Inkampani yaseSouth Korea yethula ugesi wayo wokuqala onamagiya ayisishiyagalombili athuthukiswe ngokukhethekile ezimotweni ezidonsa ngamasondo angaphambili.
Kusukela ngo-2012, onjiniyela bohlobo lwaseNingizimu Korea bebesebenza kulokhu kudluliswa okusha, okunikeze ithuba lokubhaliswa kwamalungelo obunikazi angu-143 obuchwepheshe obusha eminyakeni emine edlule. Kodwa yiziphi izinguquko?
Uma uqhathanisa nogearbox wakwaKia onamagiya ayisithupha azishintshayo njengamanje, ugearbox onamagiya ayisishiyagalombili ugcina ubukhulu obufanayo kodwa isisindo sincipha ngo-3.5 kg. Yize kwaKia besebenza ngohlelo olufanayo ezimotweni ezidonsa ngamasondo angemuva, ukusetshenziswa kwayo ezimotweni ezidonsa ngamasondo angaphambili kudinga ukufakwa ugearbox ophambanayo, “ukweba” indawo yokubeka ezinye izinto. Kanjalo, i-Kia inciphise usayizi wephampu kawoyela, encane kunazo zonke esigabeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umkhiqizo uphinde wasebenzisa isakhiwo esisha somyalo we-valve, ovumela ukulawula okuqondile kwe-clutch, ukunciphisa inani lama-valve kusuka ku-20 kuya ku-12.