Kwakuyiminyaka engu-70 edlule lapho uCarlo Abarth asungula i-Abarth, igama elalizogcina lihlotshaniswa ngokungenakugwenywa namaFiat 500 amancane “nodeveli emizimbeni yabo”. Namuhla, njengayizolo, i-500 encane isewubuso obubonakalayo be-Abarth - ingabe le fomula isenengqondo? Kwaba ukuphendula lowo mbuzo lapho sathatha izikhiye ku-a Abarth 695 Rival (i-limited edition) futhi sangena emgwaqeni.
Ngo-2018, uGuilherme waba nethuba lokuhlola wonke ama-Abarth asesifundeni saseVasco Sameiro, eBraga, futhi wayefuna ukuphinde ahlangane nomunye walaba fezela.
Kulokhu kuhlangana, ukukhetha kwakhe kugcine kube yi-Abarth 695 Rivale. Akukusha, kwakuyile yunithi ngqo ayihlola eBraga, kodwa ngokungangabazeki imele lokho u-Abarth oyikho namuhla. Vumela u-Guilherme akukhanyisele mayelana nokuncane - noma kuncane? - rocket.
Izolo njenganamuhla, akunakwenzeka ukuthi ungazizwa ukhangwa imoto encane yezemidlalo. Igama elithi Rivale lisuselwa ku-Riva, igama lomkhiqizi we-yacht owaziwayo, yingakho ugqozi lwe-nautical lugqama, kungaba ngamathoni akhethelwe umsebenzi womzimba onemibala emibili, noma izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-mahogany ngaphakathi (ongakukhetha).
Futhi, ukuphila ngokuvumelana nohlobo lwe-scorpion, i-695 Rivale's sting inamandla. Ngaphansi kwebhonethi kuhlala a I-1.4 Turbo enamandla angu-180 hp no-250 Nm , futhi ngokungafani nezinye izinjini eziningi ze-turbo, lena izenza izwakale - umnikelo oyigugu wamathiphu amabili e-Akrapovic aqinisekisa lokhu. Idrayivu ingaphambili kanti igiya lishintshwa (amasivinini amahlanu). Siphinde sibe ne-self-locking differential, i-Koni FSD shock absorber namabhuleki aphuma eBrembo.
Iphaphu alishodi. I-Abarth 695 Rivale igijima ngokushesha ku-100 km/h — ayithathi ngaphezu kuka-6.7s. Ijubane elikhulu ngu-225 km/h.
Kubiza malini?
Wena 37 izinkulungwane zama-euro (nezinketho) yisamba esikhulu, okwenza i-Abarth 695 Rivale ibe enye yamamodeli abiza kakhulu ohlobo lwase-Italy kodwa futhi akhethekile. Kunezinye iziphakamiso emakethe, ezinkulu, ezinekhono futhi ezisebenza kahle kakhulu, kodwa inhlanganisela yesitayela, ukuhluka, umlingiswa kanye ne-mystique ezungeze uphawu lwe-scorpion yizici ezenza umehluko.
I-Abarth 695 Rivale iyi… ithoyizi likanokusho. Mhlawumbe kuyindlela eshesha kakhulu futhi ejabulisa kakhulu yokuhamba phakathi kwezinxushunxushu zasemadolobheni. "Ukumamatheka kwendlebe endlebeni" kuqinisekisiwe njalo.
Ingabe le fomula isenengqondo? Yebo Akungabazeki.
Ah… ngokuqinisekile ulubonile uvivinyo luka-William kwenye i-Abarth, omunye wabanduleli bangempela be-695, Ingabe kufanele simlethe esiteshini sethu? Uyanquma… Zenze uzwakale.