Buick ta kira motocinta na 1960 samfuran “Turbine Drive”, amma babu injin turbin a ƙarƙashin murfin injin

A'a, motocin Buick na 1960 ba su da injunan turbin gas. Amma sunan “Turbine Drive” yana da manufa, kuma labarin da ke bayansa ya cancanci a bincika.

A tsawon shekaru, Buick ta yi amfani da kalmomi da jimloli masu ɗaukar hankali da yawa a tallace-tallacenta. Sunaye irin su Fireball 8 da Dynaflash sun ci gaba da kasancewa wani ɓangare na tarihin kamfanin, tare da shahararren taken nan, “Idan aka gina motoci mafi kyau, Buick ce za ta gina su.” Kuma wa zai manta da tambayar, “Ashe ba ka fi son samun Buick da gaske ba?”

Wataƙila kalaman da suka fi tayar da sha'awa sun bayyana a 1960, lokacin da kayan tallan Buick suka bayyana kusan dukkan jerin motocinta a matsayin “Buick masu Turbine Drive.” Kamfanin ba yana nufin cewa motocinsa suna da injunan turbin gas ba ne. Marubutan tallansa suna magana ne game da akwatin giya na atomatik.

Ya zuwa 1959, Buick ta daina amfani da sunan kasuwanci Dynaflow, ta koma Twin Turbine don akwatin giyarta na atomatik na GM. Maimakon dogaro da tsarin haƙoran giya na duniya da aka saba amfani da shi wajen ƙara ƙarfin juyi yayin hanzartawa, akwatin giyar yana amfani da na'urar sauya ƙarfin juyi.

Sunan Twin Turbine yana nufin turbin biyu da ke cikin na'urar sauya ƙarfin juyi, wani tsari da aka fara amfani da shi a akwatin giya na Dynaflow na 1953. Buick ta kuma bayar da Flight Pitch Dynaflow a 1958, wanda aka fi sani da Triple Turbine. Sai dai matsalolin da suka dage sun yi wuyar warwarewa, kuma an daina ƙera shi a 1959.

A 1960, Buick ta ƙara ɗaukar dabarar sanya suna gaba, tana jaddada a tallace-tallacenta cewa dukkan jerin motocinta suna da “Turbine Drive.” Sunan Dynaflow ya zama mai amfani da illa a lokaci guda, kuma daga ƙarshe aka fara ganinsa a matsayin abin da ke kawo cikas ga tallace-tallace.

Ga mai Buick na yau da kullum wanda ke hanzarta a hankali, Dynaflow yana aiki cikin santsi na musamman, ba tare da an ji sauyin giya ba. Amma idan aka nemi hanzari mai ƙarfi, abin da direba zai ji zai iya kama da na akwatin giya mai sauya rabon giya ba tare da matakai ba na zamani (CVT), inda ake jin kamar saurin juyawar injin da gudun mota ba su da alaƙa kai tsaye. Wannan halayya, tare da hanzarin da gaba ɗaya bai cika ƙarfi ba, ta sa aka yi wa akwatin giyar laƙabi marasa yabo, “Dynaslow” da “Dynaslush.” Dukansu sun zama sanannun kalmomi a tsakanin masu sha'awar motoci, kusan kamar sunan Dynaflow kansa.

Wannan ba yana nufin Dynaflow, wanda kuma ake kira Twin Turbine ko Turbine Drive, ya gaza ba ne. Yawancin masu Buick sun gamsu da shi sosai. Akwatin giyar ya tabbatar da amincinsa a miliyoyin motoci, kuma kusan 99.4% na masu sayen Buick a 1960 sun zaɓi wannan akwatin giya na atomatik mai tsarin da ba a saba da shi ba.

Amma akwai wani abu da ya kamata a lura da shi: zaɓin da ya rage kawai shi ne akwatin giya na hannu. Abin sha'awa ne a yi tunanin abin da masu saye za su zaɓa da a ce Buick ta bayar da akwatin giya na atomatik Hydra-Matic na GM, wanda ya fi bin tsarin da aka saba da shi, tare da Turbine Drive.

Saboda dalilai daban-daban, tallace-tallacen Buick sun ci gaba da raguwa a 1960, inda suka sauka zuwa ƙasa da motoci 254,000 kaɗan. Wannan ya kai kusan kashi ɗaya bisa uku na tallace-tallacen sashen a shekarar samfurin 1955 mai muhimmanci, lokacin da Buick ta kusa fita daga cikin manyan kamfanonin ƙera motoci 10 na masana'antar.

Sunan Turbine Drive ya bayyana a dukkan jerin motocin Buick na shekara ɗaya kacal, ko da yake akwatin giyar kansa ya ci gaba da ɗaukar wannan suna har zuwa 1964. Daga nan Buick ta fara amfani da akwatin giya na Turbo-Hydramatic na rukunin GM, tana tallata shi da sunan Super Turbine 400.