Ngemva kwamasonto amabili amatasa kakhulu kulezi zingxenye, ngakwazi ukushicilela lapho lesi sihloko esijabulisayo ngokukhethekile esinikezelwe kuFiat Dino Coupé.
Abanake kakhulu bayazi ukuthi, ngomhlaka-7 kuSepthemba, saya e-Fátima ukuyokwenza ithrekhi yosuku, futhi bayazi ukuthi imoto eyasidonsa kakhulu kwakuyiFiat Dino Coupé 2.4 V6 yango-1968. Kufanele ngithembeke: IFiat ingiyisa emhlabeni ohluke ngokuphelele kulowo engiwujwayele nsuku zonke.
Lapho nje ngimbona efika, amehlo ami akhanya - indlovu yayingadlula eduze kwami engingazange ngiyiqaphele - ngangigxile ngokuphelele kulowo mshini wase-Italy omuhle. Ukuze nje ngikunikeze umbono, lowo msebenzi wokupenda weFerrari obomvu kusengowokuqala! Bekukuhle ngendlela emangalisayo… Ngingalokotha ngisho ukuthi imoto esanda kuphuma efemini ayinawo umsebenzi wokupenda onganakekelwa njengaleyo.
Yini kimina imoto engizoyishayela ngempelasonto - nokunaka, ukuvakasha ezingeni eliphezulu - kulowo mnikazi, imoto ekwazi ukudala umonakalo ngosuku lwethrekhi. Futhi uma sikubheka, kunengqondo ngokuphelele. “Ngiwumfana wenkukhu” ojwayelekile, ocabanga nje imoto yami yenza amaslayidi futhi iphatha kabi i-asi yangemuva kungenza ngijuluke amakhaza.
Imoto efana nalena enenjini engu-2.4 litre V6 efuqa u-180 hp ku-6600 rpm kanye ne-torque engu-216 Nm efinyelela ku-4 600 rpm ayenzelwe “ukuhamba”. Kakhulu kakhulu lena enokuthinta iFerrari. Inhliziyo yale Fiat iyafana neyenganekwane iFerrari Dino 206 GT kanye ne-246 GT, eyasungulwa ngokumangalisayo yindodana ka-Enzo Ferrari u-Alfredo Ferrari (u-Dino wabangane). Uma sengeza kulokhu isisindo esingaba ngu-1,400 kg, sinenhlanganisela ephusile yomjaho ongu-0-100 km/h, ophela ngesekhondi elingu-8.7. Kumele futhi kuqashelwe ukuthi ijubane elikhulu lilingana no-200 km/h kanye nezimpushana ezimbalwa ezengeziwe.
Sesikushilo lokho, kwase kuyisikhathi sokubona ukuthi le “Ferrari” yenza kanjani engomeni. Lapho nje ngingena emotweni ngokushesha ngibhekana nokunethezeka okunobungane ngokwedlulele komgogodla wami. Bengikude nokucabanga ukuthi le moto, esicishe ibe neminyaka engu-45 ubudala, izoba nendawo yangaphakathi epholile futhi ekhululekile - iyamangalisa kumuntu ofuna ukuphuma ngempelasonto (ofana nami).
Kodwa into engakholakali kakhulu wukuthi nangemva kokushaya ingoma, le Fiat Dino iziphathe okomnumzane. Ukukhuluphala ngokweqile mhlawumbe kwakuyisitha sakhe esikhulu, futhi "i-arm assisted steering" yayibekela umshayeli inselele ukujika ngemva kokujika, kuyisekethe eklanyelwe ngokukhethekile ama-go-karts. Le mpi ibinganqotshwa kuphela uma kunokubambisana okuhle phakathi komshini nomshayeli. Kwadingeka oyedwa wabo antengantenge futhi kwavela uphawu oluthi “Game Over”!
Umjikelezo wawungafanelekile ukukhombisa amandla eqiniso ale Fiat Dino Coupé. Ezinye izindawo zazinobuchwepheshe kakhulu futhi zihamba kancane, okwakungekuhle kulabo ababelambele imizwa. Nokho, ukubhonga kwe-V6 ngo-7,000 rpm kwakuyi-symphony ephelele ezindlebeni zami. Kwenza yonke into yathakazelisa kakhulu kulezo zindawo "eziyibhomu".
Kwakuyimizuliswano emine yomzamo nenjabulo, imizuliswano emine eyayibonisa okuhle kakhulu kwezinhlangothi zombili zohlamvu lwemali. Umshayeli wayeyisibonelo, wayewazi umshini ngendlela engakaze ibonwe muntu, ewuthatha cishe njalo. Mina, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngangingumngane womshayeli owayezoxoshwa… Ngangifuna kakhulu ukuqhubeka nalelo hlaya, kangangokuthi lapho ngiphuma emzileni ngatshela umshayeli ukuthi indlela ephumayo iseduze kakhulu. Umphumela? Esinye isiqephu esengeziwe kimi, umshayeli kanye no-Dino.
I-Fiat Dino, ngokungangabazeki, iyisithombe salokho okwakukuhle e-Italy ngeminyaka yawo-60s: Imoto kanokusho, enomona kakhulu futhi egcwele umphefumulo!
