Igxile ekufakeni ugesi nasekulinganiseni ububanzi bayo, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule abakwaMercedes-Benz bathi i-C-Class Coupé neCabrio ngeke babe nabazoyilandela. Nokho, kubonakala izindaba mayelana "ukufa" the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Convertible kungenzeka ukuthi banehaba ngokusobala.
Ukungabaza kuvela ngenxa yeqoqo lezithombe zenhloli lapho i-prototype, esacashe kakhulu, yeMercedes-Benz entsha eshintshwayo ibonakala isendleleni eya "epaki yokuzijabulisa" yezinhlobo eziningi: isekethe yaseNürburgring.
Futhi uma kuyiqiniso ukuthi akukho okukhombisa ukuthi iyi-C-Class Convertible entsha, ubukhulu bayo, okuncane esikubonayo kwamalambu angaphambili ngisho namasondo ahlomisa lesi sibonelo sokuhlola “feed” umbono wokuthi inguqulo eguqukayo iMercedes-Benz C-Class ingase yazi umuntu ozongena esikhundleni sakhe.
Kungaba yini enye?
Uma ukhumbula, ngekusasa lama-convertibles kanye nama-coupes omkhiqizo waseJalimane, uMarkus Schafer, umqondisi wokusebenza kwaMercedes-Benz, uthe: "Sizoqhubeka nama-coupes nama-convertibles esikhathini esizayo, kodwa ngesimo esihlukile nesimo" futhi wengeza " ngeke sihoxe engxenyeni njengoba ibaluleke kakhulu emfanekisweni womkhiqizo, mhlawumbe sizoba nomnikelo olinganiselwe”.
Manje lesi sitatimende sinikeza amandla kwenye "inkolelo" mayelana ne-convertible ukuthi i-Mercedes-Benz ihlola: ukuthi imodeli okukhulunywa ngayo ingase ibe yinto entsha ngokuphelele kuhlu lomkhiqizi waseJalimane nokuthi izoba negama elisha.
Uma lokhu kuqinisekiswa, i-Mercedes-Benz ingase "ishayele izipikili ezimbili ngesando esisodwa", esikhundleni se-C-Class Convertible ne-E-Class Convertible ngemodeli eyodwa. Ngale ndlela, umkhiqizo uzoqhubeka nokuba khona esigabeni sezihlalo ezine eziguqukayo ngaphandle kokutshala imali eningi ekuthuthukisweni kwamamodeli amabili ahlukene.
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ukuqukathwa kwezindleko zomkhiqizo we-Stuttgart kule ngxenye sekuvele kuholele ekunyamaleni kwe-S-Class Cabrio ne-SLC, ngakho-ke kungokwemvelo ukuthi ukugxila bekusekulinganiseni okunikezwayo nokugxila kumodeli eyodwa. .
Futhi, ngokomlando, bekungeke kube okokuqala sibona imodeli eyodwa ithatha indawo yezimbili ezikhona. Khumbula i-CLK? Idayiselwa izizukulwane ezimbili (1997-2010), futhi itholakala njengecoupe, imodeli ihlanganise ukubhekisisa i-E-Class nesisekelo sobuchwepheshe se-C-Class.