Abantu be-MotorAuthority bathole isithombe sokuqala se-Range Rover yesizukulwane esilandelayo, enguqulweni ebonakala ingeyokugcina. Okuthile i-RazãoAutomóvel engeke yehluleke ukwabelana nawe ngayo, akunjalo?
Ukulinda kwakuyisikhathi eside, kodwa ngemva kweminyaka eyi-10 yezibuyekezo eziqhubekayo - njalo zisekelwe endaweni efanayo - isizukulwane sesithathu seRange Rover yasenganekwaneni sifinyelela ekupheleni komugqa, ukuze senze indlela yesizukulwane sesine soguquko. Okwamanje, okusebenza kahle kakhulu futhi okuhambisana nemvelo yindlela esingachaza ngayo imodeli ezokwethulwa ngo-2013.
Kusukela kokuncane okusengenzeka ukwazi, kufanele silinganisele ukuhlaziya kwethu ezindabeni zobuhle. Noma ubani uma uthi nhlá ukhomba i-Range Rover entsha njengelungu eliphelele lozalo lwezicukuthwane lwe-English jeeps. I-DNA yonke ikhona. Nakuba, kulesi sizukulwane, umklamo unemigqa elula kanye nokubukeka okuncane "okuziqhenya" noma "umklomelo".
Umbono onweba, ngokusho kweminye imithombo, ufinyelele esimweni somzimba sangempela njengoba i-Rolls Royce entsha empeleni ilula. Mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwehhafu yethani. Inhloso icacile: ukusebenza kahle okukhulu nokuziphatha okungcono okuguquguqukayo. Ukufeza leli khambi lokunciphisa umzimba, kuthiwa iLand Rover ayizange ikugodle ukusetshenziswa kwezinto ezifana ne-aluminium nezinye izinto eziyinhlanganisela ezinhle kakhulu kuso sonke isakhiwo. Intengo ukuthi… hewu, hewu!
Ezinjinini, kulindelekile ukuthi siphinde sithole izinjini ezinhle kakhulu ezihlomisa amaJaguars njengoba uhlobo lwatholwa amaNdiya akwa-TATA. Uma nje sekunezindaba ezengeziwe mayelana neRange Rover entsha sizobuyela kuwena.
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa