Ngemuva kweminyaka emine yokubusa ngokuphelele, i-MINI ilahlekelwe wuhlelo lokugcina lweDakar kwaPeugeot. Impendulo manje iza ngohlobo lwe-MINI John Cooper Works Rally entsha.
I-MINI kanye ne-X-Raid baphinde bahlangana ukuze bahlasele umjaho ongekho emgwaqeni omkhulukazi nodume kakhulu emhlabeni: i-Dakar.Isizinda sokuqala ngokusobala bekuyi-MINI Countryman. Ngokusobala ngenxa yeMini Countryman osekusele ukubukeka.
Umzimba wenziwe nge-Kevlar, i-chassis i-tubular kanti injini ingu-3.0 Diesel unit of BMW origin. Ngamandla, le MINI John Cooper Works Rally ikhiqiza amandla angu-340 hp kanye ne-torque engu-800 Nm.
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Njengoba ubungase uqagele emandleni akhangisiwe, ngokuphambene nalokho esingakucabanga - uma sibheka ukuphakama okukhonjiswe yisisombululo esinamasondo amabili wePeugeot 2008 DKR - i-MINI isazoqhubeka nokutshala imali edonsa ngamasondo amane. Njengoba sazi, imithetho ye-Dakar ivumela ama-prototypes okushayela ngamasondo amabili ukuthi abe namandla kakhulu, abe lula futhi abe nokumiswa kokuhamba isikhathi eside.
Ngakho, i-MINI ibhejela ekuthuthukiseni i-aerodynamics yemodeli ukuze ifinyelele isivinini esiphezulu - uhlobo lomkhiqizo lufuna u-184 km/h - kanye nokwehlisa isikhungo samandla adonsela phansi semodeli, ukuze kube nokushesha okukhulu nokuzinza. Ingabe kuzoba ukubheja okuwinayo? Lo mkhiqizo ubheja ama-chips awo ezindaweni ezinzima kakhulu e-Dakar, lapho uzokwazi ukusebenzisa ngokugcwele uhlelo lokudonsa futhi ukhansele ukonakala kwezindawo ezisheshayo.
I-Dakar ka-2017 iqala ngoJanuwari 2 ngomshayeli wendiza u-Mikko Hirvonen ohola umkhumbi womkhiqizi waseBrithani.
