Ikhishwe okokuqala ngo-2019, i-BMW X7 iseyi-SUV enkulu kunazo zonke emndenini wakwa-BMW X futhi ngaleyo ndlela iyimodeli enkulu kunazo zonke eyake yaba khona yohlobo lwaseMunich.
Manje ibona uhla lwayo luqiniswa ngobuchwepheshe bemild-hybrid ku-48V obuthembisa ukuyenza isebenze kahle, phakathi kwabo kukhona iX7 xDrive 40d, enamandla angu-3.0 litre inline six-cylinder Diesel block ekhiqiza u-340 hp no-700 Nm i-torque ephezulu.
Ngesisindo esiphelele esingaba ngu-2500 kg, le X7 ikhombisa “i-roller” yobuhle, ize ibonise izimfanelo eziguquguqukayo ezimangaze u-Diogo Teixeira, osevele wayihlola kwenye ividiyo esiteshini sethu se-YouTube.
Kule nguqulo, ithembisa ukusetshenziswa okuqukethwe - ngemoto enalawa "mandla omlilo" kanye nosayizi walo (u-Diogo uyiqhathanise ne... indlu!) - kanye nobuhle obujwayelekile, ikakhulukazi ngaphakathi, obungashintshwa itiyetha ye-movie (uma ubona ividiyo uzoyiqonda…).
Isikhala sayo yonke into… nawo wonke umuntu!
I-BMW X7 xDrive 40d ikwazi ukuhlala abantu abayisikhombisa, ilayisha amalitha angu-326, yona ingakhula ifinyelele ku-750 litres kanti umugqa wesithathu wezihlalo ulaliswe phansi futhi ufinyelela ku-2120 litres nezihlalo zangemuva ezinhlanu “ezihlelekile”.Eziphakamisweni eziningi ezinezihlalo ezihlala abantu abangu-7, izihlalo zomugqa wesithathu zithi “zinamahloni” futhi njalo zigcina ngokukhonza ezincane kakhulu. Kodwa ngale X7 akunjalo.
U-Diogo uhlezi ezihlalweni ezingemuva zale SUV evela kumkhiqizo waseMunich futhi akazange abe nokungabaza: kungenzeka ukuthi umuntu omdala onobude obungu-1.80m "ahambe" ngokuthula ngemuva. Kukhona indawo yekhanda namadolo futhi izinyawo zingase "zifihlekile" ngaphansi kwesihlalo esingaphambili.
Kubiza malini?
Njengoba ubungalindela, i-X7 xDrive 40d isekude ukushibhile. Ngendlela, enye yezimoto ezibiza kakhulu ze-SUV ezivela kwa-BMW okungesona isiphakamiso se-M noma i-M Competition. Igcwele izinketho, iyunithi esiyihlolile ibiza ama-euro ayi-161 278.