Ngaba ukwimarike ukhangela iToyota Land Cruiser FJ40 ekwimeko entle kunye namakhonkco eHollywood? Ngoko bafika kwindawo efanelekileyo. Ngaba i-Bonhams isanda kubhengeza ukuba iya kuthengisa i-FJ40 yomdlali we-Tom Hanks.
Le kopi, efika isayinwe ngumdlali waseMelika ngokwakhe, igcine umfanekiso wangaphandle owenze ukuba ube yimoto ekhumbulekayo ngaphandle kwendlela, kodwa uye wafumana utshintsho oluninzi ngaphakathi kunye nokuphuculwa kwezinto ezininzi.
Utshintsho oluphambili lwenzeka kanye phantsi kwe-hood, kunye no-Tom Hanks ecela ukuba i-cylinder emithandathu yale Toyota Land Cruiser ithathelwe indawo yinto engaphezulu "yaseMelika", i-4.3-litre General Motors (GM) umthamo we-V6 ovelisa i-182 hp kwaye ibonakala inxulunyaniswe ne-gearbox enesantya ezintlanu enemvelaphi yeGM.
Olu tshintshwano lwe-injini luqinisekiswa yi "California Bureau of Automotive Repair" kwaye yamkelwe ngokufanelekileyo, njengokunqunyanyiswa okutsha kunye neseti entsha yamatayara angekho endleleni esuka kwiToyo Tyres.
Ukuqhuba umbane kunye neseti entsha yeziqhoboshi zongeziwe ukunceda ukuphucula amava okuqhuba kwale FJ40, eyashiya umzi-mveliso wakwaToyota ngo-1980.
Ukongeza kuyo yonke le nto, sifumana "i-perks" kwi-cabin efana ne-air conditioning, izihlalo ezinokulungiswa kombane "ezibiwe" kwi-Porsche kunye ne-radio yemoto yakwa-Sony ukuze uTom Hanks akwazi ukumamela iingoma zakhe azithandayo.
Umthengisi onoxanduva lokuthengisa, uBonhams, akatyhili ukuba zingaphi iikhilomitha le Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 enazo kwi-odometer, kodwa ichaza ukuba yayisetyenziswa ngokubanzi kodwa ihlala "igcinwe yingcali".
Ukuphela kwefandesi kucwangciselwe i-13 elandelayo ka-Agasti kwaye nangona kuthengiswa ngaphandle kokugcinwa, i-Bonhams iqikelela ukuba le Land Cruiser FJ40 inokuza "ukutshintsha izandla" ngexabiso phakathi kwe-64,000 kunye ne-110,000 ye-euro.
