QAPHELA : Izithombe ezikulesi sihloko ezezinjongo zemifanekiso kuphela futhi zithathwe kuphrojekthi yesifundo sokugcina ngumklami u-Rashid Tagirov
Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, sigubhe ukubuya komkhiqizo waseFrance i-Alpine, ngemva kweminyaka eminingi ye-interregnum. Futhi kulokhu esikubonile nge-A110 entsha, ukuthuthukiswa kwale modeli okudla isikhathi kubonakala kuthele izithelo.
Kodwa-ke, akukho mkhiqizo okwamanje okwaziyo ukusinda kuphela ngamamodeli we-niche. Buza i-Porsche...
Sibhekisela ku-Porsche, ngoba isikhathi eside yasinda (embi) kuphela nge-911. Futhi uma iqhubekile kanjalo, namuhla cishe yayingekho. Kwaba kuphela ngokunwetshwa kobubanzi bawo ezindaweni ezingakabhalwanga ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka lapho isiphetho somkhiqizo sashintsha kakhulu.
Sibhekisela, vele, ekusungulweni kweCayenne. Ibhekwa njengembuka lapho iqala ukuvela, le modeli empeleni yayiwumugqa wokuphila wezezimali womkhiqizo.
Kungenzeka ukuthi usuyazibuza ukuthi izophelelaphi le ngxoxo...
Yebo, i-Alpine iyazi futhi ukuthi ukuze iqinisekise ikusasa layo, ayikwazi ukuthembela kuphela ku-A110. Kuzodingeka wandise iphothifoliyo yakho. UMichael van der Sande, oyi-CEO yomkhiqizo, unombono ofanayo:
Ukwakha umkhiqizo kudinga uhla lwemikhiqizo edingekayo futhi iwunakekele. I-Alpine ukwethulwa komkhiqizo, hhayi nje imodeli yezemidlalo.
Uma ucabangela amahemuhemu - ngisho nokuthatha izifundo ku-Porsche - imodeli ye-SUV ibonakala iyisinyathelo esinengqondo kunazo zonke ze-Alpine. Abakhiqizi okwamanje abangenayo i-SUV ebangeni labo bangabalwa eminweni yabo. Ngisho nemikhiqizo yokunethezeka efana ne-Bentley inayo - maduze nje i-Rolls-Royce ne-Lamborghini bazonikeza isiphakamiso kule ngxenye.
Izobukeka kanjani i-Alpine SUV?
Sesingene endaweni yokuqagela. Isiqiniseko esikhulu kunazo zonke ukuthi i-SUV yesikhathi esizayo ye-Alpine izoba khona imbangi kuPorsche Macan. AmaSUV athathwa njengezemidlalo kakhulu, kanti futhi uma i-Alpine igxile kakhulu ezimotweni zezemidlalo, ngeke kumangaze uma imodeli yaseGermany isezingeni eliphezulu. Futhi ngamazwi kaMichael van der Sande:
Okudingekayo kuphela ezimotweni zethu ukuthi yizona ezishesha kakhulu futhi kumnandi ukuzishayela esigabeni sazo. Sifuna ukuziphatha okuhle, ukukhanya nokushesha. Uma singathola lokho, khona-ke noma yiluphi uhlobo lwemoto lungaba i-Alpine.
Njengengxenye ye-Renault-Nissan Alliance, kulindeleke ukuthi uhlobo lusebenzise uhla lwezingxenye zeqembu ngemodeli yalo yesikhathi esizayo. Iplathifomu ye-CMF-CD, ehlomisa amamodeli afana ne-Nissan Qashqai noma i-Renault Espace, ingaba isiqalo semvelo semodeli enalezi zici. Nokho, amahlebezi akamuva akhomba okuthile okuhlukile.
OKUPHATHELENE: Izithombe ze-Alpine A110 debut e-Geneva
Kunalokho, ikusasa Alpine SUV angaphendukela Mercedes-Benz. Njengoba nje i-Infiniti (uhlobo lwe-premium ye-Renault-Nissan Alliance) isebenzise isiteji se-Mercedes-Benz Class A - i-MFA - kwi-Infiniti Q30 yayo, i-Alpine nayo izokwazi ukusebenzisa isiteji semodeli yaseJalimane.
Futhi uma kubhekwa unyaka ka-2020 njengonyaka olindelekile wokwethulwa kwe-SUV entsha, kukhona ithuba lokuthi usuvele usukwazi ukufinyelela i-MFA2, ukuvela kwesikhulumi esizosebenzela isizukulwane esilandelayo se-Class A.
Ngokubikezelwayo, i-SUV ezayo izoziveza nomzimba we-hatchback, izicabha ezinhlanu kanye ne-high ground clearance. Kukhona ngisho nokukhuluma mayelana nethuba lokuba nezinjini zikaDiesel(!). Ngamanye amazwi, i-Alpine SUV izobheja ngokucacile ngamavolumu aphezulu kakhulu okukhiqiza kunalawo i-A110 engawathola.
Kusele ukuthi silinde iziqinisekiso ezisemthethweni. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, i-A110 esanda kwethulwa izoqhubeka nokuba sobala.