Singase siphinde sihlezi “emnyuziyamu ecishe iyimfihlo” ye-SEAT eSpain, kodwa cha. Kulokhu, njengengemuva, sibe namagagasi anamandla aseGuincho, eCascais, e- ISIHLALO NE-CUPRA Ohambweni.
Isinyathelo se-SEAT ne-CUPRA, esinqamula amazwe amaningana, ukusuka enyakatho kuya eningizimu ye-Europe, ukukhombisa okwedlule, okwamanje kanye nekusasa lalezi zinhlobo. Phakathi kwezikhulu ezehlukene zeSIHLALO neCUPRA ebezikhona bekukhona Isidre Lopez , obhekele ukwahlukaniswa "kwabaqeqeshi bomlando" e-SEAT.
Sithathe ithuba lokuxoxisana nalo mnakekeli we-DNA yomkhiqizo waseSpain. Ingxoxo emnandi, eqale etafuleni eCascais, futhi eyaphela esondweni lemidlalo yakudala, i-SEAT 1430, emgwaqeni waseGuincho.
Kwakuphakathi kwalokhu kusheshisa nokubhuleka - okudalwe ukulangazelela okungadluliswa yizingasoze zabuna kuphela - lapho u-Isidre López akhuluma nathi ngezinselelo zokulondoloza okwakudala kanye nezinselelo zokulondoloza ubunikazi bemikhiqizo efana ne-SEAT ne-CUPRA umkhakha lapho uguquko luyinto entsha "ejwayelekile".
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Isizathu Sezimoto (RA): Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kuqubuke umlilo endaweni yomlando yezimoto e-SEAT. Ingabe usibuyise sonke isikhala?
U-Isidre López (IL): Yebo sikutholile konke obekuthintekile. Lesi sigameko sithinte ngqo inkundla yokucobelelana ngolwazi, kodwa okwamanje konke sesiluleme. Asizange siphazamise lutho, uhlelo lokuvakashelana nje lwezinyanga ezimbili. Lokhu kusinika isikhuthazo esengeziwe. Esinakho lapho akuzona nje izimoto, kuyifa lomkhiqizo nezwe, futhi okwenzekile, ngenhlanhla, bekungeyona into embi kakhulu. Sikwazile ukulondoloza yonke into.
I-RA: I-museum ineqoqo elicebile kakhulu elinomlando omningi. Kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi umkhiqizo wazi umlando wawo kahle?
IL: Ukunakekela ifa lomkhiqizo ngezithombe zezihloko, izimoto, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqonda ukuthi sivelaphi futhi siqonde lapho siya khona. Imele umzamo wawo wonke amabhrendi, kodwa kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu. Sine-CUPRA yokuqala eyake yakhiqizwa, i-150 hp Ibiza, inhlonipho yokuwina i-World Rally Championship. Yazalwa kanjalo i-CUPRA, okusho ukuthi uMjaho weNdebe futhi manje osekuwuphawu oluzimele, kodwa oku-DNA ye-SEAT.
RA: Kuyakukhathaza yini ukuthi ayikho iCUPRA Ibiza?
IL: Ungalokothi wazi! Alikho okwamanje, kodwa i-SEAT iyiqembu elabelana ngezinkundla eziningi...
RA: Ucabanga ukuthi kungani abantu bethanda ama-classical kangaka?
IL: Umbuzo omuhle. Ngikholelwa ukuthi bayayithanda ngoba ibakhumbuza ngobuntwana babo, amalungu omndeni, futhi baqashelwa ngothando. Uma ufaka okwakudala, uzwa sengathi ubuyiselwa emuva eminyakeni engu-30 noma engu-40 ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, zimbalwa kakhulu izinto ezikhiqiza lowo mphumela. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusebenza kanjani, kuyisipiliyoni esihle sokushayela i-analogue, futhi udinga ukuzibophezela kukho. Ku-classical akukho usizo noma izinzuzo.
RA: Kulo muzwa ongokomlando, iyiphi imodeli egqamayo emlandweni we-SEAT?
IL: Ngaphandle kokungabaza i-SEAT 600. Okubaluleke kakhulu yi-Ibiza, kodwa ngihlale ngigqamisa i-SEAT 600 ngoba iyinganekwane kakhulu futhi ngenxa yokuthi ikhulise ukuhamba eSpain. Iwumfuziselo oqhathaniseka neMINI yaseNgilandi, iCitroën 2 CV yaseFrance noma iVolkswagen Carocha yaseGermany.
