Iqiniso alikhulume. Abangabaza kakhulu kuphela abangamangala ngokwethulwa kwemodeli yalolu hlobo yi-Kia: i-sporty, i-GT enamandla ene-"premium" yokuqeda.
Uhlobo lwaseKorea kudala lwaveza izinhloso zalo, kanti iStinger iwubufakazi bokuthi uKia ubengadlali. Imodeli ezokhishwa ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka futhi okuhloswe ngayo ukuncintisana ne-BMW 4 Series Gran coupé kanye ne-Audi A5 Sportback, oshaka bengxenye. Futhi saya eMilan ukuyoyihlangabeza, ezinsukwini nje ngemva kokuba yembulwe okokuqala eDetroit Salon.
Kulo mcimbi, sibe nethuba lokubonga idizayini yangaphandle kanye nokufakazela zonke izixazululo ezithathwe ngaphakathi kwe-Stinger. Uhambo olungeke luphele ngaphandle kokukhuluma nabathile abakhulu abanomthwalo wemfanelo womkhiqizo waseKorea. Sikwenze konke lokho nokunye okwengeziwe.
Ingabe i-Kia isetha ibha iphezulu kakhulu?
Akulula ukuya «ukudlala» nge-premium brand. Kuyingozi nakakhulu, abanye bazothi - kuze kube manje sonke sivumelana. Kodwa iqiniso lithi iKia eminyakeni yakamuva, ngokwezinga nokuthembeka, ikhombisile ukuthi ayifundisi muntu. Ubufakazi balokhu ubukhona bomkhiqizo waseKorea ezinkomba eziyinhloko zokuthembeka nokwaneliseka kwamakhasimende, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusemakethe yaseYurophu noma yaseMelika.
Sibhekane noDavid Labrosse, obhekele ukuhlela umkhiqizo kwa-Kia, ngombuzo ogqanyisiwe futhi impendulo yenziwa sikhumbula umkhondo womkhiqizo eminyakeni yakamuva.
“I-Kia Stinger izalwa isifiso esinamandla somkhiqizo sokwenza into enothando lwangempela. Abaningi babengakholwa ukuthi sizokwazi ukwenza into efana nalena, kodwa sakwenza lokho! Sekuwumsebenzi omude, onzima ongakaqali manje, owaqala ngokukhishwa kwesizukulwane sokuqala sikaCeed ngo-2006. UStinger uwumvuthwandaba womsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu.”
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-Kia iwukuphela komkhiqizo eYurophu okhule iminyaka engu-8 ilandelana - ePortugal kuphela, ngonyaka odlule i-Kia ikhule ngo-37.3%, yafinyelela okokuqala ngaphezu kuka-2% wesabelo semakethe. “Sikholelwa ukuthi singaba sezingeni elifanayo nemikhiqizo ephambili, sinikeze ngemikhiqizo engafanele nje kuphela inani elincintisanayo kodwa futhi nesakhiwo sabo, ubuchwepheshe nokuphepha”, usitshele umsakazi wethu, uPedro Gonçalves, umqondisi wezokuthengisa nokuthengisa kwaKia. I-Portugal, iveza esinye futhi isifiso: ukubeka i-Kia phezulu kwe-10 yemikhiqizo ethengiswa kakhulu ezweni lethu.
Ukuvela kokuqala kukaKia Stinger "bukhoma"
Sibuzwe ku-Instagram ukuthi ngabe i-Stinger ibukeka ingcono bukhoma kunasezithombeni-skrini, futhi singasho nakanjani ukuthi inhle bukhoma. Ezithombeni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zinhle kangakanani, akunakwenzeka ukubona izilinganiso zangempela zemoto. I-Live ihlale ihlukile.
Futhi uma sikhuluma ngemibono, umbono ovamile walabo abakhona wukuthi umklamo we-Kia Stinger ufezwe kahle kakhulu. Ukufeza lo mphumela, u-Kia uthembele ezinsizakalweni zomklami uPeter Schreyer, phakathi kwamanye amamodeli, uyise we-Audi TT (isizukulwane sokuqala), futhi kusukela ngo-2006 ejoyine i-brand yaseKorea. Uma iKia entsha iheha ngobuhle, mbonge lo mnumzane.
U-Peter Schreyer ukwazile ngendlela eyisibonelo ukunikeza amandla nokushuba emigqeni kumsebenzi womzimba ongaphezu kwamamitha angu-4.8 ubude. Umsebenzi ongelula ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa ngokombono wethu (okungaxoxwa ngakho) wenziwa ngokuhlukile. Noma ngabe imuphi umbono, i-Stinger ihlale inemigqa eshubile, yezemidlalo nengashintshi.
