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I-duel esethula namuhla ibaluleke ngendlela engenakulinganiswa emlandweni wezimoto. Kwakungeminyaka yawo-80 lapho okokuqala ngqa, iMercedes-Benz neBMW betholana phezulu nezimbangi ezivulekile emjahweni wokubamba iqhaza esigabeni sama-saloon ezemidlalo. Munye kuphela ongawina, ukuba ngowesibili kungaba 'ngowokuqala kowokugcina'. Indawo yokuqala kuphela eyayibalulekile.
Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, kwase kunezivivinyo eziningi zempi - njengalapho izwe libeka amasosha alo emngceleni wesitha ukuze 'ziqeqeshe' uyazi? Kodwa kulokhu bekungekona ukuqeqeshwa noma ukusongela, bekubucayi. Kungale mpi lapho uJason Cammisa we-Automobile Magazine ezame ukuphinda enze isiqephu sakamuva se-Head-2-Head.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lomgoqo sasine-BMW, sifisa 'ukwenza ishidi' njenge-Mercedes, imatasatasa, ekuthengisweni nasemkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi bekukhona iMercedes-Benz ebingathinteki, engafinyeleleki, futhi enamandla amakhulu, ebingafuni ukudedela enye insimu yezimoto kuBMW ebilokhu ingakhululeki. Kwase kumenyezelwe impi, kwasala ukukhetha kwezikhali. Futhi futhi, njengasezimpini zangempela, izikhali ezikhethiwe zisho okuningi mayelana namasu kanye nendlela yokubhekana nokungqubuzana komunye nomunye wabangeneleli.
I-Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
UMercedes ukhethe indlela evamile… Mercedes. Wathatha iMercedes-Benz 190E (W201) yakhe futhi ngobuhlakani washutheka injini engu-2300 cm3 16v, elungiswe nguCosworth, ngomlomo, uxolo… ngebhonethi! Mayelana nokuziphatha okuguquguqukayo, iMercedes yenza isibuyekezo sokumiswa kanye namabhuleki, kodwa akukho ihaba(!) Okwanele ukubhekana nomlilo wenjini entsha. Ezingeni lobuhle, ngaphandle kokuqokwa esivalweni se-trunk, kwakungekho lutho olusikisela ukuthi le 190 "yayikhethekile" kancane kunezinye. Okulingana nokugqoka u-Heidi Klum eBurka nokumthumela evikini lemfashini laseParis. Amandla akhona… kodwa acashile kakhulu. Kakhulu ngisho!
BMW M3
AbakwaBMW benze okuphambene. Ngokungafani nembangi yayo evela e-Stuttgart, uhlobo lwe-Munich luhlomise i-Serie3 (E30) yayo yonke i-panacea engenzeka, okusho ukuthi: yabiza isixuku se-M. Ukuqala ngenjini, ukudlula ku-chassis futhi kugcine ukubonakala kokugcina. Ngiyasola ukuthi ukube bekuyi-BMW, imibala etholakala embonini ukuze i-odwe bekuyimibala ephuzi, ebomvu kanye ne-hot pink! Ingane yokuqala yohlu lozalo “lwensimbi-esindayo” yabe isizalwa: owokuqala uM3.
Ubani ophume enqobile? Kunzima ukusho… yimpi engakapheli. Futhi lokho kusaqhubeka kuze kube yilolu suku, buthule, noma nini lapho le 'mindeni' inqamula, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kumgwaqo osezintabeni noma kuthelawayeka oshelelayo. Kwakukhona izindlela ezimbili ezihlukene, futhi namanje zisenjalo, zokuphila kanye nokubona imoto yezemidlalo.
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