Kwabaningi benu, lezi zindaba zizozwakala njengezihlubuki: Ukufaka injini ye-Chevy kuFerrari. Yebo, kunjalo… ukushintsha injini isuka “egazini elimsulwa” ibe “intamo ebomvu” V8.
Kodwa ake sihambe ngezingxenye. Ungenzenjani uma injini ye-Ferrari 360 GT yakho iletha umphefumulo wayo kumdali ngeSonto elihle ekuseni phakathi nosuku lwengoma? Ngaphezu kokukhala kunjalo...
Nakuba amaFerrari amaningi angakhetha impendulo esobala kakhulu, vula izintambo zesikhwama futhi akhe kabusha injini ukusuka ku-A kuye ku-Z - ilungiselelo elingabiza kakhulu ingxenye ye-D ejwayelekile - umuntu waseCalifornia owaphumelela kulokhu wakhetha isisombululo, ake sithi, akavumelananga kakhulu: wahlomisa iFerrari yakhe ngenjini yeChevy V8 elungiswe yiLingenfelter Performance.
Umphumela? Akukho okunye, akukho okungaphansi kuka-1000hp(!) wokufutheka okulethwe ku-asi yangemuva. Lokhu emotweni eyazalelwa futhi yakhulela e-Italy kodwa okwathi, ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwesiphetho, yashintsha ithoni yayo yokukhipha ephezulu nekhalayo ngomsindo ogcwele "wemisipha yaseMelika". Kumnandi...
Nokho, noma ubani omelene, phonsa itshe kuqala. Ngokwami uhlangothi, ngiyavuma ukuthi ngazinikela.
Izithombe: Jason Thorgalsen