U-50% wama-petrolheads anemoto entsha ekhethwayo: i-Alfa Romeo 4C.
Sazi kahle ukuthi imoto yezemidlalo akwenziwa ngamahhashi kanye nomthamo we-cylinder kuphela. Thatha isibonelo se-Lotus, ehlale ingumkhiqizo ohloselwe ukushayela injabulo: izinjini ezincane ezimaphakathi zezimoto ezilula kakhulu kanye nokushayela ngamasondo angemuva. Lena sekuyifomula ewinayo, manje sekuza i-Alfa Romeo 4C, enefilosofi efanayo ncamashi kodwa enokuthuthukiswa okukodwa: intelezi yase-Italy.
Ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-100km/h kuyithatha imizuzwana engu-4.5 kanti ijubane elikhulu ngu-258 km/h. Nakuba lezi zinombolo ziwumphumela wobunjiniyela obusetshenziswe ku-Alfa Romeo 4C, ziyingxenye ethakaselekayo yale Alfa entsha. Njengoba ilukuluku lifile, ake siqhubekele kulokho okubaluleke ngempela.
Kwenziwe kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe ngozalo lwe-Formula 1, le Alfa Romeo 4C entsha ifaka i-carbon fibre monocoque ezonikeza ukuqina okungantengantengi nangaphansi kwengcindezi ebangelwa ukushayela okunamandla kakhulu.
Injini engu-1.7l 4-cylinder inomjovo oqondile, i-turbo-compressed to 200 bar, iwakhipha wonke amandla ayo emasondweni angemuva ngo-gearbox ongu-6-speed one-double clutch. Ukuhlanganisa i-895 kg emangalisayo yesethi ne-240hp yenjini ephakathi, kungenzeka ukuthola i-1.1G ye-acceleration lateral kanye ne-1.25G ye-deceleration. Ukugcina umnikazi wayo ejabule, i-4C inama-bacquet enziwe ngesikhumba esingasheleli futhi anezisekelo ezifanele ze-lumbar.
Ubuchwepheshe be-DNA (Isimo sezulu Esishintshayo, Esivamile kanye Naso Sonke) bunikeza izinguquko kuzilungiselelo zokumiswa, isivinini sokuphendula kwenjini nesiteringi, konke ngokucindezela inkinobho. Ukucushwa kwamanje kuboniswa kuphaneli yedijithali ethatha indawo yazo zonke izikali ze-analogue. Ulwazi olufana ne-lateral acceleration, i-RPM's kanye ne-turbo pressure nayo izoba khona.
Kungani i-Alfa Romeo 4C iyimoto entsha eyintandokazi yama-petrolheads angu-50% kuphela? Yebo… kanye nezindlela ezicishe zibe zezithombe zobulili ezingcolile kanye nezinzuzo zokwenza abantu abadala bemidlalo emikhulu bathuthumele, kuza ukwethembeka okwaziwayo kuka-Alfa, okuthuthuke kakhulu ezikhathini zamuva nje. Kusazobonakala ukuthi i-Alfa Romeo 4C iyisibonelo esihle noma esibi.
Ngesikhathi yethulwa ngo-2011 embukisweni wezimoto iGeneva Motor Show, ithenjiswe ukuthi izolula, iyashesha futhi izoshibhile, wonke umuntu wakungabaza. Kwakuwukudayiswa okuvamile kwe-Italy kwamafutha enyoka kubavakashi. Manje sonke samangala lapho kumenyezelwa imoto encane yezemidlalo engu-€65,000! Itholakala e-Portugal kule nyanga.
