Ford ichaenda kuGoodwood Mutambo Wekumhanya, muna Chikunguru, mota inovimbisa kufadza zvakanyanya "radicals". Madzimai. uye varume, ndinopa kwamuri Ford FF1.
Ford FF1 ichakwevera (yakawanda!) kutariswa kwemunhu wese, kana kuti yanga isiri chigaro chimwe chakatenderwa "kumhanya" mumigwagwa yeruzhinji. Hongu, unoverenga izvo zvakanaka, migwagwa yeruzhinji. Uye kana yaizongogadzirwa, nzendo dzokuenda kubasa dzaizova nerunako rwakasiyana. Nehurombo iyo Ford FF1, parizvino, ichiri "technology showcase" yeFord.
Yakashongedzerwa neinjini yekuhwina 1.0 litre EcoBoost matatu-cylinder injini, iyo FF1 inokwanisa kusvika pakumhanya kwepamusoro kunosvika 260 km/h. Kune avo vanofunga kuti 260 km/h imhanzi isina kunaka kune mumwe chete agere, zvino edza kuita zvakawandisa pane izvi pakutenderera kweNurburgring. Paunozviziva, mwoyo wako uri kurova kurudyi rwomuviri wako.
Ford iyi FF1 yakapedza makumbo paNurburgring (dunhu rava kutengeswa) mumaminitsi manomwe nemasekonzi makumi maviri nemaviri chete. Asi mira ipapo… saka iyi «carrito» ine 1.0 litre injini (yakagadzirirwa kugadzira 202 hp) yakakwanisa kukurumidza kupfuura Lamborghini Aventador kana Pagani Zonda F? Mhinduro ndihongu. Chokwadi ndechekuti tiri kutaura nezve mota yakareruka uye chii "diki" injini yemotokari yakajairika chombo chaicho cheAdrenaline chemugari mumwechete werudzi urwu. Ford inozivisawo kuvandudzwa kwekushandisa kweanenge 2.8 l/100 km.
Zvakakosha kuziva kuti shanduro yemugwagwa haingauyi ne 202 hp asi 123 hp, iyo isingafaniri kuva chipingamupinyi kune ani zvake. Ford FF1 ichaonekwa pamwe chete neFord Fiesta ST itsva uye Ford GT40 ine mukurumbira musi waChikunguru 11 paGoodwood Festival of Speed. Kuzvidya mwoyo? Tiri…
Chinyorwa: Tiago Luis