Ngemuva kwembangi yakwaHyundai i20 WRC, kube yithuba leM-Sport ukwethula iFord Fiesta WRC entsha.
Kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni iFord Fiesta WRC entsha, isilungele ukubhekana nesizini ezayo yeWorld Rally Championship.
Inkululeko enkudlwana emithethweni ye-WRC ka-2017 kakade isibangele ukuqhathaniswa neQembu B elingokomlando, futhi ngokusho kwe-M-Sport, imodeli entsha igcina nje u-5% weFord Fiesta RS WRC yamanje - konke okunye kwaklanywa kusukela emthonjeni.
I-VIDEO: Lena yindlela i-Ford egubha ngayo iminyaka engu-40 yokukhiqiza
Injini engu-1.6 EcoBoost inyuke ngamandla kanti manje isidonsa ku-380 hp kanye ne-torque engu-450 Nm, isaqhubeka ihambisana no-gearbox ohamba ngamagiya ayisithupha. Ngaphezu kwawo wonke umsebenzi we-aerodynamic okwenza ibe nolaka nakakhulu (njengoba ubona ezithombeni), iFord Fiesta WRC idle ukudla okungu-25 kg futhi iyazuza ngokumiswa okubuyekeziwe (imibhoshongo emisiwe ilungiswa ngohlobo lwemoto ) phansi). Ngenxa yakho konke lokhu kuthuthukiswa, uMalcolm Wilson, umholi weqembu, ukholelwa ukuthi iM-Sport izolwela ukunqoba ngesizini ezayo:
“Singena enkathini entsha yeWorld Rally Championship, kunomoya omuhle eqenjini, ngakho-ke sikholwa wukuthi senze okuthile okukhethekile ngale Ford Fiesta WRC entsha. Ngizishayele mina mathupha imoto futhi ngingasho ukuthi ingenye yezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu esake sazenza: idrayivu ethokozisayo, umsindo umnandi futhi umklamo uheha kakhulu.”
Nokho, umpetha womhlaba izikhathi ezine uSébastien Ogier uqinisekisiwe ukuthi uzoya kwa-M-Sport , lokhu ngemuva kwesinqumo seVolkswagen sokushiya iWorld Rally Championship. Umshayeli ongumFulentshi uzosebenzisana no-Ott Tanak wase-Estonia esondweni lale Ford Fiesta WRC ka-2017.
