Ekuqaleni kwawo-1930, izimoto eziningi ezakhiwa eJalimane kwakuyizimoto zikanokusho, futhi amanani entengo ayengenakufinyeleleka kubantu abaningi. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, u-Adolf Hitler - naye othanda izimoto - unqume ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokwenza "imoto yabantu": imoto ethengekayo ekwazi ukuthutha abantu abadala abangu-2 nezingane ezi-3 futhi ifinyelele ku-100km/h.
Lapho izidingo sezichaziwe, uHitler wakhetha ukunikeza iphrojekthi kuFerdinand Porsche, kakade ngaleso sikhathi unjiniyela onomlando oqinisekisiwe emhlabeni wezimoto. Ngo-1934, kwasayinwa inkontileka phakathi kweNational Association of the German Automobile Industry kanye noFerdinand Porsche ukuze kuthuthukiswe iVolkswagen eyayizobeka abantu baseJalimane “amasondo”.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uHitler wayenobudlelwane noHans Ledwinka waseAustria, umqondisi wokuklama weTatra, umkhiqizi wezimoto odabuka eCzechoslovakia. Ezinikele kumamodeli omkhiqizo, umholi waseJalimane wethula uLedwinka kuFerdinand Porsche futhi bobabili baxoxa ngemibono ngokuphindaphindiwe.
I-Volkswagen Beetle
Ngo-1936, i-Tatra yethula i-T97 (esithombeni ngezansi) imodeli esuselwe ku-prototype ye-V570 eyethulwa ngo-1931, enenjini yangemuva engu-1.8 litre enokwakheka kwesibhakela nokubukeka ngendlela elula, eklanywe ngu…Hans Ledwinka. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva iVolkswagen yethula i-Beetle edumile, eyaklanywa ngu…. UFerdinand Porsche! Ngezici eziningi ezibalulekile ze-T97, ukusuka kumklamo kuye koomakhenikha. Uma kubhekwa ukufana, uTatra wamangalela iVolkswagen, kodwa ngokuhlasela kwamaJalimane eCzechoslovakia inqubo yayingenalutho futhi uTatra waphoqeleka ukuba aqedele ukukhiqizwa kwe-T97.
Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II, uTatra walivula kabusha icala elalibekwe iVolkswagen ngokwephula amalungelo abo obunikazi. Ngokungenazo ezinye izindlela ezinhle, umkhiqizo waseJalimane waphoqeleka ukuthi ukhokhe ama-Deutschmarks ayizigidi ezingu-3, inani elashiya iVolkswagen ngaphandle kwezinsiza ezinkulu zokuthuthukiswa kweCarocha. Kamuva, uFerdinand Porsche ngokwakhe wavuma ukuthi "ngezinye izikhathi wayebheka ehlombe lakhe, ngezinye izikhathi wenza okufanayo", ebhekisela kuHans Ledwinka.
Okunye umlando. I-Volkswagen Carocha izoba yinto yehlelo emashumini eminyaka alandelayo futhi enye yezimoto ezithengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke, ezinamayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-21 akhiqizwa phakathi kuka-1938 no-2003. Kuyathakazelisa, akunjalo?
I-Tatra V570:
