Naphezu kokuthatha ukuthi akayena umlandeli omkhulu wezimoto zakudala, u-James May wenze okuhlukile futhi wengeza imodeli “yesikhathi esidala” eqoqweni lakhe. Okhethiwe kwaba, akekho omunye ngaphandle, the I-Volkswagen Buggy nobani obambe iqhaza enseleleni yohlelo "Uhambo Olukhulu".
Isetshenziswe esiqeshini lapho uMay, uClarkson noHammond banqamula khona iNamibia, le Volkswagen Buggy iwumfanekiso weMeyers Manx yoqobo edumile. Okuyinikeza amandla, ngokusho komethuli waseBrithani, injini ene-101 hp.
Mayelana nesinqumo sokuthenga ezakudala ngaphandle kokuzithanda kakhulu, uMay uthe: “Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso angizithandi izimoto zakudala, kodwa akuyona into yakudala (...) uthando lomuntu siqu olujulile oseluqhakazile. ."
Okuhamba phambili kwe-Buggy? ukuphela kwebhungane
Kuyo yonke ividiyo lapho ethula khona umlando wakhe wakudala, uJames May uvame ukucacisa inzondo anayo maqondana nemodeli esebenza njengesisekelo seBuggy, i-Beetle ewumfanekiso.
Ngokusho kwalo methuli waseBrithani, zimbili izinto ezenza iVolkswagen Buggy ikhetheke. Eyokuqala yiqiniso lokuthi iyi-Buggy kanti eyesibili ukuthi, kuyo yonke i-Buggy ekhiqizwayo, kune-Beetle eyodwa encane emigwaqweni, futhi lokho, ekuqondeni kukaJames May, kuhlale kuyinto enhle.
Kodwa kunezizathu ezengeziwe ezenza uJames May athande iVolkswagen Buggy: esinye sazo iqiniso lokuthi, ngokusho kukaMeyi, “akunakwenzeka ukuthi ungajabuli uma ushayela enye yalezi zinhlobo”.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kuyo yonke ividiyo, uJames May wembula ukuthi akasebenzisi iVolkswagen Buggy ukuhamba endaweni lapho bekuhloswe khona, ogwini. Futhi ukuthethelelwa kwalokhu, njengenjwayelo, kunengqondo kakhulu: usawoti uzoyonakalisa imoto.
Mayelana nalokhu, uMay uthe: “Empeleni, angikaze ngiye nayo ogwini (…) uke wacabanga ukuthi usawoti ungenzani kuwo wonke ama-chrome? Ungacabanga ukuthi usawoti ubungenzani izixhumanisi zokusheshisa zangemuva eziveziwe? Thatha inqola yami uye olwandle? Kufanele ukuthi bayahlanya!”.
Uma ukhumbula, akukhona okokuqala ukuthi omunye wabethuli be-"Grand Tour" enquma ukuthenga imoto ebambe iqhaza kwesinye seziqephu zalolu hlelo noma i-"Top Gear" abayethula ngaphambili. Phela eminyakeni embalwa edlule uRichard Hammond wathenga waphinde wabuyisela i-Opel Kadett, ayeseyibiza ngokuthi “Oliver”, ayejwayele ukuyigibela eBotswana.