Le G-Class yakwaMercedes ebizwa ngokuba yi "Otto" yahamba iimbombo zone zehlabathi iminyaka engama-26. Injini iseyiyo yoqobo.
UGunther Holtorf ungumJamani owashiya umsebenzi wakhe kwiminyaka eyi-26 edlulileyo ngenjongo enye: ukuhamba ngehlabathi emva kwevili leMercedes G-Class yakhe "sky blue". Okwashiyeka ngasemva ibingumsebenzi ozinzileyo njengomanejala eLufthansa. Konke kutshintshiselwano ngobomi obuzele ziziganeko kunye namabali okuxelela. Ivakala ngathi yinto entle awucingi?
U-Holtorf uthi iminyaka emi-5 yokuqala wayichitha enqumla ilizwekazi laseAfrika, into engazange ikwazi ukuyeka noqhawulo-mtshato lomfazi wakhe wesithathu. Kungelo xesha awathi ngenxa yesibhengezo sephephandaba iDie Zeit, uHoltorf wadibana nebhinqa lobomi bakhe, uChristine. Yayikunye noChristine ukuba wahamba ukusuka kwi-1990 ukuya ku-2010, unyaka apho umhlaza ofunyenwe ngo-2003 wathatha ubomi bakhe.
Ngeli xesha, baye kumazwe afana neArgentina, Peru, Brazil, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, USA, Canada kunye Alaska, phakathi kwamanye. Emva koko basingise e-Australia apho baye bachitha enye isizini, kodwa kwakuseKazakhstan apho bafikelela kumgama omangalisayo we-500,000km.
Uhambo lwaqhubeka kumazwe afana neAfghanistan, Turkey, Cuba, Caribbean, United Kingdom kunye namanye amazwe amaninzi aseYurophu. Ngelo xesha, uChristine wafa, kodwa uHoltorf wathembisa ukuqhubeka nohambo lwakhe. Eyedwa, kuphela kwinkampani yakhe ethembekileyo "i-Otto" wathatha indlela yokufumanisa iChina, iNorth Korea, iVietnam kunye neCambodia.
Isenenjini yoqobo, olu hambo luthatha iminyaka engama-26 kwaye lwahamba kumazwe angama-215 lwaphela eJamani. UMercedes-othe ekufundeni kolu hambo wagqiba kwelokuba axhase uGunther Holtorf - uya kubonisa "i-Otto" kwimyuziyam yayo e-Stuttgart, apho le globetrotter inokubonwa ngamawaka abantu abanomdla kunye nabanomdla malunga ne-brand.
