{"id":73914,"date":"2026-05-03T05:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/73914\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:47:14","slug":"test-veteranu-chevrolet-chevelle-malibu-sport-coupe-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/73914\/","title":{"rendered":"Test veter\u00e1nu Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Coup\u00e9 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obliba klasick\u00e9ho americk\u00e9ho \u017eeleza v\u00a0Evrop\u011b roste a\u00a0nov\u00fd showroom u\u00a0firmy Veter\u00e1ni na Truc je toho d\u016fkazem: zat\u00edmco p\u0159ed deseti lety zde bylo mnohem britsk\u00fdch roadster\u016f, dneska se od nale\u0161t\u011bn\u00e9 podlahy odr\u00e1\u017eej\u00ed tvary masivn\u00edch karoseri\u00ed s\u00a0ikonick\u00fdmi designy, kter\u00fdm pod kapotou pracuj\u00ed velk\u00e9 osmiv\u00e1lce OHV. Je to teprve p\u00e1r dn\u00ed, co se zde objevil i\u00a0objekt na\u0161eho dne\u0161n\u00edho z\u00e1jmu, hezk\u00fd Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu z\u00a0roku 1972, tedy doby t\u011bsn\u011b p\u0159ed za\u010d\u00e1tkem ropn\u00e9 krize. Ani tentokr\u00e1t jsme nezav\u00e1hali a\u00a0hned po servisu ho vzali na proj\u00ed\u017e\u010fku, abychom p\u0159ipomn\u011bli jednu z\u00a0dal\u0161\u00edch d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fdch epizod zlat\u00e9 \u00e9ry americk\u00fdch silni\u010dn\u00edch svalovc\u016f.<\/p>\n

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V 60.\u00a0letech se americk\u00fd automobilov\u00fd trh v\u00fdrazn\u011b m\u011bnil, a\u00a0to zejm\u00e9na kv\u016fli mnohem v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed konkurenci v\u00a0segmentu men\u0161\u00edch (mid-size) aut. Velk\u00e1 trojka musela reagovat hlavn\u011b na \u00fasp\u011bch mal\u00e9ho modelu Rambler od AMC. Zejm\u00e9na jeho t\u0159et\u00ed generace z\u00a0let 1964\u00a0a\u017e 1969\u00a0byla game changerem\u00a0\u2013 jej\u00ed \u00fasp\u011bch byl tak v\u00fdrazn\u00fd, \u017ee donutil giganty k\u00a0radik\u00e1ln\u00ed zm\u011bn\u011b strategie. Zat\u00edmco Detroit soupe\u0159il v\u00a0tom, kdo vyrob\u00ed del\u0161\u00ed a\u00a0v\u00edce ozdoben\u00fd k\u0159i\u017en\u00edk, automobilka AMC vsadila na kompaktn\u00ed rozm\u011bry a\u00a0efektivitu a\u00a0ud\u011blala dob\u0159e.<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Jen v\u00a0USA m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt p\u011btimetrov\u00e9 auto pova\u017eov\u00e1no za kompaktn\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Za\u010d\u00ednalo b\u00fdt toti\u017e v\u00edc ne\u017e z\u0159ejm\u00e9, \u017ee americk\u00fd z\u00e1kazn\u00edk netou\u017e\u00ed pouze po obrovsk\u00fdch autech s\u00a0k\u0159\u00eddly, ale ocen\u00ed i\u00a0man\u00e9vrovatelnost, schopnost pohodln\u011b zaparkovat nebo fungovat s\u00a0ni\u017e\u0161\u00edmi provozn\u00edmi n\u00e1klady. Tento tlak p\u0159ivedl na trh celou \u0159adu zhruba p\u011btimetrov\u00fdch \u201ekompakt\u016f\u201c\u00a0\u2013 od Fordu Falcon p\u0159es Plymouth Valiant a\u017e po Chevrolety Chevy II Nova (ne\u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00fd Corvair vynech\u00e1me) a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed. Kdy\u017e Ford v\u00a0roce 1962\u00a0p\u0159edstavil mid-size model Fairlane, Chevrolet o\u00a0dva roky pozd\u011bji reagoval p\u0159edstaven\u00edm sv\u00e9 p\u0159edstavy a\u00a0na sv\u011bt tak p\u0159i\u0161la Chevelle.<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Co by to bylo za Ameriku bez \u201efofr\u201c pruh\u016f.<\/p>\n

