Njengoba ikusasa liqinisekisiwe ngemuva kokwakhiwa kwebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-Geely ne-Mercedes-Benz, i-Smart ilungiselela ukwembula i-SUV yayo yokuqala kagesi.
Okwaziwa ngegama lekhodi i-HX11, kuzoba wuhlobo lokuqala oluzothuthukiswa ngokubambisana ngabakwaMercedes-Benz nabakwaGeely njengengxenye yebhizinisi elihlanganisile elibahlanganise futhi okulindeleke ukuthi lifinyelele emakethe ngo-2022.
Mhlawumbe yingakho iSmart sezilungiselela ukwethula ngoSepthemba eMunich Motor Show okuyisibonelo esizolindela uhlobo olusha. Lokhu kuqinisekiswe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule nguDaniel Lescow, iphini likamongameli wezokuthengisa we-Smart, owamchaza ngokuthi "i-alpha entsha ehlathini lasemadolobheni".
Yini esesiyazi?
Ngokusekelwe kuplathifomu entsha kaGeely eqondene nogesi, i-SEA (Sustainable Experience Architecture), i-Smart's electric SUV nayo kulindeleke ukuthi ibe imodeli enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni womkhiqizo.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngokusho kweBritish Autocar, lokhu kufanele kube nobukhulu obucishe bufane nabeMINI Countryman, kube iMercedes-Benz ebhekele ukuklama bese iGeely ibambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhiqizeni.
Nakuba ulwazi luselula, incwadi yesiNgisi iqhubekisela phambili ukuthi amahlebezi avela eShayina akhomba ukuthi i-SUV kagesi yakwaSmart kufanele ifakwe injini kwi-asi yangemuva.
Ngamandla amakhulu angu-272 hp, izonikwa amandla yibhethri ye-lithium-ion ene-70 kWh ezovumela ukuzimela okungaphezu kuka-500 km, kodwa ngokuhambisana nomjikelezo we-NEDC waseChina.
Umthombo: Autocar.