Ihlabathi libambe umoya walo, izithuthi ziyekile kwaye utshintshiselwano lwemasheya kwiimarike eziphambili zoqoqosho luvaliwe: IRenault ibonise ukuphakanyiswa kobuso be-Espace minivan.
Kulungile, akukho nanye koku kwenzekile, ihlabathi lilandela isiqhelo salo. Ngokungafaniyo noko kwenzekayo ngo-1984 xa isiqingatha sehlabathi samangaliswa kukuqaliswa kwemoto yengqondo yeRenault, i- «Espace». Imodeli eya kuba ngumqambi kunye noyise wecandelo leminivan.
Kodwa mhlawumbi namhlanje, iminyaka eyi-28 emva kokukhululwa kwayo, i-Renault Espace facelift injengeendaba ezincinci njengokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yeDelphi. Akukho mntu khathalayo…
Amaxesha anzima. Amafu amnyama ajinga phezu kwemarike yeemoto yaseYurophu akavumeli okungaphezulu kokuphakamisa ubuso kwimodeli enokuthi, nokuba intle kangakanani na, ayinakuze ibe nomthamo wokuthengisa ocacileyo. Ke musa ukuchitha imali eninzi ekuphuhliseni imodeli ukusuka ekuqaleni. Igama lokujonga kukuphucula into esele ikhona.
Kwaye yiloo nto eyenziwa nguRenault nge-Espace. Wagudisa imiphetho erhabaxa, wahlamba ubuso bakhe, et voilá! I-Espace ilungiselelwe eminye iminyaka embalwa emsebenzini. Ukongeza ekuhlaziyeni uyilo lwangaphandle, kukho neenkcukacha ezintsha ngaphakathi. Ukuphuculwa okuncinci kwizinto ezisetyenzisiweyo kunye ne-upholstery entsha igqibezela i-bouquet.
Ngokuphathelele iinjini, qhubeka uthembele kwinkonzo evumayo ye-injini ye-2.0 dci kwiinguqulelo ze-128, 148 kunye ne-173 hp. Ukufika kwale minivan ukuya kubathengisi baseYurophu kuya kwenzeka phakathi kuJulayi ka-2013.
