Uyakhumbula le moto yezemidlalo engavamile eyethulwa ngo-2013 e-Dubai Motor Show? Yona leyo eyathembisa amandla amakhulu futhi eyavusa ukungabaza okuningi emhlabeni wezimoto? Ngokusho komkhiqizo wama-Arab, i-Devel Sixteen iyisiphakamiso esisha esithembisa ukuhlazisa amamodeli afana ne-Bugatti Veyron.
Ama-specs ayamangaza ngempela: Injini engu-12.3-litre quad-turbo V16 ekwazi ukusheshisa isuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-1.8 kanye nejubane eliphezulu elingu-563 km/h (asikholwe…).
Ngokusho kukaSteve Morris Engines (SME), obhekele i-V16 block ye-Devel Sixteen, injini iyakwazi ukufinyelela ku-5000 hp yamandla. Kunzima ukukukholelwa, akunjalo? Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, uhlobo lwama-Arabhu lwalufuna ukufakazela ukuthi le njini akuyona eyokudlala futhi yayibeka ebhentshini lokuhlola. Umphumela? Injini ibikwazi ukuletha i-4515 hp ku-6900 rpm.
Nokho, i-SME iqinisekisa ukuthi injini ingafinyelela ku-5000 hp uma i-“dyno” ingasekela wonke lawo mandla. Noma kunjalo, ukusebenza kwenjini ye-V16 kusamangalisa, naphezu kokuqaliswa kwayo emotweni yokukhiqiza kusenguphrojekthi "oluhlaza" kakhulu.
Ungabona izivivinyo kule njini ye-V16 kuvidiyo engezansi: