UGeneral Motors ufumene amabango okubhubha angama-475, amabango omonzakalo angama-289 kunye nama-3,578 amabango embuyekezo yokonzakala kancinci. Isiphene asizange sichaphazele iimodeli ezithengiswa ePortugal.
Umenzi weemoto wase-US uGeneral Motors (GM) namhlanje uvumile ukuba ubuncinci abantu abangama-80 babhubhe sisiphene kwinkqubo yomlilo kwiimoto zeqela. Inombolo eyoyikisayo, ebalwa ngokuhlukana komenzi ozinikele ekuhloleni izikhalazo ezifakwe ngamaxhoba kunye namalungu entsapho.
Lilonke, kwi-475 yamabango kunye namabango embuyekezo yokufa, i-GM ivakalise ukuba i-80 ifanelekile, ngelixa i-172 inqatshelwe, i-105 ifunyenwe ikhubazekile, i-91 ihlaziywa kwaye i-27 ayizange ibonise amaxwebhu axhasayo.
Ngokophawu, eli candelo likwafumene amabango angama-289 omonzakalo omandundu kunye namabango angama-3,578 embuyekezo yokonzakala okuncinci okudinga ukulaliswa esibhedlele.
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Isiphene ekuthethwa ngaso sichaphazela inkqubo yokutshisa malunga ne-2.6 yezigidi zezithuthi eziveliswe ziimpawu ezahlukeneyo zeGM kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo. Ukuvutha kweemodeli ezingalunganga kuya kuyicima imoto ngequbuliso, kuqhawule iinkqubo zokhuseleko njenge-airbag. Akukho nanye kwezi modeli zathengiswa ePortugal.
Inkampani inqume ukuba iintsapho zamaxhoba abulawe ngokufanelekileyo kufuneka afumane isigidi seedola (malunga ne-910,000 euros) kwimbuyekezo, nje ukuba zingafaki naziphi na izenzo ezisemthethweni ezichasene neGM.
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