Njalo ngonyaka, amasonto amabili, i-Geneva iziguqula ibe inhloko-dolobha yomhlaba yezimoto. Funda ngomlando walo mcimbi emigqeni elandelayo.
Kusukela ngo-1905, iGeneva bekuyidolobha elikhethelwe ukusingatha uhlobo lweChampions League enamasondo amane: iGeneva Motor Show. Izimoto ezikhetheke kakhulu, izindaba eziphambili, izinhlobo ezibalulekile kanye nabantu abaqhuba ibhizinisi kukhona konke. Kunjalo minyaka yonke, futhi kusazoqhubeka kube njalo inqobo nje uma ukuthula komhlaba kusavuma - ngiyakhumbula ukuthi umcimbi waphazamiseka kuphela phakathi nezimpi ezimbili zomhlaba.
Isihloko esithi "i-salon engcono kakhulu emhlabeni" akusona isihloko esicacile, kodwa esicacile. Imidlalo yokuqala yomhlaba engcono kakhulu nelindelwe kakhulu ihlale yenzeka eSwitzerland nangesinqumo senhlangano ewuhlobo lweFIFA yabakhiqizi bezimoto, i-OICA: Organisation Internationale des Constructors d'Automobiles. Frankfurt, Paris, Detroit, Tokyo, New York, akekho kulawa madolobha ongabeka «umbukiso» njengalowo esingawuthola kulezi zinsuku e-Geneva.
Futhi kungani Geneva? Futhi hhayi i-Lisbon noma… Beja! Ukuze siqonde lokhu kukhetha kufanele siye ezincwadini zomlando (noma i-inthanethi…). Nakuba abantu base-Bejão benokuthula kakhulu futhi bengabantu abamukelayo futhi iLisbon iyidolobha elihle kakhulu nelinomoya wokungenisa izihambi, akukho neyodwa kubo engathathi hlangothi. Futhi iSwitzerland.
ISwitzerland ibiyizwe elingathathi hlangothi kusukela ngo-1815. Ngokusho kwe-Wikipedia, izwe elingathathi hlangothi yilelo elingathathi hlangothi ezingxabanweni futhi "ngokubuyela emuva lithemba ukuthi ngeke lihlaselwe yinoma yimuphi". Ngakho-ke, izingxabano ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni ziyaxazululwa eSwitzerland, izwe eliphethe i-UN kanye nenqwaba yezinhlangano zomhlaba.
Eqinisweni, uma kuziwa ezimotweni, iSwitzerland ayikwazanga ukungathathi hlangothi. Abakhi abakhulu ngokuvamile bangamaJalimane, isiNtaliyane, amaMelika, isiFulentshi, isiNgisi noma isiJapanese. Ngakho-ke, ukukalwa kwamandla phakathi kwalawa mandla ezimoto bekungeke kube emazweni asuka kuwo, ukugwema ukukhetha. Kwavunyelwana ngokuthi indawo engcono kakhulu “yempi yezibani nobukhazikhazi” emasondweni amane kufanele ibe seSwitzerland.” Futhi kube njalo ezinhlelweni ezingama-85.
Uma unesikhathi ngiyakukhumbuza ukuthi umbukiso wezimoto iGeneva Motor Show uzovuleleka kuze kube wumhla zili-15 kule nyanga. U-Diogo Teixeira wethu wayelapho, futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo uzosibonisa konke okwenzeka lapho.