Ukukhuluma nge-Kia nokukhuluma ngo-Peter Schreyer kuphinde kukhulunywe nge-grill edumile “ye-tiger nose”, into enqamula kuzo zonke izinhlobo zomkhiqizo, edalwe yilo mklami ngo-2006 ukuze enze u-Kia azizwe ekhululekile – uhlobo “lwezinso ezikabili” yenguqulo ye-BMW Korean. Futhi mhlawumbe kuku-Stinger lapho le grill ithola ukuvezwa kwayo okuphezulu, okusekelwe ngokwemvelo ama-optics aklanywe kahle.
Thola amakhulukhulu ezintatheli ku-Stinger
Phakathi kwamathelevishini, amawebhusayithi kanye nomagazini bezimoto abavela kulo lonke elaseYurophu, sasiyisizathu Sezimoto. Ukwenza izibalo, bekunezintatheli ezingaphezu kwekhulu ze-Stinger eyodwa kuphela - kunjalo, eyodwa! UKia ubengaletha omunye uStinger ovela eDetroit…
Ukusho lokho, njengoba ungase ucabange, ukungena kwiKia Stinger bekungelula. Kuthathe ukubheka okumbalwa kanye namagama ambalwa angenabungani (ngemuva kokuthi esedlule izikhathi eziningi) ukuze asiqhubekisele phambili.
Uma kumklamo wangaphandle akungabazeki ukuthi i-Kia iyichaze kahle kakhulu i-DNA yayo, ekwakhiweni kwangaphakathi akunjalo. Kulokhu, umkhiqizo waseKorea uyaqhubeka nokubheka ubunikazi bawo. Umbono esasala nawo ngowokuthi iKia Stinger igqugquzelwe ngabakwaStuttgart, okuyiMercedes-Benz - okuvamise ukuthi kube nombono oshiwo yizintatheli zasePutukezi emkhakheni okhethekile nazo ebezikhona emcimbini.
Kubi lokhu? Akukuhle futhi akukubi – kodwa bekungaba ngcono uma uhlobo lunendlela yalo nalapha. Njengoba omunye wake wathi "ukukopisha kuyindlela yokudumisa eqotho". Lokhu kufana kubonakala ezindaweni zomoya ze-centre console nasezimpahleni eziphakathi kwezicabha ne-front panel. Akungabazeki ukuthi izinto zangaphakathi zakwaMercedes-Benz zagcwalisa umcabango wakwaKia ngesikhathi kuthuthukiswa iStinger. Ngokuqondene nekhwalithi yezinto zokwakha, akukho lutho oluzobonisa.
Isistimu ye-infotainment ye-Stinger bekusazozanywa – ngeshwa yavalwa, ekugcineni ngenxa yokuthi umkhiqizo uphothula isofthiwe eyenza isikrini siphile phezu kwe-centre console.
Usaphuthelwa "ubufakazi besishiyagalolunye"
Ngaphakathi nangaphandle, i-Kia Stinger iphumelele isibuyekezo sethu sokuqala ngemibala endizayo. Kodwa-ke, iphuzu elilodwa elibaluleke kakhulu alikho: amandla okushayela. Njengoba sasingakwazi ukukuphatha, kwadingeka sibuze noma ngubani onaleli lungelo ukuthi u-Stinger uziphatha kanjani.
Nakulokhu futhi, kwakunguDavid Labrosse owasiphendula. "Kuhle! Simply superb. Ngayishayela ngaseNurburgring futhi ngahlabeka umxhwele ngayo yonke into yemoto.” Ngaphandle kokufuna ngalokhu ukungabaza ukwethembeka kwamazwi alo muntu onesibopho, iqiniso liwukuthi angizange ngilindele enye impendulo… bekungaba kubi.
Nokho, kunesizathu esihle sokukholelwa ukuthi ngokwemibandela i-Stinger izonikeza umncintiswano isibhamu. Njengasemklamo, futhi esahlukweni esiguqukayo, u-Kia "wayentshontsha" emqhudelwaneni omunye wozimele abahamba phambili embonini yezimoto. Sikhuluma ngo-Albert Biermann, owayeyinhloko yomnyango wakwa-M Performance kwaBMW.
Bekungaphansi kwenduku yalo njiniyela ukuthi i-Kia Stinger ihambe izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha ku-Nurburgring (kanye ne-Arctic Circle) ukuze ithole ibhalansi engcono kakhulu phakathi kokunethezeka nokuguquguquka. Amabhuleki ane-dimensional, ama-suspension asebenzayo, i-chassis eqinile, isiteringi esiqhubekayo esinogesi oguqukayo, izinjini ezinamandla, idrayivu yamasondo angemuva kanye nendawo ephansi ye-gravity. Uma kubhekwa le mibono, bekungaba isimanga uma i-Stinger ibingenalo ikhono elinamandla. Mnu Albert Biermann, wonke amehlo abheke wena!
