'Amelika Classics 70: Pontiac Grand Am

I ka 1973, he paroxysm o ka momoku ahi 'enekinia, ingenuity i alakai ai i ka mea i ka poe "General Hawaii" Ua hana hou ma mua o ke kakiniʻano o nā kaa, me ka nānā' ana i kekahi hihia, a i ka inoa A-kino. Ka hapa nui o kēia mau kaa i looping huahana pouli au mai o 'Amelika kaʻa mōʻaukala. Naʻe, i kekahi o kēia mau ana hoʻohālike, Pani 'ōlelo' Pontiac Grand Am, mua hua mai la i ka 1975, ole a hiki i kēia lā, e like me ka hōʻailona hoike ana i ke alanui ma a ole kekahi i hoʻoholo ole e hoʻoneʻe - he oiaio 'Amelika Classic.

controllability

ʻOiai ka inoa paipai i ka hoʻololi kemikala o ka for kükohu Pontiac Grand Prix a oaoieei nā hoailona Pontiac māhū, owau no, ka mea hou kükohu i ua papahana ma ke kiʻi oʻEulopa counterparts, aʻeleu ma ka hooponopono ana noho a me ka malimali a me ka leo hone Kalaiaina i manao ai - ia mea keia i ka manawa a me kekahi uku nui-papa kaa maʻEulopa. Kēia "Pontiac" Ua hoʻolako pono me ka kahahānai papale hainaka, sport wehe, noho bākeke, a kōmike hoʻokele huila cocky. E like no ke kaawale ana kukui E kuapo aia ma luna o ke kōmike hoʻokele huila, e like me ia ma Europa kaa a pau, akā, uaʻaʻole he pihi, me ka loa 'Amelika hi. Ma na Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo puke kakau iho la ia ma ka hou ana i Firebird / Camaro a me ka Corvette, ma Amerika he mea he kaʻa i ka pāʻana makemake e oi pono ma mua o keia "Pontiac" - a hoi hou aku ai i ke kaʻa i hiki kokoke i ona lā i loko o ka nui. Akā, a pau ae like me ka manao e kipaku i kēia kaʻa - o ka makemake.

kaila

Akā, ka mea, ua i ke kaila o na kaa hou i wae ia mai, mai ke koena o 'Amelika hi. E ka "Pontiac" a i ka like ana ke kinona like me ka helu o nā kaa, e like me "Buick Luna" a me ka "Chevrolet Shevel," ka mea, ua kū hoʻokahi nō, akā, e aho uniquely vivid a me ka Haliʻaaʻela ka manaʻoo mākou. E like me ka LeMans ÷, mai a hoʻomohala i ka hou "Pontiac", i ke kaʻa i ka Classic lōʻihi hewa a me ka pōkole kumu, kono grille, a me nā Haliʻaaʻela ka manaʻoo mākou 'ikamu i mea me ka lokahi i kekahi i kekahi, e pili ana i ka hanana manao. A, o ka hou "Pontiac" hoopaa koʻikoʻi "ihu", a i mau i keʻano o ka hao machines. Naʻe, ka mea i i loa okoa - mua o ka ihu, e like me ka mea a pau Ka Pale ua metala - ma ka hou hoʻohālike me ka mea ua i ka palupalu polyurethane, i hoi mai ai i kona palapala shape a hiki ma hope o ka malamalama hookui hookahe koko ana. I ka mea nona o ke kaʻa i olelo i kona mau laina e nana pono hemolele, ka mea, e hai aku, e like me ka poʻe e kipa mai e nana i keia hana mana, i ka wa e hele ia i ke alanui i ka 2015. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, i kēia mīkini Ua loa okoa mai a pau na na kaa, i hiki ke ike ma ke alanui.

