Imoto eshibhe kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-Tata Nano, ibe yisisulu somdlalo wayo, abathengi abayithatha njengeshibhile futhi ilula.
I-Tata Nano ingenye yezinhlobo zokukhiqiza ezake zaba nempikiswano kakhulu. Ngo-2008 kwaba unyaka lapho kwethulwa khona iTata Nano. Umhlaba wawuphakathi kwezinkinga zezomnotho namafutha. Intengo yomphongolo kawoyela yeqa umgoqo ongokwengqondo wama-dollar angu-100 futhi yaze yadlula ama-dollar angu-150 umphongolo ngamunye, into eyayingacatshangwa kuze kube manje esimweni sokuthula emhlabeni.
Kulesi siphithiphithi, iTata Industries ibe isimemezela iTata Nano, imoto eyathembisa ukufaka izigidi zamaNdiya emasondweni amane. Kwakhala ama-alamu emazweni athuthukile. Ngabe intengo kawoyela ingaba njani uma izigidi zamaNdiya ziqala ukushayela kungazelelwe? Imoto enenani elingaphansi kuka-2500 usd.
Ukugxekwa kwakuvela kuzo zonke izingxenye. Kwabezemvelo ngoba imoto ibingcolisa kakhulu, iphuma ezikhungweni zamazwe ngamazwe ngoba ibingaphephile, kubakhiqizi ngoba ibiqhudelana ngendlela engafanele. Noma kunjalo, wonke umuntu wayehlale enetshe ukuphonsa kuNano omncane. Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi lezi zilinganiso, ababenezwi lokugcina kwakungabathengi. Futhi imoto eyathembisa ukuthi izoba enye yezigidi zemindeni kuma-scooters nezithuthuthu ayizange ibe khona.
Kwakungekho ezweni lamuntu: abampofu kakhulu abayibheki njengemoto yangempela futhi abacebile kakhulu abayiboni njengenye indlela kunezimoto "ezivamile".
Eminyakeni emihlanu iTata idayise angu-230 000 kuphela ngesikhathi imboni yakhelwe ukuthi yakhiwe amayunithi angu-250 000 ngonyaka. Abaphathi bakaTata sebebonile ukuthi ukubekwa kwemikhiqizo nokumakethwa kwehlulekile. Futhi ngenxa yalokho, i-Tata elandelayo izobiza kancane futhi ibe nokunethezeka kancane. Kwanele ukuthathelwa phezulu. Icala lokusho ukuthi "kushibhile kuyabiza"!
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa