Izibikezelo ezibonisa ukuthi ngo-2014 kuzokwethulwa i-Audi S1 cishe ziqinisekile, zigqugquzelwa ukuqinisekiswa kwe-facelift ye-Audi A1 kakade ngalowo nyaka.
Ngemuva kokuqinisekiswa kokulungiswa kobuso ku-Audi A1 kakade ngo-2014, amahemuhemu ayanda okuthi uhlobo lwe-Ingolstadt luzokwethula inguqulo ye-S1 ohlwini lwalezi ezikhona ze-supermini yayo ye-premium. Kucishe kucace ukuthi ngonyaka olandelayo kuzobonakala ukubonakala kwe-Audi S1. Lapha e-Razão Automóvel, besesivele sikubikile ukubonwa kwayo ezivivinyweni, kufihlwe “njenge-Audi A1 elula” futhi yagxekwa ama-exhauss amane angemuva. Mayelana ne-Audi RS1, yonke into ikhomba ukuthi ingase ingaliboni nhlobo ilanga. Imodeli ibandakanya ukutshalwa kwezimali kokukhiqiza okungenzeka kungatholi nzuzo emakethe, ngenxa yesimo esibucayi somnotho esithinta imakethe eqondiswe yi-Audi A1. Okwamanje alukho ulwazi ngemininingwane yezobuchwepheshe ye-Audi S1, kodwa izibikezelo ze-quattro all-wheel drive kanye ne-220 hp 2-litre 4-cylinder petrol injini zisekhona.
Isidingo sokuklama nokuqanjwa okusha, kokubili okuqamba okusha njalo, kusishiya sonke singazi ukuthi yini okufanele siyicabange ngomkhiqizo x noma y. Namuhla yonke into iyashesha futhi "hyper-mega" iyasebenza. Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngiyisidala kwezinye izinto kanti lokhu kungezinye zazo – i-Audi A1 ayikaphumi namanje futhi sebelungiselela ukuyilungisa ubuso. Ngolunye usuku bangibuza ngokumangala: “Diogo, iyiphi imoto leyo? – ekhomba i-Audi A1 eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka enamasondo namakhava esibuko adonsa amehlo ngemuva. Yebo, ngoba ukuba umhleli we-Razão Automóvel kusinika isimo sokuthi “umuntu wemisebenzi eyisikhombisa”: umakhenikha, umxhumanisi wokuthenga, umhlaziyi, i-encyclopedia… kulungile, abangani bethu abazi ukuthi asiqondi lutho ngezimoto .
Umbhalo: Diogo Teixeira