American Classics 70: Pontiac Grand Am

I roto i te 1973, kua arahina te paroxysm o waitohu engineering parapara ki te meka e kua hanga te kamupene "Motors General" momo rerekē neke atu i te tatini o waka, e hāngai ana i runga i tetahi take, e huaina ana ko te-tinana. Te nuinga o enei waka koropiko ana i hua tau pouri o te hītori automotive American. Heoi, tetahi o enei tauira, Nō Pontiac Grand Am, hua tuatahi ki 1975, te vai ki tenei ra kia rite ki te tohu tohu ki te ara i runga i nei kua whakaritea e kore tetahi e kore ki te neke - he aronui American pono.

controllability

Ahakoa kōrero te ingoa he kōtuitui o tauira papai Pontiac Grand Prix me tohu hangarau Pontiac Trans Am, kua te tauira hou kua hangaia i roto i te whakapakoko o ritenga Pākehā, ka arotahi ana ki te mana hāneanea me te maeneene me te hoahoa roto huatau - he reira tenei i te wa, me te rerekē cars moni-te piha i roto i Europe. Tenei "Pontiac" i rite rawa ki te potae toropā, whakatārewatanga hākinakina, tūru peere me te urungi wira cocky. Ahakoa rama tawhiti whakawhiti kei i runga i te wira urungi, pera i roto i waka Pākehā katoa, engari ko kihai te pātene, pera i roto i te nuinga o waka American. I roto i te makasini maha tuhituhi e i roto i te tua ki Firebird / Camaro me te Corvette, i Amerika i reira ko te motokā e whakahaere e kia atu watea atu i tenei "Pontiac" - a tae noa atu na ko te motokā e taea te tiki tata ki a ia i roto i te rahi. Otiia whakaae katoa i roto i te whakaaro e peia tenei motokā - he pai.

kāhua

Otiia ko reira te kāhua o te waka hou e tohua ai i roto i te toenga o te waka American. Kia te "Pontiac" a i te āhua rite te maha o ngā waka, pērā i "Buick Century" me "Chevrolet Shevel," ko ahurei, engari ahurei oraora me fakangalongata'a tonu ia. Ka rite ki te tauira LeMans, i nei whakawhanakehia hou te "Pontiac", te motokā kua te araa matarohia roa me te kātua poto, marutuna grille, me ētahi atu tūemi fakangalongata'a e te hunga i roto i te au i tahi i te tahi, te hanga i te hoahoa ahurei. Ano, ko te hou "Pontiac" mau rongonui "ihu", kua tonu i kua he ulungaanga ia o nga mihini waitohu. Heoi, i hanga ai rawa rerekē - i mua i te ihu, me te te āraituki katoa i whakarewa - i roto i te tauira hou kia rite ki te hanga i te reira o te polyurethane ngohengohe, e hoki ki tona āhua taketake noa i muri i te tutukinga marama. ka mea nga rangatira o te motokā e ona aho titiro tino tika, e korerotia ana e ratou, kia rite ki tahuri iwi ki te titiro i tenei merekara ina haere te reira iho te ara i roto i 2015. I muri i te katoa, ko te tino rerekē i te tahi atu waka katoa, e taea te kite i runga i te ara tenei mīhini.

utu

Ko te utu o te tauira taketake o te motokā i roto i te 1973, ka ia puta tuatahi, moni ki 4263 tara me 50 hēneti. Ko reira e pā ana ki te mano tara nui atu i tona waitohu mua "Pontiac" - te LeMans, engari ko tenei utu hawhe anake taua utu, mo te tauira, "BMW Bavaria" ranei "Jaguar XJ6». Ahakoa utaina tāpiritanga ngā pērā i pai-i roto i-aho waru-puoto engine 455-cc ki 7.5 rita, mana ipu, whāhauhau me, o te akoranga, rīpene kaitākaro i runga i waru rīpene, ka haere ake i tenei waka i roto i te utu e anake ki runga ki te ono mano tara. Otiia i roto i te 1981, Ron Berglund, he mea powhiriwhiri maoro o te "Pontiac", riro he rite Pontiac Grand Am ki te ki tonu i ngā tūmomo o tāpiri-ake hoki noa e rima rau tāra. A, no ka noho ia i muri i te wira o tenei motokā e rua nga tau, ka mea ia ki a ia - i tenei motokā ake ka kia utu he waimarie. Na reira, ua faaoti ia ki te whakahoki i te reira.

motokā Best

A ki te rā, "Pontiac" Berglund ko tetahi o te pai i roto i Amerika. Kei te tano noho te reira i runga i nga wira 15-inihi, titiro reira nui atu whakakake, me te ara he konihi iti. Na tāpiri te taimaha o te pereoo ki te pānga whakaputaina e ngā wheako hou - tū tenei motokā kei runga i te wheelbase 112-inihi me te pauna i rua taranata. Na tenei ahakoa te meka i ia he coupe-kuwaha e rua - he ara roa, ka paunatia atu-tatau wha sedan. No te whakarite, ka taea e te tango e koe te tatau o te "Pontiac" - ko reira āhua rite ki te rahi o te tuanui o te hou "Fiat 500".

roto

nei e mōhio ki te kāhua o roto "Pontiac" o nga Heoi katoa, ka ite i te kāinga i muri i te wira o tenei motokā. Papatohu motokā whakapaipai ki te rakau tūturu, i runga i te reira i reira he he maha nui o papatono ki huatau, mea. Takitahi aro, tūru me te urungi wira - tuatahi, ko ratou watea mīharo, he hāneanea hoki e rua atekōkiri me ngā pāhihi, a tuarua, ratou titiro tino tika tika me maitai ngā ki te toenga o te roto waka.

whakarewatanga

A, no te tīmata Berglund te timata i, he reira tonu rerekētanga kitea i waenganui i tenei motokā tauira tino American i runga i te mākete - tangi te reira nui noa, kurua, engari e kore e auē - noa rite e hiahia ana ahau kia rite ki te mīhini ki te tangi. Ano, pau Berglund ki tona motokā etahi huringa e ka tāpiri i te wahi atu sonority e he mīharo noa - he reira waiata tino mo te kaitaraiwa. Otiia ara ki te pūkaha wheketere, taea ki te eke i te ra katoa i te 80 kiromita ia haora, kahore tetahi raruraru tino tenei mīhini ko. Ano, e ai ta Berglund kore te e kitea maha i runga i te ōrite tere tau e toru-mati, me te take e kore e ki te whakapono e kore e he reira. Tuku e tenei motokā e toru anake tere, engari e kore e taua hanga mea kino. Ko te take i kore i hanga ia ki production papatipu, me te tano hāngai ki te pūkaha, tukua nei te ki tenei mīhini. Ko te hua ko te symbiosis tino, me rite ki te hua i reira ko te ongo e e haere tonu koe i te tere e tika ana.