Emva kweminyaka emine yolawulo olupheleleyo, i-MINI yaphulukana nohlelo lokugqibela lweDakar ukuya kwaPeugeot. Impendulo ngoku iza ngohlobo lweRally entsha yeMINI John Cooper Works.
I-MINI kunye ne-X-Raid baye baphinda badibanisa imikhosi ukuze bahlasele owona mdyarho mkhulu nowona waziwayo emhlabeni: iDakar.Isiseko sokuqala kwakubonakala ngathi yiMINI Countryman. Ngokucacileyo ngenxa yeMini yeLizwe eseleyo yinkangeleko.
Umzimba wenziwe kwi-Kevlar, i-chassis i-tubular kwaye injini yiyunithi ye-Dizeli ye-3.0 yemvelaphi ye-BMW. Ngokwamandla, le MINI John Cooper Works Rally iphuhlisa i-340 hp kunye ne-800 Nm yetorque ephezulu.
AKUMELE UPHOSELWE: UMnini weLizwe eliNcinci ufika ngo-2017 ene-hybrid powertrain
Njengoko ubunokuthelekelela kumandla apapashiweyo, ngokuchaseneyo nesinokuthi sicinge - xa sijonga ukongama okubonakaliswe sisicombululo esinamavili amabini okuqhuba iPeugeot 2008 DKR – iMINI iza kuqhubeka ukutyala imali kwi-four-wheel drive. Njengoko sisazi, imimiselo yaseDakar ivumela iiprototypes zokuqhuba amavili amabini ukuba zibe namandla ngakumbi, zibe khaphukhaphu kwaye zibe nokunqunyanyiswa kokuhamba okude.
Ngaloo ndlela, i-MINI ibheje ekuphuculeni imodeli ye-aerodynamics ukufikelela kwisantya esiphezulu esiphezulu - amabango e-brand 184 km / h - kunye nokuthoba iziko lomxhuzulane lemodeli, ukwenzela ukubamba kunye nokuzinza okukhulu. Ngaba iya kuba yimali yokubheja? I-brand ibheja iitshiphusi zayo kwezona ndawo zinzima kakhulu zeDakar, apho iya kukwazi ukusebenzisa ngokupheleleyo inkqubo yokutsala kwaye irhoxise ukungonakali kweendawo ezikhawulezayo.
I-Dakar ye-2017 iqala ngoJanuwari 2 kunye nomqhubi we-pilot u-Mikko Hirvonen okhokela iinqwelo zomenzi waseBrithani.