Eyokuqala Diesel ukuqeda 10 phezulu Dakar wabuyiselwa Nissan futhi wabuyela endaweni yayo yemvelo cishe 30 iminyaka ngemva Dakar yokuqala.
Akungabazeki ukuthi udizili izinjini ezijwayelekile kuzo zonke izindawo. Bheka nje uhlelo lwakamuva lweDakar 2016, lapho umFulentshi u-Stéphane Peterhansel anqoba khona ngokushayela i-Peugeot DKR16 ka-2008, ehlome ngenjini kadizili eyi-V6 3.0 twin-turbo. Kodwa kwakungenjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Imodeli yokuqala ukukwazi ukufakazela ukusebenza injini diesel kwaba Nissan Patrol e Dakar 1987. Ngaleso sikhathi, imodeli Japanese ifakwe 2.8 ezine-cylinder injini 148 hp amandla, kodwa kwaba livery. ngamathoni aphuzi kanye noxhaso lwe-Fanta oludonse ukunaka okukhulu.
Yize ingazange iwunqobe umjaho, iNissan Patrol – ehamba noMiguel Prieto waseSpain – iqede endaweni yesi-9 jikelele, yazuza into okwakungacatshangwa ukuthi ingenzeka uma ihamba ngeDizili.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, le rallycar ibilokhu iguga yonke le minyaka emnyuziyamu eGirona, eSpain, kodwa ngo-2014, ngemva kokuzwa ukuthi imoto ikhona, uNissan wayithenga, wayithumela esikhungweni sobuchwepheshe salo mkhiqizo eYurophu futhi waqala ukusebenza ngokushesha ekubuyiseleni. iphrojekthi.
“Injini ibisesimweni esidabukisayo, ibigqwele kakhulu ingasahambi. I-asi yangaphambili nayo yalimala kakhulu, kodwa okubi kakhulu ugesi, ngoba udliwe amagundane”.
UJuan Villegas, omunye walabo abanomthwalo wemfanelo kulo msebenzi.
Ngenhlanhla, ngosizo lwemidwebo yokuqala kanye namabhukwana, ithimba lakwaNissan likwazile ukubuyisela i-Patrol esimweni sayo sokuqala, kodwa iphrojekthi ngeke iphele ngaphandle kokuvakashela ogwadule lwaseNyakatho Afrika. Ungambona esebenza kuvidiyo engezansi: