I-BMW 3 Series entsha ye-GranTurismo sele ibonisiwe kwaye imele ukubheja okuphezulu kwi-premium segment.
Le ngcamango entsha idlala indima ekhethekileyo ngokwenene ngaphakathi kuluhlu lwe-3 Series, uchungechunge oluyimpumelelo oluphuculwe ngokusebenza ngakumbi, indawo kunye nesibheno esiqhelekileyo kunye ne-3 Series GT entsha. I-BMW 3 Series GranTurismo idibanisa iimpawu eziguquguqukayo kunye nezemidlalo zoluhlu lwe-3 Series, ukongeza nokubeka ugxininiso olukhethekileyo kwindawo ebhodini kunye nentuthuzelo yokuhamba umgama omde.
Phakathi kwezona mpawu zibalaseleyo ze-BMW 3 Series GranTurismo yi-silhouette yayo enophahla lwe-Coupé kunye neefestile ezisecaleni ezingenafreyimu. Ngasemva kukho ispoiler esongeziweyo – esokuqala sohlobo lwayo kwa-BMW – esibonelela ngedrive ekhuselekileyo. Nge-110km/h i-spoiler iyenyuka inika iGranTurismo uzinzo ngakumbi.
Ngokufikelela ngokulula ngakumbi kunye nesikhundla esiphakamileyo, ibonelela ngokubonakala okongeziweyo xa kuthelekiswa nalo lonke uluhlu lwe-Series-3, kunye nokwandiswa okutofotofo kwendawo ejikeleze abakhweli kuyenza ibe yinto yokuphila kwangoko.
Ukunyuka okucacileyo kobude ngaphezu kweSedan kunye neTouring kwaba neempembelelo kwi-silhouette yangaphandle, kodwa kunye nenani lendawo ekhoyo ebhodini, elinokulinganisela, kubakhweli abangasemva bakhule nge-7 cm. Elinye lamakhadi exilongo ale modeli ikwayi-520 litre boot enkulu, enokuthi inyuswe ibe yi-1,600 yeelitha ezintle nezinezihlalo ezingasemva ezisongelwe phantsi (40:20:40).
Ngokungafaniyo nomntakwabo omdala (Series 5 GT), ukuvulwa kabini kwe-boot akufumaneki, kodwa ukuzalisa lo msantsa zininzi ezinye izinto ezisebenzayo ezifumanekayo ezinje nge "storage" iidrowa phantsi komgangatho we-trunk kunye neegwegwe zokuxhoma, umzekelo, iingxowa zokuthenga.
Njengoluhlu, 3 Series GT ziya kufumaneka 3 imigca izixhobo, Sport, Luxury kunye Modern. Kuya kuba neenjini ezi-5, i-petroli ezintathu (i-320i (143 hp), i-328i (245 hp) kunye ne-335i (306 hp)) kunye neembini ezinedizili (i-318d (143 hp) kunye ne-320d (184 hp)). Emva kwexesha, i-325d kunye neenguqulelo zayo ze-xDrive eziqhutywa ngamavili onke ziya kufika.
Le BMW 3 Series GT iza kutyhilwa ngokusesikweni kwiGeneva Motor Show kwaye iza kufikelela kubathengisi phakathi kuJulayi walo nyaka.
Umbhalo: Marco Nunes