Abafana baseSkoda kumele bacikwe wukuhleka sebekwazile ukudukisa lo mhlaba nolandelayo. Uyakhumbula ngesonto eledlule sishicilele indatshana enamavidiyo amabili akhombisa i-Skoda Octavia 2013 entsha ngaphandle kokucasha? Khohlwa-ke ngoba phela izimoto bezigqame kakhulu kunakuqala.
Eqinisweni, lawo mavidiyo amabili (hhayi ikhwalithi ephezulu kakhulu) awazange abonise imininingwane yangempela yesizukulwane esilandelayo se-Octavia, ngakho sikhohliswe yilokho esikubonile. Kodwa ngezithombe ezintsha ezivele kubhulogi ye-carscoop, saqaphela ngokushesha ukuthi kwakungeyona into engaphezu kwesu elihle kakhulu lokufihla i-Skoda. Siyakuhalalisela ngobuhlakani be-Skoda!
Ukucasha kukhona konke, kodwa kwenziwe kahle kakhulu, kangangokuthi isikhashana kushiye bonke abathanda ukuhamba kwe-Czech bekhanda phezulu ngenxa yokungaboni ukuthuthuka okukhulu kobuhle ku-Octavia entsha. Futhi uma ukulindela kwakuvele kuphezulu, ngemva kwalokho cishe akunakwenzeka ukulawula ukukhathazeka okunjalo ukuze ubone ukuthi yini elandelayo. Skoda kuhle bangaphoxi ngoba bavele balibeke phezulu...
Nokho, akuyona yonke into kwesinye isihloko eyayingalungile: I-Skoda Octavia entsha izokwabelana ne-Audi A3 entsha, i-Seat Leon ne-Volkswagen Golf isiteji esidumile se-MQB, okusho ukuthi naphezu kokubona usayizi wayo ukhula izoba lula kunesizukulwane sangaphambilini. Mayelana nama-powertrains, kunamahlebezi okuthi i-Octavia entsha izogqugquzelwa yizinketho ezitholakala kwi-Audi A3 neVolkswagen Golf.
I-Skoda isivele yaqinisekisa ukuthi izokhipha, ngoNovemba, isizukulwane sesithathu se-Octavia, kodwa-ke kuzothi ngoMashi lapho izokhonjiswa khona okokuqala emhlabeni embukisweni wezimoto iGeneva Motor Show. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, singalinda kuphela izindaba “ezingekho emthethweni”…
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís