E ho'āʻo i ka Mercedes 300 SEL AMG: Hōkū Ula

I ka makahiki 1971, ua hana ʻo Mercedes AMG i ka splash i kona pau ʻana i ka lua ma ka heihei 24-hola ma ke kaapuni Spa. I kēia lā ua hoʻāla hou ʻia ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula 300 SEL no ke ola ʻelua.

ʻO nā mika mua loa me ka Mercedes 300 SEL ʻulaʻula kahi ʻike i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. He mea paʻakikī ke kaʻa kaʻa e paʻa. Ma kāna mau kaʻa wili ākea ākea, hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hala i kēlā me kēia ala ma ke anapō a hoʻoweliweli hoʻi e heʻe i ke ala hele mai.

ʻO kahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā alanui a puni Winnenden ma Baden-Württemberg he ʻāina maʻamau no kahi sedan ikaika. ʻO AMG kona kūlanakauhale hānau ma Afalterbach, nona kēia manawa e Daimler. ʻO ka hale kūʻai hoʻokani mele mua, i kapa ʻia ma muli o kāna mea hoʻokumu ʻo Werner Aufrecht (A), ʻo Erhard Melcher (M) a me ka wahi hānau o Aufrecht Grossaspach (G), i kēia lā he hale kaʻa kaʻa hou me 750 mau limahana a me kahi hana makahiki o 20 mau kaʻa nani.

ʻO ka hele ʻana ma ke ala liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi he mea liʻiliʻi wale nō ia, akā hāʻawi ia iā mākou i kahi manaʻo o ka hiʻohiʻona e hōʻike ʻia kahi kaʻa kaumaha ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o ka Nürburgring. Ma ka palena a mākou e komo ai i Afalterbach, hōʻike mai kahi baboon iā mākou i nā palena o ka chassis a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ea. Piʻi maikaʻi ka huila mua mai ke kahua ala, lele maikaʻi ka Mercedes 1,5-toni ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, e ʻōlelo maopopo ana iā mākou e makaʻala ʻaʻole e hoʻonui.

Hoʻololi ka hanauna

Hoʻowahāwahā ka SEL ma ke ala e nā ana o kēia lā, no laila ke huakaʻi nei ʻoe me ia i nā wahi paʻakikī. Inā ʻaʻole no ke kino pale pale pale wili kila, ʻaʻohe mea ma aneʻi e manaʻo e like me ke kaʻa heihei. He appliqués wahie māmā ko ka dashboard, uhi ʻia ka papahele me kahi kapeta nani, aia kahi noho hope maoli. ʻO ka mea ʻāpala wale nō ka nalo, a ma kahi o ka lekiō, loaʻa i nā mana maʻamau kahi pā me nā mea kuapo no nā kukui hou.

ʻAʻole like me ke ʻano kīwila o ka Mercedes nui, i ka makahiki 1971 ua lilo ia i mea koa o nā nūhou haʻuki wela. A laila, ma lalo o ke poʻo inoa ʻo Swabian Raid, kaʻa kaʻa a me ka haʻuki i haʻi i ke ʻano o ka AMG ʻulaʻula i lilo i mea ʻike o ka marathon 24-hola ma ke kaapuni Belgian Spa. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Ford Capri RS, Escort Rally, Alfa Romeo GTA a me BMW 3.0 CS, ua like ʻo ia me kahi malihini mai kahi honua ʻē aʻe. ʻO kāna mau pailaka ʻelua, ʻo Hans Hayer lāua ʻo Clemens Schikentanz, he mau inoa ʻike ʻole ʻia, aʻo nā keonimana e like me Lauda, Pike, Glamsser a i ʻole Mas e noho ana ma hope o nā kaʻa hale hana. Eia naʻe, ua kāʻili ka "pana pana mai Württemberg" i ka lanakila ma kāna papa a me ka lua o ka helu ma nā kūlana holoʻokoʻa.

Maʻi maʻi maʻi

I kēlā mau lā, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka 300 SEL e kahi māhoe 6,8-lita māhoe-throttle V8, nā cam cam sharper, nā lima rocker i hoʻololi ʻia a me nā pistons. He 428 hp kona mana. sec., torque - 620 Nm, a me ka wikiwiki i hoʻokō ʻia - 265 km / h. ʻO kēia ʻāpana 6,8-lita me kahi pahu pahu lima-wikiwiki i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he hōʻike. Ma muli o ka nele o ka lewa i ka makahiki 1971, ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia kahi mea hoʻokele ʻenekini uila nui a ʻaʻohe hoʻomaka anuanu. ʻO ka hopena, hiki ke hoʻonohonoho wale ʻia ka holoholona ʻewalu cylinder me ke kōkua o ka nui o ka pulu kūikawā.

Hoʻohui ʻia kahi motika māmā me kahi lāhui heihei i pau i ka lole ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka heroic ʻelua. No laila, ua hoʻohana ʻo AMG i kahi ʻenekini 6,3-lita e hana i ka SEL kaulana, ka mea i hoʻonui ʻia i 350 hp. Ma kahi o ka lawe lima ʻana, hoʻohui ʻia kahi transmitter aunoa serial. ʻO Mercedes AMG i ala hou mai he mau kukui kukui a me kahi leo prototype hoarse, akā ʻaʻole i ku hou i ke ala. Me he mea lā ke komo nei ka ʻehā wikiwiki i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka mana.

