Fiat 500 Zanzara, ngaba ikuxelela nto? Mhlawumbi akunjalo… Nam ngokwam ndandingazi ngobukho bolu mdla wembali de ndawubona kwinyanga ephelileyo kwimagazini yeengcali zamazwe ngamazwe.
Ndinomdla kulo mzekelo, ndaya ekhaya ndaza ndaqalisa "i-Googling" ngayo. Ngokukhawuleza ndaqonda ukuba kutheni ndingazi malunga nale Fiat 500 Zanzara, kukuba enyanisweni, ulwazi oluncinci okanye alukho ulwazi malunga nale ndalo enomdla yase-Italiya.
Kubonakala ukuba, i-Zanzara yayiyilwe ngo-1960 ngumyili owaziwayo wase-Italiya, u-Ercole Spada - ngelo xesha, i-Spada yayiphethe i-Zagato, enye yezona zindlu ziyaziwa kakhulu zokuyila iimoto kwihlabathi.
Le projekthi ekuqaleni yayicingelwa ukuba yinto eluncedo, kodwa uMnu Spada, andiyazi ukuba ngenjongo, wadala nantoni na ngaphandle koncedo. I-Zanzara, eyakhiwe kwiqonga le-1969 Fiat 500, ewe, i-asphalt buggy encinci!
I-Zanzara, ithetha ingcongconi ngesi-Italian, kodwa zonke izinto ezifanayo nesi sinambuzane ziyenzeka ngamabona-ndenzile… Ukuba injongo yomyili yayikukudala imoto efana nengcongconi, ngoko kwakukho into enzulu kakhulu eyayisenzeka engqondweni yelo nene. Ngoku, ukuba injongo yayikukudala i-frog ngamavili kwaye uyibize ngokuba yingcongconi, sivuyisana nayo, loo njongo yazaliseka ngokoqobo.
Njengoko ubona kwimifanekiso, i-Fiat 500 yabona i-front and back yayo ihlaziywe ngokupheleleyo, kwaye ngaphezu kwayo, iingcango kunye nophahla zisusiwe, iinkcukacha ezimele ukuba zishiye umdali we-Fiat 500 ubusuku obuninzi ngaphandle kokulala.
Imoto ihlekisayo, andinamathandabuzo malunga naloo nto, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, kubonakala ngathi sele ndizibona ndisendleleni eya elunxwemeni "ekhwele" kwenye yezi. Zama kangangoko ndingakwazi ukuyijonga le moto ndingasayihleki, kodwa inoba yilento ndivele ndehlise imilebe kweli sele lithakathiweyo. Luthando ekunzima ukuluqonda...
Ukuba ulwazi endinalo luchanekile, injini esetyenziswe kule Zanzara iyafana neFiat 500 ukususela ngelo xesha, oku kuthetha ukuba ukusuka kwi-injini encinci ye-cylinder ezimbini sinokulindela amandla aphezulu asondele kwi-20 hp. Kodwa ungazenzi impazamo, oku kungaphezu kwamandla aneleyo okusithumela ebhedini esibhedlele ukuba sijonge ukubuphatha kakubi olu bunzima bungama-440 kg. Kodwa eyona nto indikhathaza kakhulu kukuba: apho isihogo ndibeka khona intloko yam xa kwenzeka i-rollover? Lo ngumbuzo othembekileyo kakhulu, okokuqala kuba akufanele kube nzima kakhulu ukubhukuqa le ngcongconi engenamaphiko kwaye okwesibini kuba andiyiboni into enokukhusela iintloko zabakhweli xa kukho imeko enzima kakhulu.
Ngelishwa, andazi ngakumbi malunga nale buggy, kodwa ngokwamanqaku athile endiwabonileyo kule intanethi, ubuncinci iiyunithi ezimbini zale Fiat 500 Zanzaro zakhiwa. Enye yezi yunithi yeka-Ercole Spada kwaye enye yeyomntu ogama linguClaudio Mattioli.
Kufuneka kwakhona kuqatshelwe ukuba imifanekiso oyibonileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku yeyeZanzara eyenziwe ngu-Ercole Spada ngexesha lakhe lokuphumla, kodwa kukho nezinye iinguqulelo ezimbini zeZagato, iZanzara Zagato kunye neZanzara Zagato Hondina - ukuba andinguye. ngempazamo, le yokugqibela yakhiwa ukusuka Honda N360. Ukuba unolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nale buggy, nceda usishiye uluvo, njengoko siya kuvuya ukwazi le Fiat 500 Zanzara ngcono.
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Umbhalo: Tiago Luís