilo ka Pierce Silver Arrow me kahi kino o ke kino i mea maikaʻi loa a kūkulu ʻia i ʻelima mau kope wale nō.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Studebaker e loaʻa nā pilikia: i Malaki, ua hoʻopiʻi ka hui no ka panakalupa, a ma hope o kekahi manawa ua hoʻomake ke pelekikena o ka hui, ʻo Albert Erskine. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ua loaʻa i ka Pierce-Arrow kahi palena palekana kiʻekiʻe, a ua hoʻomau ka paʻa e holo i kāna iho. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i ke kālā o nā mea hoʻopukapuka hou mai Buffalo, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā kino i hoʻokahe ʻia ke hoʻohālikelike i nā kūʻai aku.

ʻO ka 8A ʻoi aku ke kumu kūʻai, loaʻa e like me ke gula me ka platinum, ʻaʻole i kūleʻa. Ua kūkulu ʻia ke kaʻa i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe like a pipiʻi loa. Ma 836, ua hoʻi ka hui i ka manaʻo o kahi hiʻohiʻona i ka ʻāpana kumukūʻai waena, akā ua lohi, a i Mei o ka makahiki aʻe ua hiki mai ka denouement.

I ka makahiki 1931, ʻoiai ʻo Pierce Arrow e hana maikaʻi ana, ua ʻaiʻē ʻo Bentley. ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mīkini 8-lita e pono ai nā lilo nui, a ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pilikia kālā i hoʻopau i ka pio. ʻAʻole hiki iā Wolf Barnato ke hoʻopakele hou i ka hui, a i Nowemapa ua loaʻa iā ia e kahi hilinaʻi waena o Pelekane, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Rolls-Royce.

Ua hooki ka mea hou i ka hana ʻana o 8-liter Bentley, a hoʻolilo i nā mana hou i mau mana haʻuki o nā Rolls. Ua lilo kona kūʻokoʻa, ua hoʻomau ka noho ʻana o ka mana Pelekane. Ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana ma lalo o ka ʻēheu o ka VW Group i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ia mai Rolls-Royce. Ke hoʻomau nei i nā mamana conservative ʻo Arnage a me Mulsanne, ua hoʻolahalaha nā Kelemania i nā hiʻohiʻona keu aku, me ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā VW ʻoi loa i loaʻa i kēlā manawa - ke kahua o ka hiʻohiʻona Phaeton ʻoi loa a me kahi hana akamai o ka ʻenehana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻenekini W12.

ʻAʻole kūleʻa ka sedan Flying Spur e like me ke kaikuahine ʻo Continental GT coupe, akā kūʻai aku ia i kahi helu kope no ka kaʻa Bentley. Kuhi ʻia kēia kaʻa he kānāwai kūpono ʻole, e kuhikuhi ana i nā pihi a me nā pihi mai nā hiʻohiʻona VW Group liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia, akā ʻo kēia ke ʻano o kahi kāne e puka mai ana mai kahi Polo Sedan mai. Ma hope o kahi lā i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kaʻa kahiko mai ka hōʻiliʻili Kamyshmash, ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea ʻokoʻa loa.

ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, ʻo kēia hana hou ka ʻuhane o kahi Bentley maʻamau. ʻO ka mea e wehewehe ai i kahi kaʻa maikaʻi a maikaʻi. A he kaʻa kalaiwa kēia, ʻokoʻa ka Pierce-Arrow, ʻo ia ka hapalua kalaka a me ka hapalua kaʻa. ʻAʻole hoʻi i loko o ka pāʻani me nā inserts kalapona, nā mea hoʻopūʻiwa ʻoi loa o ka W12, a i ʻole nā ​​apo ʻeleʻele i hui pū ʻia me ka hana ʻalani i hiki ke uhi i ka leʻaleʻa kahiko o ka Flying Spur me kāna mau ʻālohilohi a me nā ʻili mānoanoa. ʻO kēia ke kumu o kahi kaʻa, i hoʻolauna ʻia i ka 2005, mau makahiki lohi ma mua o kāna ʻōnaehana infotainment.

"ʻAʻole au makemake e kalaiwa i kahi kaʻa ma 125 a i ʻole 100 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola, makemake wau e loaʻa kahi kaʻa i kūkulu ʻia a hoʻolālā ʻia i mea e like me nā wikiwiki o nā keiki ke pāʻani," wahi a ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo a ka hui ʻo Eba Jenkins 'kope i kēia ʻuhane. ua hōʻea i 128 mile i kēlā me kēia hola (200 km / h) ma kahi mīkini i hoʻomākaukau ʻia.

Hiki i ka mea like ke ʻōlelo ʻia no ka Bentley Flying Spur. I ka mana W12 S me kahi ʻenekini 635 hp. a me 820 Nm, hiki i ka hiki maʻalahi i 320 km i kēlā me kēia hola. Akā ʻoiai ma nā wikiwiki haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole ka manaʻo paʻa i ka kānalua i ka helu i ʻōlelo ʻia.

ʻAno	ʻO Sedana	ʻO Sedana
Nā Palena (lōʻihi / ākea / kiʻekiʻe), mm	5299/2207/1488	n.d.
Maʻa wili mm	3066	3480
Lōkeke leo, l	475	n.d.
Kaumaha Curb	2475	no 2200
Kaumaha momona	2972	n.d.
ʻenekini ʻano	Petrol W12	Gasoline 8-paukūʻolokaʻa, ma-laina
Ka leo hana, mika cubic knm	5998	3998
Max. mana, h.p. (ma rpm)	635/6000	125 / n.d.
Max. anu. manawa, Nm (at rpm)	820/2000	339 / n.d
ʻAno kalaiwa, hoʻoili	Piha, 8AKP	Hope, 3MKP
Max. wikiwiki, km / h	325	137
ʻO ka wikiwiki mai 0 a 100 km / h, s	4,5	n.d.
Kahi ʻai, l / 100 km	14,4	n.d.