Ngemuva kokwethulwa komqondo we-MG5 ngonyaka odlule, iMorris Garage isanda kukhipha izithombe zokuqala ze-hatchback yayo entsha.
I-MG5 isivele idayiswa eChina, kodwa thina bantu baseYurophu kuzomele silinde omunye unyaka nesigamu ngaphambi kokuthi siyithole. Kodwa ungacabangi ukuthi amaShayina anelungelo, ngokuphambene nalokho, asebenza njengezingulube ze-MG 5 ukuze afike eYurophu ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwenkinga yezobuchwepheshe.
Naphezu kokungabi nawo umklamo “oyihaba” njengomqondo we-MG5, imodeli yokukhiqiza ye-MG5 inemigqa emihle kakhulu yalo lonke uhla lwe-MG, akukho kungabaza ngalokho. Igqugquzelwa i-MG6 ne-MG3, le hatchback entsha inephaneli elingaphambili elingenawo amahloni elilungele ukukholisa abangakanqumi kwabangakanqumi ngesikhathi sazo zonke izinqumo. Ngikholwe, uma ungayise ekhaya, kuzoba nzima ukukhohlwa ngalezo zibani zangaphambili ezinolaka nezihlukile.
Ukubheja okusha kohlobo lwesiNgisi, kunenjini engu-1.8 ene-105 hp kuphela (eyinqaba). Ngokusobala, e-China, amamodeli ahlangene naphakathi asebenzisa amabhulokhi angu-1.5 ngenxa yezinzuzo zentela, futhi mhlawumbe ngenxa yalokho, lena ine-105 hp engenangqondo…
Kodwa qiniseka, eYurophu indaba izohluka. Nakuba kungakaqinisekiswa okwamanje, kungenzeka ukuthi kuzoba nezinguqulo ezimbalwa ezengeziwe phakathi kuka-1.0 no-1.5 (namandla asuka ku-115 hp kuya ku-162 hp). Kuzophinde kube khona okungenani injini eyodwa kadizili. Abantu baseYurophu “bafuna” kakhulu, futhi ngokubonga…
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís