I-brand yase-Bhritane i-Jaguar iye yaphuhlisa umchasi we-German D-segment fleet iminyaka embalwa. Kodwa ngaba kufanele?
Ndicinga ukuba ndiyayithanda imbali. Yeemoto kunye nembali. Kwaye hayi, le ngongoma yomyalelo etafileni ayinanto yakwenza nentsebenziswano yeRazão Automóvel kunye neChaneli yeMbali. Yintshayelelo nje yento ezayo. Njengoko usazi, ayintshanga into yokuba amaNgesi, amaJamani kunye nesiFrentshi aye kungquzulwano. Iincwadi zembali zigcwele iimfazwe, uloyiso kunye neengxabano phakathi kwala magunya mathathu. Eyokuqala inokwanela ukuphumelela iimfazwe, owesibini uphila ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elithi "owokugqibela ukuhleka ..." kwaye okwesithathu, into embi, ibone iintsuku ezingcono.
Xa sithetha ngamaNgesi – amahlakani embali asePortugal – bebekhe banelinye lawona mashishini eemoto adlamkileyo ehlabathini, kodwa okwangoku baphulukene “noxinzelelo” kwiJamani. AmaFrentshi, ngendlela yawo, anika umoya wobabalo lwawo, kodwa ngoku awasenawo amandla achaseneyo awayekade engamaJamani.
Njengoko sisazi, amaBritane ayilohlobo lokuthatha i-shit ekhaya kwaye ebusweni bolawulo olupheleleyo lweesaluni zaseJamani kwimarike yobunewunewu, iJaguar - uphawu lwayo lobungangamsha ngoku lusezandleni zekoloni yangaphambili, iIndiya - ilungiselela ngokuthe ngqo. umntu okhuphisana naye kwiimbekiselo zaseJamani. Umbuzo wam ngulo: ngaba kufuneka bakhuphisane ngokuthe ngqo kwicandelo D? Uluvo lwam kukuba mhlawumbi akunjalo.
Licandelo elinomtsalane, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo. Lowo isilayi esikhulu sokuthengisa sinokumela uphawu, ngokuqinisekileyo. Kodwa utyalo-mali olufunekayo ukukhuphisana nezigebenga zaseJamani lungaphezulu lee kunoko uJaguar anokufikelela kulo. Ubuncinci ukuze ukwazi ukukhuphisana “ubuso ngobuso” nezi.
Babeza kufikelela ekupheleni konyaka bediniwe ngokwezimali. Akukho mandla emali axabisa iRatan Tata, isikhulu saseIndiya esingumnini wophawu lwesiNgesi. Namhlanje amaJamani alungile kakhulu kwinto ayenzayo.
Ke kufuneka lenze ntoni uphawu lwesiNgesi? Faka isiginci ebhegini ugoduke uyosela iti utye amaqebengwana?! Akunjalo. Bangazama, kodwa kufuneka bazame ngenye indlela. Ukudala imveliso ebalaseleyo kuyilo lwayo, i-aristocratic bearing kunye ne "British craftsman".
Banako kwaye kufuneka babeke ecaleni iinkxalabo malunga nendawo ebhodini okanye umthamo wemithwalo ngenxa yoyilo olunomtsalane ngakumbi. Ukuba benza imveliso enomdla kwaye ihluke kwiinkcukacha ezincinci. Ezo nkcukacha ezenza umahluko phakathi kweemoto ezizizo kanye nezo zininzi kakhulu.
Nabani na ofuna isaluni yemidlalo yeD-segment uthenga iBMW 3 Series, ofuna isaluni etofotofo uthenga iMercedes C-Class, kwaye ofuna intwana kwezi hlabathi zimbini uthenga iAudi A4. Kulungile… kwaye nabani na ofuna isalon enamavili uthenga iSkoda Superb.
Kodwa nabani na ofuna ukuthandana nemoto yakhe, ejonge kuyo ngaphezu “kokuba” akanazo iinketho ezinkulu kwimarike. Kwaye kukule niche-ethi kwi-niche inkulu kakhulu-elele ilizwe lamathuba eempawu ezifana neJaguar okanye iAlfa Romeo.
Nokuba yeyiphi na imeko, vumela iJaguar ingaze iphinde i-X-Type embi kakhulu. Isaluni esekwe kwiFord Mondeo esele izalwe kakubi, eyayisisahluko eJaguar sokukrazula, ukutshisa nokulibala. Mahala! Icikilishe, icilikishe, icikilishe...
Iimpawu ezifana neJaguar, phakathi kwezinye iimpawu ezifana neMaserati okanye iAlfa Romeo - endiyikhumbulayo ukuqinisa uluvo lwam - zinento engenakuphikiswa, isiNgesi siyibiza ngokuthi "ilifa". Igama elithi ngesiPhuthukezi esilungileyo lilingana nelifa.
Kwaye ilifa aliphindaphindwa, ke bheja kuyo. Apha kulapho iibrendi ezifana nezi ndizikhankanyileyo zinokuthi, kum, ziqhubeke nokwenza umahluko. Vumela le modeli yecandelo le-Jaguar D ivela apho. Mayize kwaye ayizami ukuba yimbangi ethe ngqo kwiimodeli zesalathiso kwicandelo endilikhankanyileyo, kodwa into eyodwa. Ifanele ukukhunjulwa kwaye ngaphezu kwayo yonke into: iqhutywa!