Ikhiqizwe kusukela ngo-2012 efektri yakwaFord eCraiova, eRomania, iFord B-Max izoyekiswa ukusebenza ngoSepthemba, ngokusho kwabezindaba baseRomania. Isinqumo asimangazi: ukuthengiswa kwabantu abathwali abancane eYurophu bekwehla kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusendaweni yaseCraiova lapho kuzokwenziwa khona ukukhiqizwa kweFord Ecosport yaseYurophu, imodeli esivele idayiswe lapha, kuze kube manje eyenzeka eNdiya. I-compact SUV isanda kubuyekezwa, kodwa inguqulo yaseYurophu, okungenzeka ukuthi ihluke kakhulu kunguqulo yaseMelika, ayikakwethulwa. Kunoma ikuphi, i-Ecosport kufanele ithathe “izindleko zasendlini”, iphinde ithathele i-B-Max esigabeni B.
Ibekwe ngaphansi kwe-C-Max, futhi ine-Fiesta njengesisekelo sayo sobuchwepheshe, i-Ford B-Max ngaleyo ndlela ifika ekupheleni ngaphambi kweminyaka emihlanu yokukhiqiza. Kodwa ngeke kube nguye yedwa.
Abathwali be-Compact people bayaqhubeka nokulahlekelwa umhlaba
Isikhathi eside manje, abakhiqizi abakhulu bebelokhu beshintsha ama-MPV abo ahlangene - futhi hhayi kuphela - ngama-crossovers nama-SUV. Isizathu besilokhu sifana: imakethe ibonakala ingakhathali ngama-SUV, njengoba ukuthengiswa kukhula ngokuqhubekayo nangokuphawulekayo eminyakeni yamuva.
Kumamodeli ahamba phambili ekuthengisweni njengamanje esigabeni, yi-Fiat 500L kuphela - imodeli, ngokumangazayo (noma cha...) esanda kuvuselelwa - okufanele ihlale iqinile ngemuva kwalo nyaka ka-2017. Ibeka engcupheni yokuba inkosi enesizungu kusukela ku-Opel Meriva, I-Nissan Note, i-Citroën C3 Picasso, i-Hyundai ix20, i-Kia Venga ne-Ford B-Max ngeke zisathengiswa «ezwenikazi elidala».
Ezindaweni zayo kukhona i-Opel Crossland X, Citroën C3 Aircross, Hyundai Kauai, Kia Stonic neFord Ecosport. Ingabe ukuphela kwezinkampani ezithwala abantu ezihlangene?