kuai

Ke kumukuai o ka walaʻauʻana kükohu o ke kaʻa i ka 1973, ka wā āna i ike mua ia, ua like me 4263 dala a me 50 keneta. Ua ua no hoʻokahi tausani dala oi ma mua o kona, hoʻokomo momoku ahi "Pontiac" - ka LeMans, akā, i kēia uku ua wale ka hapalua o ia waiwai e lilo aku, no ka laʻana, "BMW Bavaria" a me "Jaguar XJ6». O ukana likeʻole e lewa e like me kahi momona a-ma-lainaʻewalu-paukūʻolokaʻa 455-CC engine i 7,5 nā lika, moku peʻa mana, ea hoʻoikaika kino, a, o ka papa, leki pôpeku ma ewalu cassettes, keia kaʻa pii aku la ma ke kumukuai ma ka wale mai i eono tausani dala. Akā, i ka 1981, Ron Berglund, he longtime peahi o ka "Pontiac", kuai i ka like Pontiac Luna Nui mai nei au me ka piha huahelu o ka hoʻokomo-Koʻo no ka pono elima haneri dala. A i ka wā i noho ai ma ke kua o ka huila o keia kaʻa mau makahiki, i mai la oia ia ia iho - keia kaʻa e loa e oi i ka pomaikai. No laila, ua hoʻoholo e hoihoi ia.

Best kaʻa

A i ka lā, "Pontiac" Berglund o kekahi o ka mea maikaʻi i loko o Amerika. Ua Ua maikaʻi loa e noho ma luna o 15-'īniha huila, ka mea nana ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe loa, a hiki i kekahi wahi predatory. A me ke kaupaona ana o ke kaʻa kō a hiki i ka hopena hua mai la e hou i ka hoao ana - keia kaʻa ua paʻa ma luna o ka 112-'īniha wheelbase, a kaupaona mau tona. A me keia mamua o ka mea i loaa ia ia he mau-puka coupe - eha-puka sedan Ua hiki hou, a kaupaona hou. No ka like, e hiki ke lawe i ka puka ana o ka "Pontiac" - ia ke kaha like kokekau i ka nui o ka hale o ka mea kēia "Fiat 500".

Kalaiaina

A pau ka poe i kama'āina i ke kaila o ka Kalaiaina "Pontiac" o na sixties, e haha ma ka hale mahope o ka huila o keia kaʻa. Dashboard kaʻa hoʻonaniʻia me maoli wahie, ma luna o ka mea, he mea he nui helu o kaila hoike dekere, kani. Kanaka noonoo, a me ka noho kōmike hoʻokele huila - mua, ka mea, ua incredibly pono a me kaʻoluʻolu no nā O Keaukaha a me ka ohua, a me ka lua, ka mea nana e hemolele, a hoʻi mai kēlā wahi hui me ke koena o ke kaa Kalaiaina.

Launch

A lohe o Berglund hoomaka ka like me ka, mea o kekahi 'koke okoa ma waena o kēia kaʻa loa' Amelika Ke Ana Hoʻohālike ma ke kuai - mea kani e nui, brutally, akā,ʻaʻole deafening - e like me aʻu i makemake makemake e hookani, e like me ka mīkini. A, Berglund hoolilo me kona kaʻa kekahi loli ana e hoʻohui i ka iki hou sonority i mea wale kupaianaha - ia mea maoli mele no ka motorist. Akā, e like me ka hola engine, i kēia mīkini mea hiki ke holo i ka pau lā ma 80 kilomika no hola me kekahiʻiʻo pilikia. No hoi, wahi a Berglund i ua ole pinepine ike ma ka speedometer huahelu-ekolu helu, a me na kumu ole, e manaoio ia mea ole. EYI keia kaʻa i wale ekolu ka māmā holo, akā, ua 'aʻole e hana i na mea ino. I ka mea i oia ole i ia i ka nuipa a? Iecaianoaaiiuo, a ua maikaʻi loa ua kūponoʻia i ka Hawaii, a ua lako pū me kēia mīkini. I ka hopena o ka pono symbiosis, a me ka hopena he mea he aloha ia oe e mau ka holo i ka akau māmā.