Ngaphambi kokufika emakethe, noma iyiphi imodeli entsha ithola izivivinyo eziqinile zokuqina ezindaweni ezinezimo ezimbi kakhulu emhlabeni. Kodwa ukuze ubonise indlela I-LC 500 Convertible uziphatha ezimweni ezibandayo kakhulu, i i-lexus wakhetha indlela ehluke kancane.
Ukufakazela ukuthi ukushintshwa kwayo kungamelana nanoma yini, kwaLexus baqandisa iLC 500 Convertible amahora angu-12 base beyikhiphela emgwaqeni. Yebo, yilokho kanye okwenzeka!
Konke kuqale ngokuthi imoto ibe manzi futhi ingene egumbini lesimo sezulu - usayizi wemboni - e-Millbrook Proving Ground e-Bedfordshire, e-UK.
Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ikhava yekhanvasi iphakanyisiwe, lokhu okuguqukayo kwaseJapane kwachayeka ezingeni lokushisa elingu- -18º amahora angu-12, "ukuvivinya umzimba" okwakushiya kumbozwe ungqimba oluncane lweqhwa.
Inhloso kwakuwukuqonda ukuthi amakhaza athinte kanjani uhlelo lwe-HVAC (Ukushisa, Ukungenisa umoya kanye ne-Air Conditioning), ukushisisa izihlalo kanye nesondo lokuqondisa kanye, yiqiniso, injini ye-V8, "eyavuka" emzamweni wokuqala.
Ngosizo lomshayeli wendiza u-Paul Swift, le LC 500 Convertible yasuswa egumbini lesimo sezulu, namanje iqhwa, yayiswa emgwaqeni ukuze yenze lokho ekwenza kahle kakhulu: ukushwabadela amakhilomitha.
U-Paul Swift, umshayeli wendiza ochwepheshe be-stunts nokushayela okunembayoNgicelwa ukuthi ngenze izinto eziningi ezingasile emsebenzini wami futhi lokhu bekungenye yazo. Angizange ngithuke ngize ngifike lapha ngibone imoto ingaphakathi ekamelweni. Kwakubanda ngempela futhi ngathi 'ingabe ngempela kufanele ngihlale kulokho?' Ngenhlanhla bekumnandi, ngahlabeka umxhwele ngempela.
Ngaphandle kwenjini engu-5.0 l atmospheric V8 (477 hp kanye no-530 Nm) egijima ngaphandle kwezinkinga, iHVAC system nayo yenze umsebenzi wayo sengathi akwenzekanga lutho.
“Ngasizwa kufudumala isiteringi nesihlalo esingemuva. Nezimbobo zomoya ezingemuva kwentamo yami nazo”, kwengeza uSwift, owanikezwa lesi sipiliyoni: “Bekumnandi impela, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi imoto ibiku-18º. Ngazizwa ngikhululekile emotweni zisuka nje.”
Omunye umuntu owazizwa ekhululeke kakhulu ngemuva kwesondo lale njini yaseJapan eshintshwayo enenjini engu-V8 kwakunguDiogo Teixeira, okwathi ngoSepthemba wonyaka odlule waqala uhambo olungaphezu kuka-2000 km - ngenhlanhla isimo sezulu esipholile... - okwamyisa eSeville futhi Marbella. Buka (noma buyekeza) ividiyo: