Eyona moto inexabiso eliphantsi emhlabeni, iTata Nano, iye yaba lixhoba lomdlalo wayo, ithathwa ngabathengi njengexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu kwaye ilula.
I-Tata Nano yenye yezona modeli zemveliso ziphikisanayo. Unyaka ka-2008 yayingunyaka apho kwakuboniswa iTata Nano. Ihlabathi laliphakathi kwengxaki yezoqoqosho neyeoli. Ixabiso lomphanda we-oyile lodlula umqobo wengqondo weedola ezili-100 kwaye lada laya ngaphaya kwe-150 yeedola ngomphanda, into ebingenakucingelwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwimeko yoxolo lwehlabathi.
Kwesi siphithiphithi, iTata Industries emva koko yabhengeza iTata Nano, imoto eyathembisa ukubeka izigidi zamaIndiya kumavili amane. Iialamu zakhala kumazwe ahambele phambili kwezoqoqosho. Liya kuba njani ixabiso leoli ukuba izigidi zamaIndiya ziqalise ngequbuliso ukuqhuba? Imoto enexabiso elingaphantsi kwe-2500 usd.
Ukugxekwa kwavela macala onke. Isuka koochwephesha bendalo, kuba imoto ibingcolise kakhulu, isuka kumaziko ehlabathi kuba ibingakhuselekanga, kubavelisi kuba ibinokhuphiswano olungafanelekanga. Nangona kunjalo, wonke umntu wayehlala ephethe ilitye lokuphosa uNano omncinci. Kodwa nokuba loluphi na uqingqo-maxabiso, ababenelizwi lokugqibela yayingabathengi. Kwaye imoto eyayithembisa ukuba iyenye yezigidi zeentsapho ukuya kwi-scooters kunye nezithuthuthu ayizange ibekho.
Yayingekho kumhlaba wamntu: abona bahluphekayo abayijongi njengemoto yokwenyani kwaye abo batyebileyo abayiboni njengenye yeemoto "eziqhelekileyo".
Kwiminyaka emihlanu uTata wathengisa kuphela iiyunithi ezingama-230,000 xa umzi-mveliso wawuyilelwe ukwakha iiyunithi ezingama-250,000 ngonyaka. Abaphathi bakaTata sele bebonile ukuba ukubekwa kwemveliso kunye nokuthengisa akuphumelelanga. Kwaye ngenxa yoko, i-Tata elandelayo iya kuba yindleko encinci kwaye ibe mnandi ngakumbi. Kwanele ukuba kuthathwe ngokungathí sina. Ityala elithi "ixabiso eliphantsi liyabiza"!
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa