Phakathi kwakho konke esikufundile ngesikhathi sethula entsha DS 4 , kube neqiniso eligcine ligqame ngaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe: indawo yokukhiqiza.
Ngesikhathi silindele ukuzwa ukuthi izokhiqizwa eSochaux, eFrance - lapho ezinye izinhlobo kukhiqizwa khona nge-EMP2 platform, njenge-Peugeot 3008 - izikhulu ze-DS Automobiles zamemezela ukuthi i-DS 4 entsha izokhiqizwa eRüsselsheim, eJalimane.
Russellsheim? Akukhona lapho ikomkhulu lakwa-Opel likhona? Impela. Ukubheja okusha kwe-French premium kuzokhiqizwa eJalimane, eduze naseFrankfurt, ezindaweni zokukhiqiza ezifanayo lapho kukhiqizwa khona i-Opel Insignia kanye ne-Opel Zafira yakhiqizwa (ngaphambi kokuba iphume kwezentengiso).
I-Rüsselsheim, idolobha lasekhaya le-Opel
I-Rüsselsheim am Main kuyindawo lapho i-Opel yazalelwa khona ngo-1862. Imoto yokuqala yakwa-Opel yakhiwa lapho ngo-1899! Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, isitshalo sase-Rüsselsheim sikhiqize izimoto ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-17, kusukela ku-Insignia yamanje kuya ku-Kapitan kuya ku-Omega noma i-Rekord. Kulo nyaka izoqala ukukhiqiza i-Opel Astra entsha kanti, okuyivelakancane, izokhiqiza enye imodeli, iDS 4.
“Isitayela sesiFulentshi” okunethezeka… kwenziwa eJalimane
Ngenkathi kuqala ukuthuthukiswa kwephrojekthi ye-D41, ezofinyelela kuvuthondaba nge-DS 4, izinhlelo zavezwa. Imodeli entsha izokhiqizwa e-France, e-Sochaux, kanye nezinye izinhlobo ze-Groupe PSA ezisekelwe ku-EMP2, okwenza umqondo ophelele.
Nokho, phakathi nonyaka odlule, uCarlos Tavares, owayeyi-CEO ye-Groupe PSA futhi manje oyi-CEO ye-Stellantis, wanquma ukuthuthela indawo yokukhiqiza e-Rüsselsheim, eJalimane, lapho kwazalelwa khona i-Opel futhi iyikomkhulu.
Isinqumo esiphusile nesiphusile, njengoba lezo ezenziwa yiTavares zivame ukuba njalo. Isinqumo esithathwe, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngomlandeli we-Opel Astra, futhi ezokwethulwa ngo-2021 futhi ngokusekelwe esisekelweni esifanayo ne-DS 4, sizokhiqizwa e-Rüsselsheim.
Njengamanje, i-Opel Astra (neVauxhall Astra), esasekelwe ku-General Motors hardware, ikhiqizwa e-Ellesmere Port, UK, naseGliwice, ePoland. Okwamanje akwaziwa ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kulezi zindawo zokukhiqiza esikhathini esizayo, ikakhulukazi i-Ellesmere Port, ngenxa yezindleko ezengeziwe ezivela ku-Brexit.
Esikwaziyo ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwe-Opel Astra entsha kuzodluliselwa e-Rüsselsheim (lapho yakhiqizwa khona esizukulwaneni sangaphambili kuya kwesamanje), kanye naleyo ye-French DS 4. UCarlos Tavares uyakwazi kanjalo ukuthatha ngokugcwele. inzuzo yomthamo wefekthri.
Futhi i-Tavares iphinde iqinisekise ukuthula komphakathi okwathenjiswa ngo-2018 ku-IG Metall, inyunyana enamandla yaseJalimane okuthi, ngemva kokutholwa kwe-Opel ku-GM yi-Groupe PSA, yafuna iziqinisekiso zokutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokugcinwa kwemisebenzi emafekthri amaningi akwa-Opel, kuhlanganise noRussellsheim.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
I-Sochaux, eFrance, okwathenjiswa ukukhiqizwa kwe-DS 4, nokho, ayizange ilahlekelwe. Kuyoba phezu kwayo ukukhiqiza amamodeli okuqala asekelwe endaweni entsha eVMP kusukela ngo-2023. Inkundla entsha, ngaphezu kokukwazi ukuhlanganisa ama-powertrains ayingxubevange, izophinde ihlanganise ama-powertrain kagesi angu-100%, ngokungafani ne-EMP2, evumela kuphela ama-plug-in hybrids.
Imodeli yokuqala esekelwe ku-eVMP - yonke into ekhomba ukuthi izongena esikhundleni se-EMP2 - kufanele kube isizukulwane esilandelayo se-Peugeot 3008. Nokho, kunamahlebezi okuthi ngisho nangaphambi kwe-3008 entsha, kufanele sibone i-DS 5 entsha. okuncane noma akukho okuzohlangana nemodeli ebesazi ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwayo kwaphela ngo-2019. Lokhu kufanele kube inguqulo yokukhiqiza ye-DS Aero Sport Lounge.