IVeki yoYilo lwaseMilan namhlanje isalathiso seMazda, omnye wabaxhasi bomsitho. Kangangeveki, isithili saseBrera, eyona ndawo ye-bohemian esixekweni, ijika ibe yiholo enkulu yemiboniso enobugcisa obusasazeke kuyo yonke indawo.
Kwi-Mazda, eli lithuba lokuzisa inkcubeko yaseJapan eYurophu kwaye, entliziyweni yoyilo lwaseYurophu, yakha iSithuba soYilo lweMazda, apho yayinedinga kunye noMlawuli woYilo lweHlabathi weMazda, u-Ikuo Maeda.
Iqela le-Ikuo Maeda lalinoxanduva lokuyila i-Mazda RX-8 kunye nesizukulwana sangaphambili i-Mazda 2, nangaphambi kokuba ngo-Aprili 1, 2009 ithathe indawo yoyilo lwe-brand. Kwalandela umngeni wokuyila ulwimi olutsha loyilo lweMazda. I-KODO, uyilo oluhambayo, izisa uphawu lwaseJapan kufutshane nemvelaphi yalo, kwinkcubeko yaseJapan kunye naseHiroshima, indawo yokuzalwa yaseMazda.
Uyise ka-Ikuo Maeda uMatasaburo Maeda wayila iRX-7 yasentsomini. Ngokungathintelekiyo incoko yethu yazulazula kwikamva le-RX-7, nangona ingazange ngokuthe ngqo kuba u-Ikuo Maeda wakwenza kwacaca ukuba akakwazi ukuthetha ngeemveliso, malunga noyilo kuphela.
Ngokutsho kwe-Ikuo Maeda, i-KODO yi "Soul in Motion", ixesha apho ingwenkala sele ifuna ukubamba ixhoba layo. Yindlela kaMazda kwinkcubeko yaseJapan, kwiSamurai, ukomelela.
RA: Maeda San, masiqale ekuqaleni. Yeyiphi imingeni oye wajongana nayo ekusebenziseni ulwimi olutsha loyilo kuphawu lwehlabathi olufana neMazda?
Ikuo Maeda: Ngaphambili, iMazda yayingenalo ulwimi oluqhelekileyo, iqela leemveliso. Into esizimisele ukuyenza nge-KODO ayikukudala uluhlu lweemveliso ngokufanayo, eziziikopi nje zomnye. Umceli mngeni wethu yayikukudala olu lwimi, ngaphandle kokuba imveliso nganye iphulukane nobuntu bayo kwaye kwangaxeshanye ithathe inguquko kwimveliso nganye yakwaMazda.
I-RA: Ngokumalunga nokuvela kwe-KODO, ulindele njani ukuba ivele kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo? Kunyaka ophelileyo wathi inqaku eliphezulu le-KODO liya kuba kulo nyaka, xa zonke iimodeli zifumana ulwimi olutsha loyilo lwe-brand. Ekubeni loo mzuzu sele ufikile, leliphi inyathelo elilandelayo?
U-Ikuo Maeda: (Ehleka) Kunzima ukuwuphendula umbuzo wakho…Ndingathi sisandula ukuqalisa ukuphuhlisa uyilo lwemveliso yesizukulwana esitsha.
RA: Ukuba ngoku ingwenkala iza kubamba ixhoba layo, kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo izakube ilitya?
Ikuo Maeda: (Ehleka) Intle leyo! Asiyi kuyeka ukubeka imvakalelo kuyilo lwethu, kwixesha elizayo siza kudala unxibelelwano olukhulu phakathi kobuhle baseJapan kunye noyilo lwemveliso yeMazda.
RA: Utata wakho, uMatasaburo Maeda, wayila iMazda RX-7.
Ikuo Maeda: Ewe.
I-RA: Kwiminyaka eyi-5 i-Mazda igubha usuku olukhethekileyo (iminyaka eyi-100) kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ngokombono wakho "i-RX" imodeli kufuneka ibe ne-injini ejikelezayo, njengoko "i-RX". Ngaba siya kubona, kwiminyaka ezayo, ukuyilwa kwemoto entsha yemidlalo?
U-Ikuo Maeda: Ngokomntu, ndinonxibelelwano olunzulu kwiimoto zezemidlalo kwaye ndiyazithanda iimoto zemidlalo. Ndingatsho ukuba ndizalelwe ukuyila iimoto zemidlalo kwaye ndinqwenela ukuba ndingenza into kweli cala. Ndincoma ukuba uhlale ubukele into ezayo ...
RA: Ngapha koko, kunye nokuthanda iimoto zezemidlalo, nawe uyaziqhuba kwaye uzibalekise.
Ikuo Maeda: Kunjalo!
RA: Ngoko ke ndingakuxelela kuphela...masikhe sifikelele kuyo!
Ikuo Maeda: Ewe!
Ekufikeni kwam eMilan incwadi yayindilindile, "i-Hiroshima Rising", ngoncedo lwe-brand. Irekhodi yeefoto nguJochen Manz ebonisa uqhagamshelo lweMazda eHiroshima kunye nabantu abahlala nabasebenza apho.
Ndabelana nawe ngesivakalisi esivela kule ncwadi, esandulela imifanekiso emininzi:
Kubantu abaninzi, iHiroshima isikhumbuza ngeziganeko ezimanyumnyezi zika-Agasti 1945. Into abasoloko bengayazi aba bantu kukuba iHiroshima yidolophu yakuloMazda.
