Ubengomunye wezinkanyezi zombukiso wokugcina we-SEMA, umcimbi waseMelika ozinikele ngokuphelele emalungiselelweni axakile futhi aqinile. Manje, le Toyota Land Speed Cruiser isibuyile ezindabeni ngesinye isizathu.
AbakwaToyota babefuna ukwenza le Land Cruiser iSUV eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni, ngakho bayiyisa emzileni we-4km esikhungweni sokuhlola se-Mojave Air & Space Port ogwadule lwaseCalifornia, lapho owayengumshayeli we-NASCAR u-Carl Edwards ngake ngilinde wena.
370 km/h! Kodwa kanjani?
Yize igcina injini engu-5.7 litre V8 njengejwayelekile, le Toyota Land Speed Cruiser ayihlangene nhlobo nohlobo lokukhiqiza. Phakathi kohlu lwezinguquko kukhona i-Garrett turbo-compressors kanye nokudluliselwa okuthuthukisiwe kusuka phansi ukuze kuphathe i-2,000 hp yamandla aphezulu. Yebo, ufunda kahle...
Kodwa ngokusho kweToyota Technical Center, lokhu kwakungeyona ngisho ingxenye ekhohlisayo. Ukugcina ukuqina "kwesilwane" esingamathani amathathu esinamandla ngandlela-thile anamandla angaphezu kuka-300 km/h, lokho kwakuyinselele enzima konjiniyela bohlobo lwaseJapan. Isixazululo kwaba ukumiswa okwesikhashana okucushwe ngokukhethekile ngowayengumshayeli u-Craig Stanton, okunciphisa ukuvunyelwa phansi ngokufaka amathayi e-Michelin Pilot Super Sport.
Emzamweni wokuqala, uCarl Edwards ufinyelele ku-340 km / h, elingana nerekhodi langaphambili le-Mercedes GLK V12 ehlelwe yi-Brabus. Kodwa akugcinanga lapho:
“Ngemuva kuka-360 km/h into yaqala ukuntengantenga. Engangicabanga ngakho yilokho uCraig angitshela khona - "Noma ngabe kwenzekani, ungasusi unyawo lwakho kugesi." Ngakho-ke sithole u-370 km/h. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi le yiSUV eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni.”
