Umsebenzi we-Subaru WRX STI sele uphantse ube neminyaka eyi-7 usebenza kwaye yiyo loo nto uphawu lwagqiba ekubeni luqalise kwimarike yaseJapan ushicilelo olulinganiselweyo lweeyunithi ezingama-300 ukukhuthaza ukuthengiswa kwemodeli.
I-Subaru ibize olu shicilelo lulinganiselweyo lwe-WRX STI TS Uhlobo lwe-RA. Yima umzuzu… RA?! Ingaba ngookuqala beLedger yeemoto? Sifuna ukukholelwa njalo. Kwaye kwangaphambili, sibulela u-Subaru ngobubele babo. Ngaba babenokuyithumela ikopi ngeposi?
Ukuba ucinga ukuba inguqulo ye-RA ayigqithisi kakhulu, kusekho inqanaba lezixhobo ezongezelelweyo ezibizwa ngokuba yiphakheji ye-NBR Challenge, enikezelwe kwisekethe ye-Nϋrburgring, apho uphawu lusetyenziselwa ukucudisa indalo yalo ukuya kwihashe lokugqibela. I-TS igcina i-300hp ye-injini ye-4-cylinder Boxer. Umahluko zisekelwe ukunqunyanyiswa, iziqhoboshi kunye nokulawula, iinkqubo ukuba icandelo lezemidlalo brand wagqiba ukuphonononga ngenjongo (nokuba) ukubamba enkulu kunye impendulo engcono.
Ngaphandle, ukuba ukhetha ipakethe ye-NBR Challenge, i-Subaru iya kufumana i-carbon fibre yangasemva ye-spoiler, i-18-intshi yamavili e-aluminiyam, ii-backets ze-Alcantara zesikhumba kunye, njengoko kulindelekile, isitikha esine-"Inferno" silhouette Green".
Njengoko isihloko sicebisa, ngamaJapan kuphela aya kuba nethuba lokuthenga olu hlelo lwe-WRX STI. Ukuba kusekho umnqweno omkhulu, kukho iinqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla eziya eJapan, kwaye i-"Subie" ihlala malunga ne-33,000 euros, i-39,000 ukuba ukhetha ipakethe ye-NBR Challenge, oku kukhawulelwe kwiiyunithi ezingama-200. Iindleko zokusemthethweni apha ePortugal? Imiba emincinci zithandwa, imiba encinci… xa imali ingengomba.
Umbhalo: Ricardo Correia