Namhlanje, kwiimoto ezininzi, iinkqubo zokukhangela zivele kuphela kwishishini leemoto malunga neminyaka engamashumi amathathu eyadlulayo. Kude kube nokuzalwa kwayo, abaqhubi kwafuneka babhenele kwiimephu "zamadoda amadala", kodwa oko akuzange kumthintele uFord ekuzameni ukwenza inkqubo eya kuxelela umqhubi, ngexesha lokwenyani, apho akhoyo.
Isiphumo salo mnqweno wokuvelisa izinto ezintsha safika kwiprototype ye-Ford Aurora eyatyhilwa yi-brand oval eluhlaza ngo-1964. Ngesitayela esiqhelekileyo saseMntla Melika, lo mboniso wawujonge ukucinga ukuba ingaba iivans zentsapho zexesha elizayo ziya kuba njani.
Phakathi kwezinto eziphambili eziye zabalasela ziingcango ezisecaleni ezikwi-asymmetric (yayimibini ngasekhohlo kwaye inye kuphela ngasekunene) kunye nocango lomboko olunocango oluvulekileyo nolusezantsi lusebenza njengeleli yokufikelela kuluhlu lwesithathu lwezihlalo.
Imigca ye-Ford Aurora ayifihli ixesha apho le prototype yenzelwe.
ukukroba kwikamva
Nangona imigca yayo ayishiyi nabani na ongakhathaliyo (ingakumbi ngo-1964), enye yezona zinto zitsala kakhulu kwiprototype eyathathwa yiFord kwiNew York World's Fair yayingaphakathi kwayo.
Sithetha ngento enokuthi ithathwe njenge "embryo" yenkqubo yokuhamba. Ngexesha apho inkqubo yeGPS yayiliphupha nje, iFord yagqiba ekubeni ifakele uhlobo lwenkqubo yokukhangela kwiprototype yayo.
Ibekwe kwideshboard, le nkqubo yayiyimaphu ebekwe emva kweglasi “enombono” ozenzekelayo olungelelanisiweyo uze ubonise kwimaphu yendawo esikuyo. Nangona iyinto entsha, le nkqubo ayizange isibonise indlela yokufikelela kwindawo, ngokungafaniyo neGPS yanamhlanje.
Nangona le nkqubo yavusa umdla omkhulu, inyaniso ayizange ityhilwe indlela esebenza ngayo.
Ngaphaya koko, ukusetyenziswa kwayo "kwilizwe lokwenyani" kuya kufuna ukuhamba ngeemephu ezingenakubalwa zeendawo oye kuzo, kodwa yayisele iphambili kakhulu ngexesha apho, ukuze sifumane iibheringi zethu, kwafuneka sazi indlela yokusebenzisa... ikhampasi.
Okokugqibela, nangaphakathi kulo mfanekiso kwakukho ifriji encinane, unomathotholo osisinyanzelo we-AM/FM kunye nomabonakude. Ivili lokuqhuba latshintshwa luhlobo lwentonga yenqwelomoya kwaye kubonakala ngathi isebenze njengenkuthazo kwi-KITT edumileyo.
Ngelishwa, uninzi lwezisombululo ezibandakanyiweyo kule prototype azizange zibone ukukhanya kwemini, kubandakanya nenkqubo yayo yokukhangela.