RA: Ulibona linjani ikusasa lezakudala ngale mithetho eqinile yokusakaza?
IL: Yiqiniso, indaba yemvelo yinto esikhathazayo, kodwa kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi imoto yakudala ihamba cishe amakhilomitha ayizinkulungwane ezimbili ngonyaka futhi kukhona okuncane kakhulu.
RA: Wesaba ukuthi ukwanda kwalo mthethonqubo kungase kuphazamise umlando wemikhiqizo?
IL: Cishe kunjalo. Namuhla kuselula ukuba neyakudala, sonke siyathanda noma singathanda ukuba neyakudala, ngisho noma kuyimoto yethu yokuqala! Ukwenyuka kwemithethonqubo, izintela, ukuvimbela ukungena emadolobheni amakhulu, kuzokwenza inani lezimoto zakudala zehle.
RA: Uzibona kanjani izinkampani eziguqula izinto zakudala zibe zikagesi?
IL: Kuyisinyathelo esithokozisayo. Ngoba siyakwazi ukubona lezi zimoto emgwaqeni zivuswa amanye amandla, kodwa kuseyisimanga uma kubhekwa ukuthi thina (SEAT Coaches Históricos) singabavikeli boqobo. Lezi zinguquko zinezithameli zazo, kodwa lowo akuwona umbono esinawo njengophawu.
RA: I-SEAT ne-CUPRA benza lolu hambo e-Europe, kuyajabulisa ukuthi balethe okwakudala ukuze izivakashi zizizame. Ingabe lezi zimoto zizobamba iqhaza kuzo zonke izenzo?
IL: Yebo, kodwa ngeke zifane ncamashi. Njengoba sineqoqo lezimoto ezingama-323, esikwenzayo ukukhuluma nezwe ngalinye ukuthola ukuthi iyiphi imoto ekufanelekela kangcono iqiniso lezwe. E-Portugal sikhethe i-850 Spider, i-1200 Sport Boca Negra kanye ne-1430. I-SEAT 850 Spider ngoba yinhle kakhulu ukukwazi ukuyishayela endaweni esempumalanga ye-Cascais. I-SEAT 1200 Sport Boca Negra ngoba inomklamo wayo, kanye ne-SEAT 1430 ngoba sigubha iminyaka engu-50 yalolu hlobo.
E-England, isibonelo, sithatha i-SEAT 600 ngoba awukwazanga ukukubona lapho!
RA: Uma kufanele ugqamise imoto eqoqweni lakho, kungaba iyiphi?
IL: (ehleka) Umbuzo okhohlisayo lowo, ngoba kunzima kakhulu ukukhetha. Ziningi kakhulu izimoto ezibalulekile kodwa kimina ezibaluleke kakhulu iCordoba World Rally Car, ngoba ngangikuSEAT Sport ngaleso sikhathi futhi imele umzamo nomuzwa wokuzwa iWorld Rally Car. Ingenye yezimoto ezinobuchwepheshe kakhulu emlandweni wonke we-SEAT.
RA: Ngisho no-Isidre uyazikhumbula izikhathi ayephila ngazo, njengawo wonke umuntu.
IL: Yebo kunjalo! Kodwa futhi ngigqamisa i-Papamóvel kanye ne-SEAT yokuqala ye-Ibiza ukushiya umugqa wokukhiqiza.
RA: Ukuze imnyuziyamu iphelele, ingabe usawakhumbula amanye amamodeli eqoqweni lakho?
Sekusele izimoto ezingama-65 noma ezingama-66 ukuze sibe nalokhu esikuthatha njengokumelela okuhle. Minyaka yonke siyakwazi ukuthola ezinye, kodwa njalo ngonyaka siphinde sivundulule ezinye izimoto okumele sizifake ohlwini. Kuyinselele!
RA: Kulezi zinhlobo ezintsha, iyiphi evusa ilukuluku?
IL: Ngithanda iCUPRA Tavascan. Imoto ethuthukisiwe, enobuntu obuqinile futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, njengazo zonke izimoto esizikhiqizayo, kuwumphumela wemizamo eminingi yeqembu, futhi lokho kuyize.