V\u016fz st\u00e1l na nov\u00e9 platform\u011b A-body s\u00a0rozvorem 2\u00a0900\u00a0mm a\u00a0v roce 1964\u00a0se stal jedin\u00fdm zcela nov\u00fdm autem na trhu v\u00a0USA. Vyplnil mezeru mezi mal\u00fdm Chevy II a\u00a0plnotu\u010dn\u00fdmi, velk\u00fdmi Chevrolety, jako byla Impala. Pod jm\u00e9nem Chevelle vznikla cel\u00e1 rodina aut, od praktick\u00fdch kombi a\u017e po drsn\u00e1 kup\u00e9\u00a0\u2013 v\u00a0n\u011bkolika tov\u00e1rn\u00e1ch se na A-body platform\u011b montovalo celkem dev\u011bt karos\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdch verz\u00ed s\u00a0celou paletou motor\u016f, od \u00fasporn\u00fdch \u0161estiv\u00e1lc\u016f a\u017e po ohromn\u00e9 osmiv\u00e1lce. Vrcholnou evoluc\u00ed Chevelle se pak stala druh\u00e1 generace z\u00a0let 1968\u00a0a\u017e 1972, kam pat\u0159\u00ed i\u00a0bronzov\u00e1 k\u00e1ra, kter\u00e1 si bubl\u00e1 jarn\u00ed jiho\u010deskou krajinou. Typick\u00fd tvar lahve Coca-Coly byl nezam\u011bniteln\u00fdm stylem tehdej\u0161\u00edch pony a\u00a0muscle-cars a\u00a0bav\u00ed n\u00e1s dodnes. A\u00a0kone\u010dn\u011b: nejdivo\u010dej\u0161\u00edm snem tehdej\u0161\u00edch mlad\u00fdch \u0159idi\u010d\u016f byl model Chevelle SS 454\u00a0z\u00a0roku 1970, kter\u00fd si snad tak\u00e9 n\u011bkdy p\u0159ipomeneme.<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Pod jm\u00e9nem Chevelle vznikla cel\u00e1 rodina aut.<\/p>\n

J\u00e1 se nyn\u00ed v\u00a0pohod\u011b spokoj\u00edm s\u00a0hezkou Chevelle Sport Coup\u00e9, kter\u00e1 se ve druh\u00e9m t\u00fddnu v\u00a0\u010dervenci 1972\u00a0narodila v\u00a0tov\u00e1rn\u011b v\u00a0Baltimoru. K\u00f3d potvrzuje, \u017ee se bav\u00edme o\u00a0verzi Malibu Sport Coup\u00e9. N\u00e1zev Malibu je zaj\u00edmav\u00fd\u00a0\u2013 pr\u00e1v\u011b do roku 1972\u00a0toti\u017e p\u0159edstavuje pr\u00e9miovou verzi Chevelle s\u00a0lep\u0161\u00edm interi\u00e9rem a\u00a0bohat\u0161\u00edm polstrov\u00e1n\u00edm. Ale tak\u00e9 s\u00a0chromov\u00fdmi li\u0161tami kolem oken \u010di dal\u0161\u00edmi dopl\u0148ky, kter\u00e9 na p\u0159edstaven\u00e9m kousku bohu\u017eel odv\u00e1l \u010das. Stru\u010dn\u011b \u0159e\u010deno, pokud byl SS \u201esportovn\u00ed\u201c bal\u00ed\u010dek, Malibu bylo o\u00a0vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed \u00farovni luxusu, ne\u017e se z\u00a0jednotliv\u00fdch ozna\u010den\u00ed staly samostatn\u00e9 verze (u Malibu od roku 1973).<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Chevelle s\u00a0ozna\u010den\u00edm Malibu byla sp\u00ed\u0161 o\u00a0komfortn\u00edm plut\u00ed ne\u017e p\u00e1len\u00ed pneumatik.<\/p>\n

