Lezi zindaba, ezithuthukiswe yi-Autocar, zibeka njengesizathu esiyinhloko salesi sinqumo ukulahlekelwa kwamakhasimende engxenyeni ye-D, okuholele, isibonelo, ukuthi ngo-2017 i-Toyota ilethe kuphela amayunithi angu-25,319 e-Toyota Avensis eYurophu. Okusho ukuthi, ngaphansi kwama-28% kunango-2016, futhi kude kakhulu namayunithi ayi-183,288 alethwe umholi wengxenye phakathi kwama-generalists, iVolkswagen, nePassat.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, endaweni yesibili phakathi kwabathengisi abahamba phambili, kungena elinye uhlobo lweqembu leVolkswagen, i-Skoda, nesamba esingu-81,410 Superb esilethiwe.
"Besilokhu siqapha i-D-segment futhi iqiniso liwukuthi ibingagcini nje ngokuncipha, kodwa futhi ihlushwa izaphulelo eziphezulu", kuphawula, esitatimendeni kumagazini waseBrithani, umthombo ovela kwaToyota Europe.
Khumbula ukuthi, ngisho nangaphambi kwalezi zindaba zakamuva, sekuvele kukhona amahemuhemu okuthi ikusasa le-Avensis lizoba "ngaphansi kwengxoxo". Njengoba naye umengameli wakwaToyota Europe, uJohan van Zyl, esanda kuvuma, kanye naku-Autocar, ukuthi umenzi ubengakasithathi isinqumo ngomuntu okungenzeka athathe izintambo kulo mfuziselo.
I-hatchback encane ukuze uphumelele i-Avensis?
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-Motor1 iphinde ithuthuke, ngokusekelwe emithonjeni engaziwa, ukuthi umkhiqizo waseJapane ungase ucabange ukwethula i-saloon encane, esikhundleni se-Avensis, ekhiqizwe esizukulwaneni sakamuva se-Auris.
Isungulwe ngo-2009, isizukulwane samanje i-Toyota Avensis yathuthukiswa ngo-2015. Nokho, ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwaqala kakhulu ngaphambili, ngisho nango-2004, unyaka lapho i-Toyota yakwazi ukuthengisa amayunithi angu-142,535 wemodeli.