IToyota Supra entsha ibilindelwe (ngokukhathazeka) selokhu sazana nomqondo weToyota FT1 ngo-2014. Ngemva kweminyaka emine, futhi naphezu kwezithombe zezinhloli zalolu hlobo ezidalula isimo esithuthukile, kwakungelona lolu hlelo. I-Geneva Motor Show esahlala ukuze sazi imoto yezemidlalo entsha yohlobo.
Umqondo owethulwe, iToyota GR Supra Racing Concept, nokho, uveza okuningi ngemodeli yomgwaqo yesikhathi esizayo, kodwa akukho osekuthuthukisiwe ngokwemibandela.
Sibe nethuba lokukhuluma noTetsuya Tada, umuntu obhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwayo, owasinikeza ulwazi oluyigugu lokuthi yini okufanele siyilindele.
Ukuphela kokuqagela
Akusekho ukuqagela ngenjini yeToyota Supra entsha. U-Tetsuya Tada usiqinisekisile, ezitatimendeni eziya ku-Razão Automóvel, injini ezohlomisa i-Supra yesikhathi esizayo:
Bengifuna ukugcina ingqikithi yeToyota Supra. Futhi enye yalezi «izisekelo» idlula enjini ye-in-line yamasilinda ayisithupha.
Sikukhumbuza ukuthi kuze kube manje, konke okwakwaziwa mayelana nokuhamba kwezimoto zesizukulwane sesihlanu se-Supra kwakuwukuqagela nje. Ukuqinisekiswa kukaTada nge-in-line six-cylinder kuqinisekisa ukuhlala unomphela kwesinye sezithako ebezilokhu ziyingxenye ye-Supra, kusukela isizukulwane sokuqala sasungulwa ngo-1978, eminyakeni engu-40 edlule.
Mayelana no-gearbox lo ophethe uncamele ukuqhubeka nokufihla umdlalo. Kodwa kukhona abathuthukisa ukuthathwa kuka-gearbox onamagiya ayisithupha oshintshwayo.
Ngaphansi kwenjini...
Kodwa kwakungezona izinjini kuphela esakhuluma ngazo noTetsuya Tada. Besifuna ukwazi ukuthi uhlelo lokuthuthukisa iToyota Supra entsha luqale kanjani:Lolu hlelo luqale ngocwaningo lwamakhasimende ethu akwaSupra. Besifuna ukwazi ukuthi yini ababeyifuna kakhulu. Kususelwa kulobu bufakazi ukuthi siqale uhlelo lokuthuthukisa isizukulwane se-A90.
Ukwabelana ngeplatifomu nabakwaBMW
Enye yezindaba okuxoxwe ngazo kakhulu ngesizukulwane esisha seSupra imayelana nokwabelana kwenkundla neBMW Z4 yesikhathi esizayo. UTetsuya Tada wayefuna ukuqeda konke ukwesaba.
Thina nabakwaBMW senze isisekelo sokuthuthukiswa kwemodeli ngokuhlukana ngokuphelele. Ukwabelana kwengxenye kukhawulelwe ku-chassis, kodwa konke okunye kuzohluka. IToyota Supra entsha izoba yiSupra yangempela.
Sesikushilo lokho, ungalindela ukusatshalaliswa kwesisindo esingu-50/50 kanye namandla adonsela phansi aphakathi nendawo kumodeli - aphansi ngisho nangaphansi kweToyota GT86, ehlomula ngenjini eyisilinda esiphikisayo.
Phela ifika nini?
Kusamele silinde isikhashana, kodwa konke kukhomba kulo nyaka ukuthi sizothola isizukulwane sesihlanu seToyota Supra kulo nyaka, ezoqala ukudayiswa ngasekupheleni kuka-2018 noma ekuqaleni kuka-2019.
Bhalisela isiteshi sethu se-YouTube , bese ulandela amavidiyo anezindaba, kanye nokuhamba phambili kwe-Geneva Motor Show ka-2018.