Tak \u010di onak, st\u00e1le jedu v\u00a0Chevroletu, tedy jak\u00e9si americk\u00e9 \u0161kodovce sv\u00e9 doby, tak\u017ee m\u00edsto elektrick\u00fdch ovlada\u010d\u016f se okna kup\u00e9 stahuj\u00ed ru\u010dn\u011b. Je mi to jedno, jednoduchost se mi l\u00edb\u00ed. Hlavn\u00ed je, \u017ee sklon\u011bn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edstrojov\u00fd \u0161t\u00edt nab\u00edz\u00ed celou sadu velmi hezk\u00fdch bud\u00edk\u016f a\u00a0sedadla typickou m\u011bkkou pohodlnost. Zkou\u0161\u00edm zadn\u00ed sedadla\u00a0\u2013 pod sklem je \u010dlov\u011bk trochu jako ve sklen\u00edku, ale auto je dle na\u0161ich m\u011b\u0159\u00edtek po\u0159\u00e1d dost velk\u00e9 na to, aby se tam dalo docela slu\u0161n\u011b sed\u011bt, i\u00a0kdy\u017e vstup a\u00a0v\u00fdstup vy\u017eaduj\u00ed obratnost.<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Interi\u00e9r je kr\u00e1sn\u00fd, jen ten volant se sem fakt nehod\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Co m\u011b ale neuchv\u00e1tilo, je p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 mal\u00fd volant, kter\u00fd sice tvarem trochu p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 p\u016fvodn\u00ed kousek, jen\u017ee jinak je v\u00a0kombinaci s\u00a0velmi p\u0159eposilovan\u00fdm \u0159\u00edzen\u00edm a\u017e moc p\u0159ecitliv\u011bl\u00fd na zm\u011bny sm\u011bru. Vkus je ka\u017ed\u00e9ho v\u011bc, tak\u017ee rad\u011bji p\u0159esunuji masivn\u00ed p\u00e1ku p\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00edc\u00ed ko\u0148skou podkovu dozadu na trojku a\u00a0vyr\u00e1\u017e\u00edm. Pod kapotou bubl\u00e1 litinov\u00fd osmiv\u00e1lec OHV GM Chevrolet L48, co\u017e je klasick\u00fd small-block s\u00a0objemem 5\u00a0733\u00a0cm3\u00a0a\u00a0\u010dty\u0159komorov\u00fdm karbur\u00e1torem Rochester. Rok 1972\u00a0u\u017e p\u0159edznamen\u00e1val ropnou krizi, tak\u017ee celkov\u00fd v\u00fdkon dosahuje jen 177\u00a0kon\u00ed p\u0159i 4\u00a0000\u00a0ot\u00e1\u010dk\u00e1ch a\u00a0to\u010div\u00fd moment vrchol\u00ed hodnotou 380\u00a0Nm p\u0159i 2\u00a0400\u00a0ot\u00e1\u010dk\u00e1ch.<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Ob\u0159\u00ed osmiv\u00e1lec m\u00e1 pom\u011brn\u011b skromn\u00fd v\u00fdkon. A\u00a0to jde po\u0159\u00e1d o\u00a0verzi z\u00a0doby p\u0159ed ropnou kriz\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Vzhledem k\u00a0tomu, \u017ee auto o\u00a0d\u00e9lce 5\u00a0016\u00a0mm v\u00e1\u017e\u00ed 1\u00a0566\u00a0kg a\u00a0t\u0159\u00edstup\u0148ov\u00fd automat Turbo Hydramatic se tak\u00e9 zrovna nep\u0159ed\u0159e, Chevelle nen\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd velk\u00fd dravec. Hodnoty zrychlen\u00ed na stovku neuv\u00e1d\u00ed ani ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed bro\u017eura z\u00a0roku 1972.\u00a0Jen\u017ee to je \u00fapln\u011b jedno, proto\u017ee o\u00a0dynamick\u00fdch schopnostech to \u00fapln\u011b nen\u00ed. Mnohem milej\u0161\u00ed je si v\u00a0pohodl\u00ed jen tak plout a\u00a0nechat odoln\u00fd r\u00e1mov\u00fd podvozek, aby se pohupoval p\u0159es nerovnosti. Svezen\u00ed je docela kultivovan\u00e9 i\u00a0d\u00edky tomu, \u017ee vzadu tuhou n\u00e1pravu dopl\u0148uj\u00ed vinut\u00e9 pru\u017einy nam\u00edsto listov\u00fdch per, co\u017e bylo ve sv\u00e9 dob\u011b docela pokrokov\u00e9 \u0159e\u0161en\u00ed. Vysoko um\u00edst\u011bn\u00e1 karoserie nav\u00edc v\u00a0pohod\u011b p\u0159ekon\u00e1 i\u00a0kdejakou poln\u00ed cestu, co\u017e je\u0161t\u011b zvy\u0161uje vyu\u017eitelnost p\u011bkn\u00e9ho auta.<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Bubl\u00e1n\u00ed osmiv\u00e1lce zp\u0159\u00edjemn\u00ed ka\u017edou j\u00edzdu.<\/p>\n

