Sekunesikhathi eside abakwaBMW bekhangisa uhlobo olusha lwe-“i” futhi ukucabanga nje ukuthi kusazomele silinde okungenani omunye unyaka ukuze sibone lezi zimoto zisebenza kusinikeza “into embi”…
I-brand yaseJalimane ibona amamodeli we-"i" njengethuba elihle kakhulu lokuhola esigabeni se-premium. Nakuba ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule kwavela inzwabethi eyayisongela ukukhipha i-BMW kule phrojekthi, kwavela ukuthi akukho kulokhu okunengqondo futhi okuqinisekile ukuthi lokhu kutshalwa kwe-530 million euros ngeke kube yize...
Labo ababhekele lolu shintsho olukhulu emkhakheni wezimoto, sebevele bekwazisile ukuthi imoto yabo enkulu kagesi izobiza imali engekho ngaphansi kwama-euro ayi-100,000 futhi izothengiswa kungakapheli iminyaka emibili. Lokhu kulinda kuyakhathaza...
I-BMW isivele yethula i-city i3 kanye nenguqulo ye-sporter ye-i8, iSpyder i8. Ngenhlanhla ngeke silinde eminye iminyaka emibili i-i3 ngoba kubukeka sengathi izoba semakethe ngonyaka ozayo. “I-i3 kufanele ibe nenani elilinganayo uma kuqhathaniswa nomkhiqizo okukhulunywa ngawo,” kusho u-Ian Robertson, umqondisi wezentengiso emhlabeni wonke kwa-BMW.
I-i8 ijubane layo eliphezulu ligcina ku-250 km/h kanti ikwazi ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-4.6. Mayelana nokusetshenziswa, uhlobo lwaseJalimane luthembisa u-2.7 l/100 km futhi uma lusebenzisa imodi kagesi kuphela, lungakhava cishe amakhilomitha angama-35, ihora elilodwa nje nemizuzu engama-45 ukushajwa kabusha amabhethri.
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi konke lokhu okusha kubalulekile, kodwa uma sikhuluma iqiniso, ukwakheka kwe-i8 yikhona okusihlaba umxhwele kakhulu, kuyakhazimula! Sithemba nje ukuthi ukubukeka kwakho ngeke kube nezinguquko ezinkulu uma sekukhiqizwe. Kungaba yihlazo...
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís