I-Bentley T-Series yokuqala ibuya njengeqoqo

Ukuze uthole umkhiqizo wokunethezeka ohlonishwayo onomlando omude, kuhlale kuneqoqo lamamodeli anezimpawu. I-Bentley, enomlando weminyaka engu-105, ihlanganisa kokubili izimoto zomgwaqo nezokugijima eqoqweni layo. Muva nje, iqoqo le-Bentley lamukele enye futhi imodeli yokubaluleka okukhulu komlando kumkhiqizo-i-T-Series.

I-T-Series ibambe ukubaluleka okukhulu kumkhiqizo we-Bentley. Kusukela ngo-1958, uBentley wanquma ukuklama imodeli yakhe yokuqala ngomzimba we-monocoque. Ngo-1962, u-Jonhn Blatchley wayesedale umzimba omusha sha we-steel-aluminium monocoque. Uma kuqhathaniswa nemodeli yangaphambilini ye-S3, ayinciphisanga nje usayizi womzimba wonke kodwa yathuthukisa nendawo yangaphakathi yabagibeli.

Imodeli yokuqala ye-T-Series, esikhuluma ngayo namuhla, yethulwa ngokusemthethweni embonini yokukhiqiza ngo-1965. Kuphinde kwaba yimoto yokuhlola yale nkampani, efana nalena esikubiza ngokuthi yimoto eyi-prototype, futhi yaqala ukubonakala embukisweni wezimoto iParis ngo-1965. . Nokho, le modeli yokuqala ye-T-Series ayizange igcinwe kahle noma inakekelwe. Ngesikhathi itholwa kabusha, kwase kuphele iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ihlezi endaweni yokugcina izinto, izingxenye eziningi zingekho.

Ngo-2022, uBentley wanquma ukubuyisela ngokuphelele imodeli yokuqala ye-T-Series. Emuva kokunganyakazi okungenani iminyaka engu-15, injini yemoto engu-6.25-litre pushrod V8 iphinde yaqalwa, kwatholakala ukuthi kokubili injini kanye no-gearbox kusesimweni esihle. Kulandela okungenani izinyanga eziyi-18 zomsebenzi wokubuyisela, imoto yokuqala ye-T-Series yabuyiselwa esimweni sayo sokuqala futhi yafakwa ngokusemthethweni eqoqweni le-Bentley.

Sonke siyazi ukuthi nakuba i-Bentley ne-Rolls-Royce, izinhlobo ezimbili ezidumile zaseBrithani, manje sezingaphansi kwe-Volkswagen ne-BMW ngokulandelanayo, zabelana ngeziphambano zomlando, ngokufana kwamagugu azo, ukuma kwawo, namasu emakethe. I-T-Series, ngenkathi ifana namamodeli e-Rolls-Royce enkathi efanayo, yayibekwe endaweni enomlingisi odlala kakhulu. Isibonelo, ubude bangaphambili behliswa, kwakha imigqa yomzimba ethambile futhi enamandla kakhulu.

Ngaphezu kwenjini yayo enamandla, i-T-Series iphinde yaveza uhlelo lwe-chassis oluthuthukisiwe. I-suspension yayo edonsa ngamasondo amane ikwazi ukuzishintsha ngokuzenzakalelayo ukuphakama kwayo ngokuhambisana nomthwalo, i-suspension ehlanganisa ama-double wishbones ngaphambili, ama-coil springs, nama-semi-trailing arms ngemuva. Ngenxa yesakhiwo esisha somzimba ongasindi kanye ne-powertrain eqinile, le moto ikwazi ukusheshisa ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h okuyimizuzwana engu-10.9, ijubane layo eliphezulu elingu-185 km/h, nokuyinto encomekayo ngesikhathi sayo.

Abantu abaningi bangase babe nelukuluku lokwazi ngentengo yale Bentley T-Series. Ngo-Okthoba 1966, intengo yokuqala ye-Bentley T1, ngaphandle kwezintela, yayingama-£5,425, eyayingaphansi kwama-£50 kunentengo ye-Rolls-Royce. Kukhiqizwe amayunithi angu-1,868 esizukulwane sokuqala se-T-Series, iningi lawo okungamasedan ajwayelekile anezicabha ezine.