Abafana baseSkoda babonakala bedidekile nge-paparazzi, ngemuva kwakho konke, esikhathini esingaphezu kwesonto, amavidiyo amabili abonisa isizukulwane esilandelayo se-Skoda Octavia cishe cishe akukho camouflage aye ku-Youtube.
Mhla ziyi-11 edlule, i-prototype eyayivame ukuhamba emigwaqweni yase-Czech yayimnyama futhi inezitikha ezifihle izibani namalambu angemuva - umkhuba osuqala ukuvama kakhulu eQenjini lakwaVolkswagen. Ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalombili kamuva, esinye isibonelo sesizukulwane sesithathu se-Octavia siyavela, kodwa kulokhu simpunga. Lokhu mhlawumbe icebo lokuthengisa lika-Skoda lokusabalalisa kancane kancane i-Octavia entsha emhlabeni jikelele ku-intanethi, noma abakhathazekile ngempela ngalesi simo.
I-Skoda Octavia entsha izophinde ihlukaniselane ne-Audi A3 entsha, i-Seat Leon neVolkswagen Golf inkundla yodumo ye-MQB, okusho ukuthi naphezu kokubona usayizi wayo ukhuphuka izoba lula kunesizukulwane sangaphambili. Mayelana nengaphakathi layo yonke into ihlezi isezimfihlweni zonkulunkulu, mayelana nezinjini kunamahlebezi okuthi i-Octavia entsha izogqugquzelwa yizinketho ezitholakalayo ze-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