Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-1930, iimoto ezininzi ezaziveliswe eJamani yayiziimoto zodidi oluphezulu, yaye amaxabiso ayengenakufikelela kuninzi lwabemi. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, uAdolf Hitler – naye othanda iimoto – wagqiba ekubeni lixesha lokudala “imoto yabantu”: isithuthi esifikelelekayo esikwaziyo ukuthutha abantu abadala aba-2 kunye nabantwana aba-3 kwaye sifike kwi-100km/h.
Emva kokuba iimfuno zichazwe, uHitler wakhetha ukunikezela ngeprojekthi kuFerdinand Porsche, esele ngelo xesha injineli enerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo kwihlabathi leemoto. Ngomnyaka we-1934, isivumelwano sasayinwa phakathi koMbutho weSizwe we-Automobile Industry yaseJamani kunye noFerdinand Porsche ukwenzela ukuphuhliswa kweVolkswagen eyayiza kubeka abantu baseJamani "kumavili".
Ngelo xesha, uHitler wayenobudlelwane kunye no-Austrian Hans Ledwinka, umlawuli woyilo weTatra, umenzi wemoto ovela eCzechoslovakia. Ukunikezelwa kwiimodeli ze-brand, inkokeli yaseJamani yazisa uLedwinka kuFerdinand Porsche kwaye bobabini baxoxa ngeengcamango ngokuphindaphindiweyo.
Volkswagen Beetle
Ngo-1936, i-Tatra yazisa i-T97 (echazwe ngezantsi) imodeli esekelwe kwi-prototype ye-V570 eyasungulwa ngo-1931, ene-1.8 litha ye-injini yangasemva ene-architecture ye-boxer kunye nenkangeleko elula, eyilwe ngu... Hans Ledwinka. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva iVolkswagen yazisa iBeetle eyaziwayo, eyilwe ngu…. UFerdinand Porsche! Ngobuninzi beempawu eziphambili ze-T97, ukusuka kuyilo ukuya koomatshini. Ngenxa yokufana, uTatra wamangalela iVolkswagen, kodwa ngohlaselo lwaseJamani lwaseCzechoslovakia inkqubo yayingekho kwaye uTatra wanyanzelwa ukuba agqibezele ukuveliswa kweT97.
Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, uTatra waphinda walivula ityala elaliziswe iVolkswagen ngokophula amalungelo awodwa abenzi. Ngaphandle kweendlela ezizezinye ezinkulu, i-brand yaseJamani yanyanzeliswa ukuba ihlawule i-3 yezigidi ze-Deutschmarks, isixa esashiya iVolkswagen ngaphandle kwezixhobo ezinkulu zokuphuhliswa kweCarocha. Kamva, uFerdinand Porsche ngokwakhe wavuma ukuba "ngamanye amaxesha wayejonge phezu kwehlombe lakhe, ngamanye amaxesha wenza okufanayo", ebhekisela kuHans Ledwinka.
Okunye yimbali. IVolkswagen Carocha iya kuba yinto yehlelo kumashumi eminyaka alandelayo kwaye yenye yeemoto ezithengiswa kakhulu kunanini na ngaphambili, kunye neeyunithi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-21 eziveliswe phakathi kuka-1938 no-2003. Inika umdla, akunjalo?
Tatra V570:
