Esanda kwethulwa, iVolkswagen entsha iphezulu! I-GTI isanda kuba “nokubola” kwayo kokuqala ekuziqhenyeni kwayo: ithunyelwe ebhethrini elisha lokuhlolwa kwe-homologation ukuze kusetshenziswe futhi kukhishwe umoya osevele ukhona, i-World Harmonised Test for Light Vehicles, noma i-WLTP nje, imodeli yokuqala yohlobo lwaseJalimane olwaphumelela lolu vivinyo lubhalise amazinga aphezulu okukhishwa kwe-15%, kunendlela esetshenziswe kuze kube manje, i-New European Driving Cycle, noma i-NEDC (New European Driving Cycle). Ngokuyisisekelo, isixwayiso seningi labakhiqizi bezimoto abasebenza eYurophu!
Lezi zindaba zithuthukiswa yiBritish Autocar, ecaphuna isibonelo seVolkswagen up! I-GTI, isiphakamiso esisanda kwethulwa emakethe yaseYurophu, ekhombisa ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngenqwaba yamamodeli athengiswa “ezwenikazi elidala”. Endabeni yemoto encane yaseJalimane, umehluko uma kuqhathaniswa nezinombolo ezisemthethweni, ngokusho kwe-NEDC, ufinyelela ku-15%.
Ikhabhoni inyuke ifinyelele ku-129 grams, ukusetshenziswa kwayo kufike ku-6.7 l/100 km
Ngokusho kwencwadi efanayo, the up! I-GTI, eqale yamemezela ukukhishwa kwe-110 g/km, ibona izinombolo zikhuphuka, nge-WLTP, ukuya kumanani aphakathi kuka-127 no-129 g/km. Lokhu, ngesikhathi esifanayo ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kukhuphuka cishe ilitha, kusukela ku-5.8 l/100 km okumenyezelwe phambilini, kuya ku-6.7 l/km.
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi umjikelezo omusha wokugunyaza we-WLTP, othatha indawo yefomula yohlu lwangaphambilini futhi engakaze ibuyekezwe kusukela ngo-1997, ubeke imingcele enzima kakhulu ekutholeni izibalo ezisemthethweni, mayelana nokusetshenziswa nokukhipha umoya. Okokuqala, ngokufuna izivinini eziphakeme zokuhlola, ukusheshisa okuphezulu kanye nokwehliswa ngokushesha okukhulu.
Ukuhlolwa kokugunyazwa kwe-WLTP nakho kubeka ukuhlolwa hhayi kuphela ezinguqulweni eziyisisekelo zamamodeli, kodwa nasezinguqulweni ezihlome ngokuphelele ngezinketho.
Okwamanje kokubili kuyabala; esikhathini esizayo, okwakamuva kuphela
Ngokuphathelene nokubaluleka kwale miphumela, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi umthetho wamanje waseYurophu unikeza ukuthi, ngo-September 2018, wonke amamodeli asazovunyelwa ngokuvumelana nomjikelezo we-NEDC, nakuba ngokushicilelwa okuphoqelekile kwemiphumela etholwe nge-WLTP. Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, izinombolo ezifinyelelwe ne-WLTP kuphela ezizosebenza ukuze zigunyazwe.
Ekugcineni, vele usho ukuthi le datha entsha imenyezelwe ngesikhathi lapho iVolkswagen entsha ikhuphuka! I-GTI isiyatholakala eJalimane, ngamanani aqala ku-€16 975. Ifika ne-1.0 litre petrol tricylinder ekhiqiza amandla angu-115 hp, okwenza imoto encane ikwazi ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-8.8, kanti ijubane layo elikhulu ligcina ku-196 km/h.
