IFord GT entsha izongena emakethe ngo-2016 ukuze kukhunjulwe iminyaka engu-50 yokunqoba kwaFord ku-Le Mans 24H nge-GT 40 yoqobo. Ishiya injini yomoya engu-V8 ikhethe i-twin-turbo V6 enamandla angaphezu kuka-600hp. Uzoba isihlabani esikhulu ohlelweni luka-2015 lweDetroit Motor Show.
Ikancane, indaba ingafingqwa ngemigqa embalwa. Ngama-60s, u-Henry Ford II, umzukulu womsunguli we-Ford nomuntu ongenakugwemeka embonini yezimoto, wazama ukuthola i-Ferrari. Ebhekene nesiphakamiso sakwaFord, u-Enzo Ferrari, okuyigama elingadingi nokwethulwa, wenqaba ngokuphelele lesi sicelo.
Inganekwane ithi umMelika akazange ajabule neze ngempendulo yomNtaliyane. Kuthiwa ubuyele e-US isiginci sakhe sigxunyekwe esikhwameni sakhe futhi “nega” eyisikhumbuzo sibhajwe emphinjeni wakhe – empeleni bekungafanele neze sikhululeke. Futhi yingakho wabuya ehluliwe, kodwa akabuyanga eqinisekile.
"I-Ford iqinisekisa esitatimendeni ukuthi isilinganiso sesisindo/amandla se-GT entsha" sizoba ngenye yezihamba phambili phakathi kwezimoto ezinkulu zamanje.
Impendulo yayizonikezwa endaweni yayo: encwadini yenganekwane ethi 24H ye-Le Mans, kwakungu-1966, isikhathi lapho iFerrari yayibusa umjaho ngendlela eyayifuna futhi ifuna ngayo. Ngakho akumangazi ukuthi uHenry Ford II wabona kulo mncintiswano ithuba elikahle lokuziphindiselela. Uyathanda? Ukwakha imoto ezelwe ngenjongo eyodwa: ukushaya “amahhashi anamaphiko” kaMaranello. Yafika, yabona futhi yawina… izikhathi ezine! Phakathi kuka-1966 no-1969.
OKUhlobene: IFord GT40 ijoyina abazalwane eLarry Miller Museum
Emuva ngo-2015, abakwaFord balungiselela ukukhokha intela ku-GT 40 yasekuqaleni, bethula isizukulwane sesibili seFord GT. Izobonakala okokuqala ngqa embukisweni wezimoto iDetroit Motor Show ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Ngobuchwepheshe, i-Ford GT entsha isebenzisa lonke ulwazi lwe-American brand, ephaketheni elihlanganisa ubuhle, ukusebenza nobuchwepheshe. Ukhomba bani amabhethri ngalesi sikhathi? Cishe i-Ferrari 458 Italy. Vumela izimpi ziqale!