Chevelle dlouho st\u00e1la, ale po servisu je z\u00a0n\u00ed c\u00edtit chu\u0165 vr\u00e1tit se do \u017eivota. S\u00a0ka\u017ed\u00fdm dal\u0161\u00edm kilometrem zn\u00ed bubl\u00e1n\u00ed ze dvou k\u00a0zemi sm\u011b\u0159uj\u00edc\u00edch koncovek v\u00fdfuku sebev\u011bdom\u011bji a\u00a0j\u00e1 p\u0159i korekci sm\u011bru z\u00edsk\u00e1v\u00e1m v\u00a0r\u00e1mci mo\u017enost\u00ed v\u00edce jistoty. Pohled pod kapotu ukazuje, \u017ee o\u00a0motor se u\u017e v\u00a0pr\u016fb\u011bhu \u010dasu n\u011bkdo trochu postaral\u00a0\u2013 vid\u00edme chromovan\u00e1 v\u00edka ventil\u016f, modern\u011bj\u0161\u00ed vzduchov\u00fd filtr i\u00a0\u010derven\u00e9 zapalovac\u00ed kabely. Jedin\u00e9, co by Chevelle cht\u011bla, je prost\u011b v\u00edc jezdit, co\u017e je u\u00a0aut na prodej takov\u00e1 klasika.<\/p>\n

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Ujmete se j\u00ed? Osmiv\u00e1lcov\u00e1 lidovka od Chevroletu je aktu\u00e1ln\u011b v\u00a0nab\u00eddce za 890\u00a0000\u00a0K\u010d, co\u017e je hezk\u00e1 cena za slu\u0161n\u00e9 auto, co jako obvykle pot\u0159ebuje dot\u00e1hnout detaily. Dopln\u00edm, \u017ee cena do milionu je u\u00a0b\u011b\u017en\u00fdch \u201edaily\u201c aut v\u00a0po\u0159\u00e1dku, vrcholn\u00e9 SS pak um\u00ed b\u00fdt i\u00a0v\u00edce ne\u017e dvakr\u00e1t dra\u017e\u0161\u00ed. Plechov\u00e1 kola na p\u0159edstaven\u00e9m aut\u011b mi ani nevad\u00ed, ale volant by zmizel hned. V\u016fle v\u00a0\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed a\u00a0podvozku bych \u0159e\u0161il tak\u00e9, stejn\u011b jako slab\u0161\u00ed brzdy. Hlavn\u00ed je, \u017ee auto nen\u00ed rezav\u00e9!<\/p>\n

Foto: Ond\u0159ej Kroutil<\/p>\n

Celkov\u011b je Chevelle skv\u011bl\u00fdm mixem klasick\u00e9ho americk\u00e9ho stylu, kter\u00fd diktuje hlavn\u011b par\u00e1dn\u00ed tvar karoserie, v\u00a0tomto p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b i\u00a0s hezk\u00fdm odst\u00ednem fajnov\u00e9ho laku. Co se t\u00fd\u010de pruh\u016f, za m\u011b by tam klidn\u011b ani nemusely b\u00fdt, ale ka\u017ed\u00e9ho v\u011bc. Rozumnou a\u00a0odolnou mechaniku symbolizuje klasick\u00fd bublav\u00fd osmiv\u00e1lec Chevy V8\u00a0350, pohodlnou volbou je pak l\u00edn\u00fd automat. V\u011b\u0159\u00edm, \u017ee stejn\u011b jako ka\u017ed\u00e1 hezk\u00e1 klasick\u00e1 Amerika, i\u00a0tahle k\u00e1ra ud\u011bl\u00e1 nov\u00e9mu majiteli hodn\u011b radosti, stejn\u011b jako n\u00e1m p\u0159i mil\u00e9 proj\u00ed\u017e\u010fce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Obliba klasick\u00e9ho americk\u00e9ho \u017eeleza v\u00a0Evrop\u011b roste a\u00a0nov\u00fd showroom u\u00a0firmy Veter\u00e1ni na Truc je toho d\u016fkazem: zat\u00edmco p\u0159ed deseti…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[67,68,8133,24090,6066],"class_list":{"0":"post-73914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-byznys","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-byznys","10":"tag-chevrolet","11":"tag-chevrolet-chevelle","12":"tag-v8"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116509071484580240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}