THE Ford Puma ST iwuhlobo lwezemidlalo lweSUV encane yaseNyakatho Melika futhi, naphezu kokuba yakamuva nje emakethe, ukuvela kwe-“hot SUV” sekuyalungiselelwa.
Yilokhu esingakucabangela esifanekisweni sokuhlola "esibanjwe" e-Nürburgring okuthi, ngaphandle kokufihlakala, sidlala isitikha esiyindilinga esiphuzi esivezayo efasiteleni elingemuva.
Isitika esincane esisitshela ukuthi siphambi kwemoto eyihybrid. I-Hybrid (ngisho ne-mild-hybrid ethambile) kanye ne-prototypes yokuhlola kagesi kufanele ikhonjwe kanjalo ngaphandle, ukuze, uma kwenzeka okubi kakhulu, amaqembu ezimo eziphuthumayo azi ukuthi hlobo luni lwemoto abhekene nalo.
IFord Puma ST yamanje ifakwe i-kinematic chain efana neFiesta ST, okusho ukuthi, 1.5 litre three-cylinder ene-turbo, ekwazi ukuletha u-200 hp. Kuhlala kuvutha "okumsulwa", ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokufakwa kukagesi oluhlobene ne-powertrain.
Lesi sibonelo sokuhlola simemezela ukuthi sizobona ingxenye kagesi yengezwa kuPuma ST. Sikhumbula ukuthi asiziboni izimbobo zokushaja ezengeziwe, akumele kube inhlanganisela ye-plug-in, kodwa ingxube evamile noma ingxubevange emaphakathi.
Ukubheja kwethu ukuthi lolu uhlelo oluxubile oluthambile, olusebenzisa iresiphi efanayo ne-1.0 EcoBoost encane kakhulu. Futhi ngokwethula i-mild-hybrid system, kucatshangelwa ukuthi ingavumela ukukhuphuka kwePuma ST's 1.5 EcoBoost, njengoba sibonile ku-1.0 EcoBoost, ethole okuhlukile kwe-155 hp.
Ukuxhumana kwe-WRC
Ukufakwa kukagesi, nakuba kuncane, ngeke nje kunqamule amagremu ambalwa e-CO2 ekukhishweni kwe-“hot SUV”, kodwa kuzovumela nohlobo lwaseMelika ukuthi luqinise ukuxhumana kwePuma ST ne-WRC (World Rally Championship).
Sibonile, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, iFord ikhombisa okokuqala iPuma Rally1, isikhali sayo esisha seWRC, ezovala isikhala seFiesta. Umshini osuvele uthobela imithetho emisha yesigaba esiphezulu sesiyalo (Rally1) sango-2022 lapho, okokuqala ngqa, sizoba nezimoto eziyi-hybrid rally ezincintisanayo ngokuba ngomkhulu ku-WRC.
Futhi iyiphi indlela engcono yokuqinisa leso sibopho phakathi komgwaqo nokuncintisana nePuma ST efakwe ugesi?
Akukacaci okwamanje ukuthi izokwethulwa nini le Ford Puma ST Hybrid, kodwa njengoba i-2022 WRC iqala ngoJanuwari 2022, ngeke kusimangaze ukuthi iqondane nokwethulwa kokugcina kwePuma Rally1.