I-2017 iya kuba ngunyaka weendaba zeVolkswagen ngokwecandelo le-B kunye ne-C (i-Polo kunye ne-T-Roc, ngokulandelanayo). Ngokucacileyo akukho nokuba icandelo le-A lifanele libaleke - sithetha, ngokuqinisekileyo, ngumhlali wesixeko phezulu! . Ngokutsho kwe-CEO ye-brand yaseJamani i-Herbert Diess, imodeli eqaliswe kwi-2011 isenayo into eninzi yokunikela.
“Owu phezulu! iyaqhubeka ukuphumelela phantse kulo lonke uthelekiso. Imoto yahlaziywa kulo nyaka uphelileyo ngoluhlu lweenjini ezitshajiweyo kwaye ngoku siyakwazi ukwazisa ngokufika kwenguqulo! I-GTi, ezisa umtsalane ngakumbi ngokweemvakalelo”.
Ngokwe-brand, imveliso yeVolkswagen phezulu! I-GTI ingaqalisa kulo nyaka kwaye ngubani owaziyo ukuba lo mfo wesixeko akazukwazi ukuboniswa kumboniso weemoto iFrankfurt ngeyoMsintsi.
Ngokumalunga ne-injini, ukubheja kufuneka kuwele kwibhloko ye-1.0 TSI ye-115hp kunye ne-200 Nm - injini efanayo esele siyayazi kwiimodeli ezifana neGolf kunye ne-A3. Ngomahluko omncinci (omkhulu): phezulu! ibiza kuphela i-925 kg kwisikali. Ukuba kule songeza i-tweaks encinci kwi-suspension, i-steering kunye ne-DSG 7 ibhokisi, phezulu! I-GTI kufuneka ikwazi ukukhawulezisa ukuya kwi-100 km/h kwimizuzwana engaphezulu nje kwe-8 kwaye idlule ku-200km/h kwisantya esiphezulu. Akukubanga…
Ngokumalunga ne-aesthetics, ngokweeprototypes ezivavanyiweyo eMzantsi Afrika (ezikhankanyiweyo), amavili amatsha, iindawo zokukhupha i-exhaust kunye neseti yeenkcukacha ze-sportier bodywork kulindeleke.
Ngokutsho kukaHerbert Diess, iVolkswagen nayo ilungiselela ukuqalisa i-e-Up ehlaziyiweyo, apho ngoku kukho isiqinisekiso esisodwa kuphela: iya kuba nokuzimela ngaphezu kwe-160 km epapashiweyo yemodeli yangoku.