Umsebenzi we-Subaru WRX STI usuvele usuneminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-7 usebenza futhi yingakho umkhiqizo wanquma ukwethula emakethe yaseJapane uhlelo olulinganiselwe lwamayunithi angu-300 ukukhuthaza ukuthengiswa kwemodeli.
I-Subaru ibize lolu hlobo olulinganiselwe lwe-WRX STI TS Uhlobo lwe-RA. Ima kancane... RA?! Ingabe ama-initials e-Automotive Ledger? Sifuna ukukholelwa kanjalo. Futhi kusengaphambili, sibonga u-Subaru ngomusa wabo. Ingabe babekwazi ukuthumela ikhophi ngeposi?
Uma ucabanga ukuthi inguqulo ye-RA ayidluleli kakhulu, kusekhona izinga lempahla eyengeziwe ebizwa ngokuthi iphakheji ye-NBR Challenge, enikezelwe kumjikelezo we-Nϋrburgring, lapho uhlobo lusetshenziselwa ukuminyanisa okudaliwe kuze kufike ehhashini lokugcina. I-TS ihambisana no-300hp wenjini engu-4-cylinder Boxer. Umehluko usekelwe ekumisweni, amabhuleki neziqondiso, amasistimu uphiko lwezemidlalo lomkhiqizo olunqume ukuwabuyekeza ngenhloso (ngisho) yokubamba okukhulu nokusabela okungcono.
Ngaphandle, uma ukhetha iphakethe le-NBR Challenge, i-Subaru izothola isipoyili sangemuva se-carbon fibre esilungisekayo, amasondo e-aluminium angu-18-intshi, amabhakha e-Alcantara esikhumba kanye, njengoba kulindelekile, isitikha esinomfanekiso othi “Inferno” Silhouette Green.
Njengoba isihloko sibonisa, amaJapane kuphela ayoba nethuba lokuthenga lolu hlobo lwe-WRX STI. Uma kusenesifiso esiningi, kunezindiza zansuku zonke eziya e-Japan, futhi i-«Subie» ihlala cishe kuma-euro angu-33,000, 39,000 uma ukhetha iphakethe le-NBR Challenge, lokhu kukhawulelwe kumayunithi angu-200. Izindleko zomthetho lapha e-Portugal? Izinkinga ezincane bathandekayo, izindaba ezincane… lapho imali ingeyona inkinga.
Umbhalo: Ricardo Correia