Yeka ikusasa likaStinger
Ngesicelo somunye wabafundi bethu (ukwanga uGil Gonçalves), sibuze uVeronique Cabral, umphathi womkhiqizo we-Stinger, ukuthi u-Kia ubengacabangi yini okunye okuphuma ku-bodywork kule modeli, okungukuthi ibhuleki lokudubula. Impendulo yalo muntu onomthwalo wemfanelo kwaba cha – uxolo Gil, sizamile!
Anganelisekile, sibeka umbuzo ofanayo kuDavid Labrosse futhi impendulo yaba "i-neem". Nakulokhu futhi, amazwi alo mthwalo wemfanelo ayethembekile impela:
“Umsebenzi wokudubula wamabhuleki? Akuhleliwe, kodwa kuyinto engenzeka. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuncike ekuphenduleni kwemakethe ku-Stinger. Kuya ngokuthi izintatheli zizosabela kanjani, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuthi amakhasimende azosabela kanjani ekufikeni kwemodeli enjalo evela kwa-Kia. Ngemuva kwalokho, uma kunesizathu, sizothatha isinqumo ngakho. ”
Emizuzwini embalwa ngemva kwale ngxoxo, kwakhala umakhalekhukhwini kaPedro Gonçalves, ngakolunye uhlangothi lolayini, e-Portugal, intengiso yomkhiqizo yazisa ukuthi ikhasimende lisanda ku-oda i-Stinger. "Kodwa awakabikho amanani e-Portugal", kuphendula uPedro Gonçalves. “Angazi,” kusho lo mthengisi, “kodwa ikhasimende liyithande kakhulu imoto kangangokuthi selivele liyi-odile (liyahleka)”. Kungenzeka ukuthi uma lesi sidingo siqhubeka, iStinger Shooting Brake isazobona ukukhanya.
Mayelana nezinjini akukho ukungabaza. E-Portugal, isiphakamiso esihamba phambili kuzoba inguqulo efakwe injini ye-Dizili engu-202 hp 2.2 esesiyazi kakade kusukela ku-Sorento. Ezweni lethu, ukuthengiswa kweKia Stinger enenjini kaphethiloli engu-250 hp 2.0 litre "Theta II" izosala, futhi ukuthengiswa kwenguqulo engu-3.3 litre "Lambda II" ene-370 hp kuzobalwa eminwe yesandla esisodwa (ku- okuhle kakhulu). Zonke lezi zinjini zizomataniswa ne-automatic transmission edonsa ngamagiya ayisishiyagalombili.
Isithombe. Isinyathelo sokuqala emgwaqeni omude
I-Kia iyazi ukuthi inomkhiqizo omuhle, inamanani amahle, futhi amakhasimende ayazwela ezingxoxweni ezifana newaranti yeminyaka eyisikhombisa. Uyakwazi konke lokhu futhi uyazi futhi ukuthi isithombe somkhiqizo sithatha iminyaka eminingi ukwakhiwa, nokuthi okwamanje, isithombe somkhiqizo wakho ngokuhambisana nemikhiqizo esiphakamisa ukuncintisana nayo sisengumuthi omubi.
“Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, besazi ukuthi amakhasimende akhetha iKia akwenza lokho ngenxa yokuhluzeka, ikhwalithi kanye namanani. Sifuna baqhubeke nokusikhetha ngenxa yalezi zizathu, kodwa futhi sifuna amakhasimende asikhethe ngenxa yemizwa evezwa imikhiqizo yethu. Lowo mzwelo manje usungokoqobo ”, kuvuma uDavid Labrosse kithi.
“Le Kia Stinger entsha ingesinye igxathu lapho. Ngomqondo wokwakha uphawu olunesithombe senani. Ngo-2020 sizoba nomjikelezo womkhiqizo omusha, futhi ngokuqinisekile sizovuna imiphumela emihle ngaleso sikhathi emsebenzini owenziwayo manje”, ephetha.
Uma ngiye kuma-brand aseYurophu, ngibhekisise ukuthi iKia yenzani. Ngokusobala kunesu elichazwe kahle kanye nesiqondiso. Kulo nyaka uwodwa, iKia izokwethula izinhlobo ezintsha eziyisishiyagalombili emakethe, enye yazo okuyiStinger. Sizokwazi maduze ukuthi iqhinga lizoqhubeka yini nokuthela izithelo. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi yebo.