I-Volvo iyabona ukuthi isilahlekisela yini ithemba. Ngemuva kwemidlalo eminingi yeshashalazi ezungeze ukukhiqizwa kweVolvo S60 Polestar enamandla, manje sebenqume ukukhiqiza lolu cezu lwe-adrenaline ngendlela ehlukile futhi eyenzelwe i-Australia kuphela.
Ngokusho kwabameleli bomkhiqizo, "izwe lama-kangaroos" lizosebenza njengengulube ukuze kubonakale ukuthi ingabe iyamukelwa yini umphakathi le super Volvo S60 Polestar. Umbuzo osalele emoyeni uthi: "kodwa kusekhona ukungabaza?" - ngokusobala kubonakala kunjalo ...
Kodwa ingabe kunjalo ngempela? Ingabe kukhona ngempela ukungabaza ngempumelelo yale turbocharged six-cylinder? Cishe cha. Njengoba ubona lapha, ngempela iVolvo yenza kahle kakhulu uhlelo lokumaketha lokho kuyophumela ekupheleleni. Ngiyazikhulumela, sengawubambisa umuzi ngadayisa nezimpahla zami ukuze ngiwuthenge.
Baqale beza nendaba yokuthi le Volvo S60 Polestar yakhelwe ikhasimende elikhethekile hhayi okunye. Sakubona kuxakile kodwa asizange sikubuze, phela bekuzobe kungaqali ukuthi sibone kwenzeka icala elifana naleli.
Kodwa njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, saqhubeka nokugcwala izindaba mayelana nale vitamin S60 futhi yilapho saqala ukungabaza ubuqiniso bezinhloso zokuqala zakwaVolvo, empeleni, izinhloso ababefuna ukuziyeka zidlule - izinhloso zangempela zomkhiqizo wale S60. I-Polestar sesiyazi ukuthi iyini isikhathi eside…
Ubufakazi balokhu ukuthi noma ngaphandle kwesiqiniseko, sasho ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi le Volvo S60 Polestar izokhiqizwa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi "izindaba" ezithunyelwe abaseSweden. Namuhla siyazi ukuthi imoto izokhiqizwa ukuze idayiswe kuphela e-Australia kanye uma konke kuhamba kahle, ingathengiswa nakwezinye izimakethe, okuyizimakethe zaseYurophu.
Ukuqapha okunjalo kungenza ngizibuze ukuthi ngabe imoto izoba yinhle yini njengoba “ipendiwe”. Ukuthi nje akuwenzi umqondo ukuba nomkhosi onjalo. Izinzwa zami ziyabonga.
Phela lena okuthiwa yimoto ehamba phambili kweyake yakhiqizwa kwaVolvo, kungani wenze umdlalo owuchungechunge oyisicefe nje eduze kwayo? "Lala kodwa yikho lapho"...
Njengesikhumbuzo, iVolvo S60 Polestar iphuma nenjini engu-3.0 litre six-cylinder efana ne-S60 evamile kodwa lena ine-turbo enkulu, i-intercooler enkulu, imephu yenjini entsha kanye ne-racing exhaust ukuze kuthuthukiswe amandla ehhashi awu 345hp kanye kanambambili for 500 Nm . Lolu hlobo olukhethekile luphuma nogearbox onamagiya ayisithupha ozishintshayo kanye ne-Haldex all-wheel drive system. Umjaho osuka ku-0 uye ku-100 km/h uthatha imizuzwana engu-4.9 kanti ijubane eliphezulu ligcina ku-250 km/h.
IVolvo S60 Polestar izoba nenani elilinganiselwe lamayunithi futhi izothengiswa e-Australia ekuqaleni kukaJuni ozayo. Sesikushilo lokho, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sethule elinye futhi “amahemuhemu” anesiqiniseko: ekupheleni konyaka ukukhiqizwa kwalo mshini waseSweden kuzoqinisekiswa ezimakethe ezinkulu zaseYurophu.
Umbhalo: Tiago Luis