Kancane kancane, ikusasa le-Mazda MX-5 liya licaca, futhi kubonakala sengathi isizukulwane sesihlanu se-roadster yaseJapane edumile (NE) sizohlala sithembekile enjini evuthayo, okujabulisa abalandeli abaningi bemodeli.
Ngalokho, i-MX-5 izoba ne-Skyactiv-X ethuthukisiwe, injini kaphethiloli esebenza (ingxenye) njenge-Diesel, nokuthi uhlobo lwe-Hiroshima lwaluvele luthembise ukuletha kumamodeli amaningi ngaphandle kwe-Mazda3 ne-CX-30. Umbandela wokwamukela i-Skyactiv-X? Imodeli kufanele ithuthukiswe ngale njini "engqondweni".
Kodwa njengoba sibonile ekuphindaphindweni kwakamuva kwe-Skyactiv-X, futhi esikhathini esizayo i-MX-5 izohlotshaniswa nesistimu ye-hybrid emnene, ngaleyo ndlela iphawula ukufika kokufakwa kukagesi ku-roadster waseJapane, kodwa kude ne-plug- ku-hybrid noma ngisho nogesi ongu-100% osekukhulunywe ngawo.
Usale kahle inguqulo engenayo?
Uma ukwamukelwa kwe-Skyactiv-X kuqinisekiswa, okungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi kuzoba ukuphela kwenjini etholakalayo, okusho ukuthi "ukuvalelisa" kwe-Skyactiv-G ene-1.5 l kanye ne-132 hp njengenguqulo yokungena.
Futhi ukhumbula ukuthi, kuze kube manje, i-Skyactiv-X ikhona kuphela ngomthamo ongu-2.0 l, kungasho ukumiswa kabusha kwe-roadster engabizi kakhulu emakethe ibheke phezulu.
Ingabe i-Mazda ingakwazi ukuthuthukisa uhlobo oluncane lwenjini? Kuzomele silinde. Okuwukuphela kwentuthuko eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni ye-Skyactiv-X ilandela ngokunembile indlela ephambene: amasilinda ayisithupha emgqeni kanye nomthamo ongu-3.0 l.
I-Skyactiv-X namuhla ikhiqiza i-186 hp, ihambisana ne-184 hp ye-MX-5 enamandla kakhulu, ifakwe i-2.0 l Skyactiv-G. Kodwa-ke, iletha i-torque engu-240 Nm, engaphezulu kakhulu kwe-205 Nm ye-Skyactiv-G futhi itholakala ngendlela evumayo.
Enye inzuzo enkulu yokusebenzisa i-Skyactiv-X? Ukusetshenziswa nokukhishwa kwegesi okuphansi ngokunethezeka kune-Skyactiv-G, njengoba kubonakala namuhla ku-Mazda3 ne-CX-30.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngaphezu kombuzo obucayi wenjini yokubhekana nalezi zikhathi ezishintshayo, i-Mazda MX-5 izosala ifana nayo: injini yangaphambili, idrayivu yamasondo angemuva kanye nebhokisi le-manual. Futhi-ke, ukukhathazeka okuvamile ngesisindo.