I-2015 Dakar Rally iya kubona i-Peugeot ibuya, iminyaka eyi-25 emva kokuthatha inxaxheba kunye noloyiso lokugqibela, kwi-2008 DKR.
Njengoko sele sihambele phambili, iPeugeot ibuyele ngenene kumdyarho omkhulu waseDakar! Iindaba ezimnandi zogqatso, olufumana omnye umakhi owaziwayo, kunye noluntu, ngoku olunomnye umatshini wokuvuyisa umkhosi.
Kodwa akukho nto ingcono kunomxholo omncinci wembali ukuqonda ukubaluleka kwesi sibhengezo. Ngo-1986 kwabhengezwa ukuphela kweqela le-B lemidlalo yobuNtshatsheli beRally. Ke, oomatshini abakhohlakeleyo nabaziwayo njenge Peugeot 205 T16 babevalelwe kumaphepha embali. Ngokuchasene noko, umzekelo weLancia, iPeugeot yayiza kugqiba ukuyishiya indlela.
Ekubeni imoto isenesakhono esiphezulu, iPeugeot Sport yajika yaya kwiRally Raid. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, elona nyathelo lisengqiqweni linokuthi lithathwe, njengoko i-205 T16 iseninzi ekufuneka yenziwe ngaphambi kokuba "uhlaziyo".
Njengomngeni omkhulu, bekuya kufuneka ndoyise eyona rali inzima kuzo zonke: iDakar! Kwaye ngokuqikelelwayo ngokwaneleyo, i 205 T16 Grand Raid wathatha Dakar ngoqhwithela. Ophumeleleyo ogqibeleleyo ngo-1987 no-1988, uya kuqhubeka ephumelela sele ekwimo ye-405 T16 (ibiyi-205 T16, kodwa ngomzimba omtsha) ngo-1989 no-1990, unyaka wokugqibela wokuthatha inxaxheba kwePeugeot kugqatso.
Emva kolu loyiso, iPeugeot Sport yayiza kugqibela idlala kwezona nkalo zihlukeneyo, ukusuka kukhuphiswano lokunyamezela, ngeFomula 1, ibuyela kwiRally World Championship ngo-1999 naseLe Mans ngo-2007.
I-208 T16 kunye neLoeb zadilizwa ukuze zoyise intaba ye-epic, kunye nerekhodi lomdyarho litshatyalalisiwe ngaphezu komzuzu onesiqingatha. Ukuvezwa kunye nokugubungela umsitho kunye nophawu belubalasele.
NgePikes Peak yoyisiwe, yintoni omawuyenze ngokulandelayo?
Ngena eDakar kwindawo. Kwezi ntsuku, iDakar ayidluli nakweso sixeko siyiqabileyo. Okwangoku, i-Dakar yenzeka kwilizwekazi laseMzantsi Melika, ekubeni isoyikiso sobugrogrisi senza ukuba siyishiye i-Afrika ngo-2008. Imeko ingatshintshile, kodwa isebubungqina obuyintsomi esibaziyo sonke. Kukho malunga ne-10 lamawaka eekhilomitha ezidityanisiweyo kwiiveki ezi-2 kwezona ndlela zinzima. Umngeni mkhulu. Ukubonakala kunye nemivuzo mikhulu.
La marhe sele ekhona ixesha elide, kwaye ngoku asemthethweni. Ngokungqamana nesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-25 emva koloyiso lokugqibela kulo mdyarho, iPeugeot iza kubuyela eDakar ngo-2015, ngokusebenzisa uCarlos Sainz onamava noCyril Despres, naye oligqala logqatso, kodwa apha etshintsha amavili amabini amane. Ukuqinisekiswa kokuthatha inxaxheba kukwabangele ukuba kufumaniseke ukuba yeyiphi imodeli eza kusebenzisa iPeugeot kumdyarho. Ukutsalwa kwe-208 bekulindelekile, kodwa i-teaser eveziweyo iveza i-silhouette ye-Peugeot ka-2008 elungiswe kakhulu, ebizwa ngokuba yi-DKR ka-2008.
Ngenkxaso yeTotal kunye neRed Bull, amaqabane afanayo afake isandla ekunqobeni iPikes Peak, le projekthi entsha ithembisa ukuhlala iminyaka embalwa. Kodwa injongo icacile: nokuba ngunyaka wokubuya, yindawo yokuqala kuphela ebalulekileyo.
I-Peugeot ithembisa ukukhulula ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-2008 DKR kwi-Beijing show eqala ngo-Ephreli 20. Ke, sele uyazi, kukugcina iliso kwiLedger Automobile kuzo zonke iinkcukacha eziya kubhengezwa.