Ekuqaleni kwawo-50, amanani aphansi kadizili ayesetshenziswa eYurophu kanye nokushoda kukaphethiloli, ngenxa yempi yaseKorea, kwaholela kwaVolkswagen ukuba babheje injini kadizili. Kanye ne-Porsche, baqamba iphrojekthi ngokuthi iTyp 508. Umphumela: injini ekhethekile, okuyinto, naphezu komsindo, yayinokusetshenziswa okwanelisayo kakhulu. Ilethe amandla amahhashi angu-25 (i-Beetle evamile ilethe i-36 hp) futhi yafinyelela ubuningi bokuguquguquka okungu-3,300 ngomzuzu. I-0-100 km/h ifinyelelwe ngemizuzwana ebuhlungu engu-60…
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umengameli owayephethe iVolkswagen, uHeinz Nordhoff, wafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi le moto ngeke idayiswe e-US ngoba yayinomsindo, ihamba kancane futhi ingcolisa kakhulu. Umsebenzi wagcina ushiywe.
Ngo-1981, i-Porsche, ngesikhathi iqeda iminyaka engu-50 yasungulwa, yanikeza u-Robert Binder ama-Deutschmarks angu-50,000 ukuze akhe kabusha injini yokuqala ye-diesel yakwaVolkswagen. Inhloso kwakuwukumfaka kuBhungane lango-1951, ukuhlinzwa okwakuzobonakala kuyimpumelelo nakuba kwakunzima kakhulu ukukufeza.
Namuhla, naphezu kokusebenza, i-“Volkswagen Käfer Diesel” ngokwemvelo ayiphumeleli ekuhlolweni kokukhipha ukungcola. Noma kunjalo, abathandekayo bangathola imoto embukisweni e-Porsche Museum.
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