Kukulu

ʻO ke kumu o kēia 300 SEL he kope a ʻaʻole kumu i aʻa ʻia i ka moʻolelo kūleʻa o kēlā mau hola 24 poina ʻole ʻia ma ka Spa. ʻIke ʻia he ʻāpana hoʻolauna kēia a me kahi hoʻomau iki ʻike ʻia. Umikūmāhā mau lā ma mua o ka heihei, hoʻopau maoli kā ʻo SEL AMG ʻoihana. ʻOiai e hoʻokele nei i ka 6,8-liter Hockenheim prototype, ua nalowale ʻo Helmut Kellners i kahi piʻo a heʻe i ke ala ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i nā lua i ka wāwae. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka luna AMG ʻo Aufrecht i ke kī kī hō'ā a ʻōlelo maloʻo, "Eia kāu kī. Akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pono hou. ”

He aha ka hana a Aufrecht? “Pīhoihoi au. ʻAʻole kēia Kellners i hoʻokūkū hou noʻu. " Eia naʻe, ua kūkulu hou ʻia ke kaʻa ulia a puni ka uaki. Ma hope o ke komo ʻana o "Spa", ua hoʻāʻo ka mea holo ʻulaʻula i kāna laki i 24 mau hola ma ka "Nürburgring" a alakaʻi ʻia no kekahi manawa, akā ua hoʻomaha.

Ma hope o ia ʻoihana, ua lawe nā kaʻa heihei maʻamau i ko lākou wahi kūpono i ka hale hōʻikeʻike, akā ʻokoʻa ka hopena o AMG. I kēlā manawa, ke ʻimi nei ka poʻe lima Farani iā Matra i kahi kaʻa e hiki ke holo wikiwiki i 1000 km / h i loko o 200 mika. ʻO kēia i ka wā o ke Kaua anu a ua hana nā Farani i nā alahele ʻē aʻe no kā lākou mau mokulele i hiki iā lākou ke lele a pae ma kekahi mau ala o ke alaloa, no ka laʻana. ʻAʻole pono e holo wikiwiki ka kaʻa hoʻāʻo i kekona wale nō, akā e hoʻāʻo hoʻi i kona paʻa ʻana ma ke alanui i ka manawa like - a, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, loaʻa iā ia kahi palapala hōʻoia o ke kaʻa ma ka pūnaewele alanui.

Me kā lākou SEL 6.8, ua lanakila ka poʻe mai AMG i ka hoʻokūkū a ka hui Farani ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ma hope o ke komo ʻana i ka pūʻali koa, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka heihei Mercedes e kahi mika holoʻokoʻa e lawa i nā mea ana he nui. Ua holo kaʻa ke kaʻa ponoʻī ma ke ala nui a hiki i Palani, me ka pilikia ʻole.

Ua hāmau ka mōʻaukala i ka hopena o ka Spa runner-up ma hope o kona komo ʻana i ka pūʻali koa Farani. ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, ua pau ka ʻulaʻula mua. ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻoholo ai nā luna AMG o kēia lā e hana hou i ka progenitor o kā lākou hanohano haʻuki ma kahi ʻano kokoke i ka mea maoli, e pili ana i ka Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3.

Hooilina

ʻO ke kaʻa he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala o AMG, a i kēia lā e hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻo Werner Aufrecht: "A laila he manaʻo." Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ARD TV i kāna papahana nūhou me ka hōkū Mercedes, a ua laha ka lono o ka holomua o AMG ma nā nūpepa o kēlā me kēia lā i Kina.

Ma hope o nā makahiki, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Aufrecht iā AMG iā Daimler. Eia nō naʻe, i kāna hui hou ʻo HWA, hoʻomau ʻo ia e mālama i ke komo ʻana o Mercedes i ka hoʻokūkū heihei DTM.

Pololei no ka 40th makahiki o ka hui, ua hōʻike hou ʻia ka mōʻaukala Mercedes AMG i kona nani. Ma ka Geneva Motor Show, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe akā ʻo ka luna Daimler ʻo Dieter Zetsche i lawe mai i ka mea koa hou i hana hou ʻia i ke kahua ma lalo o ka ʻōlinolino o nā ipukukui. No Hans Werner Aufrecht iho, he "pūʻiwa nui" kēia. ʻAʻole i uhi ʻia kona hauʻoli a ʻoiai ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa heihei mua ʻo Dieter Glamser i hoʻomanaʻo iā ia: "Ua poina anei ʻoe i ka mea i lanakila i nā hola he 24?

ʻOiaʻiʻo, i ka makahiki 1971, ua lanakila ʻo Glemser a me kāna Capri RS - ke kaʻa hope loa i waiho ʻia ma ke ala o ka armada Ford - lanakila i ka heihei ma mua o ka Mercedes AMG. ʻAʻole i hoʻōki ʻo Aufrecht mai ka pane ʻole ʻana: "ʻAe, ʻae, akā ʻo wai ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo nei i kēia lā?"

kikokikona: Bernd Ostman

kiʻi: ʻO Hans-Dieter Zeifert