Injongo yayicacile: ukuthabatha imizuzu engaphantsi kwesixhenxe ethangeni leNürburgring kwimoto eneminyango emine. Okwangoku, imodeli yokuvelisa i-Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio ibamba le rekhodi kunye nexesha le-7′ 32″. Ukufezekisa oku, i-Subaru iphendukele kwi-WRX STi, imodeli yayo yangoku kunye nokusebenza ngakumbi.
Kodwa ayinanto encinci okanye ayinanto yakwenza nemodeli yemveliso. Enyanisweni, le-WRX STi "yinto endala eyaziwayo".
Ijongeka ngenye indlela, ifumene igama elitsha – i-WRX STi Type RA – kodwa ikwayimoto enye eyathi yaphula irekhodi le-Isle of Man ngo-2016, iqhutywa nguMark Higgins. Ngamanye amazwi, ngumatshini “kasathana”. Ilungiswe yiProdrive, ixhotyiswe nge-four-cylinder boxer eyaziwayo ye-2.0 litre umthamo. Eyona nto ingaqhelekanga ngamandla amahashe angama-600 afunyenwe kule bloko! Kwaye nokuba i-Supercharged, i-Prodrive ibango lokuba le thruster iyakwazi ukufikelela kwi-8500 rpm!
Ugqithiso oluya kumavili amane luqhutywa ngebhokisi yegiya elandelelanayo, ukusuka kwi-Prodrive ngokwayo, nokutshintsha kwebhokisi yegiya phakathi kwe-20 kunye ne-25… milliseconds. Ekuphela kwecandelo elihlala liyintsusa ngumahluko weziko elisebenzayo, elisasaza amandla phakathi kwee-asi ezimbini. Ukunqunyanyiswa kuneenkcukacha ezifanayo njengeemoto ze-rally kunye neediski ezikhupha umoya ziyi-intshi ezili-15 kunye ne-8-piston brake calipers. Amavili aSlick aziintshi ezilithoba ububanzi kwaye. ekugqibeleni, iphiko yangasemva ingalungiswa ngombane ngokusebenzisa iqhosha kwivili lokuqhuba.
Imvula, imvula enkulu!
I-Subaru WRX STi Type RA (ukusuka kwiRekhodi yokuzama) ibonakala inezithako ezifanelekileyo zokufumana ngaphantsi kwemizuzu eyisixhenxe ukuya kwi "Green Inferno". Kodwa uMama weNdalo wayenezinye izicwangciso. Imvula eyana kwisekethe ithintele naziphi na iinzame zokufikelela kwinjongo ecetywayo.
Kwakungekho mqobo wokuthatha imoto kwisekethe njengoxwebhu lwemifanekiso. Evilini nguRichie Stanaway, umqhubi waseNew Zealand oneminyaka engama-25. Iimeko zemozulu ezimbi zichaze ukuba umzamo werekhodi uya kufuneka ulinde olunye usuku. “Siza kubuya,” utshilo uMichael McHale, uMlawuli wezoNxibelelwano weSubaru.
Khumbula iphiko elingasemva elagxeka ikamva le-Subaru BRZ STi?
Kulungile ke, libala ngayo. Sonke sasilahlekisiwe. Akusayi kubakho BRZ STi, noko okwangoku.
Umfanekiso wephiko elingasemva ngowemveliso ye-WRX STi Type RA eya kutyhilwa ngoJuni 8. Ngamanye amazwi, i-Subaru ijonge ukoyisa irekhodi laseNürburgring kwiisaluni ezineminyango emine kwaye inxulumanise le rekhodi kunye nenguqulelo entsha.
Ewe, ayizange ihambe kakuhle kakhulu. Akaphelelanga nje ekusileleni irekhodi, isiqingatha sehlabathi ngoku sijonge phambili kwi-BRZ STi hayi i-WRX STi Type RA.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-Subaru WRX STi Type RA ithembisa. Uphahla lweCarbon fiber kunye nephiko elingasemva, ukunqunyanyiswa okuhlaziyiweyo kunye ne-Bilstein absorbers shock, amavili e-BBS enziwe nge-19-intshi kunye nezihlalo zeRecaro ziya kuba yinxalenye ye-arsenal yomatshini omtsha. I-Subaru ikwathetha malunga nokuphuculwa kwe-injini kunye nomlinganiselo wegiya, kodwa okwangoku, asazi ukuba kuthetha ukuthini oko. Masilinde!
