Ngemiba yokuthembeka emva kwayo, ukhuphiswano lumkele. UAlfa Romeo ulungiselela uhlaselo olutsha kwaye iithagethi zezona ziqhelekileyo: Audi, Mercedes, BMW kunye neJaguar.
Ixesha lokugqibela u-Alfa Romeo egxuphuleka kumlo wecandelo le-E, yaphulukana… kodwa yaphulukana nesimbo. Ngapha koko, hayi nabo baphumeleleyo - izimvo ziyahluka malunga nophumeleleyo - bayenze ngesitayile esikhulu njengoko wenzayo uAlfa Romeo ekoyisweni kwakhe.
I-Alfa Romeo 166, ummeli wokugqibela ka-Alfa Romeo kwi-E-segment, waye, njengabo bonke u-Alfas, ngumzekelo ogqwesileyo ozelwe kwizikolo zoyilo ezaziwayo zase-Italiya. Nangona kunjalo, "ezincanyathiselwe" kwezi mpawu kwakhona kwavela ezinye iziphene zesikolo sase-Italian. Ewe, baqikelele ukuba, ukuthembeka yayingengomandla akhe. Vumela umhleli wethu uDiogo Teixeira athi, umnini ozinikeleyo we-Alfa Romeo 166 2.4 JTD. Kwabo abo i-elektroniki whims zabo «Italian» akukho nto ngaphezu kwexabiso elifanelekileyo ukuhlawula ukujikeleza kwenye saloons intle ngonaphakade.
Kodwa ngezo ngxaki zisemva kwayo, iAlfa Romeo inokuba ngumdlali okhuphisanayo phakathi kwecandelo le-E. BMW Serie 5, Audi A6, Jaguar XJ kunye neMercedes E-Class qaphela. Isiseko siya kuzuzwa kwi-saloon yeMaseratti ezayo egama linguGhibli. Ukuphehlelelwa kwale modeli intsha ye-Alfa Romeo kulindeleke ngaxesha lithile ngo-2015. Kwaye amaTaliyane awadlali imidlalo…
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa
Umthombo: carmagazine.co.uk