Sesisalelwe isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga embukisweni wezimoto iDetroit futhi izindaba sezivele “ziyashuba” ku-inthanethi. Izolo, kuvezwe izithombe ze-Audi RS6 Avant entsha, futhi namuhla, sekuyisikhathi sokubona i-prototype ye-BMW 4 Series Coupé.
Izithombe zisikhombisa ukuthi izobukeka kanjani inguqulo yokugcina ye-BMW 4 Series Coupé okudala ilindelwe, nokho, kusengenzeka ukuthi kube noshintsho lobuhle ngomzuzu wokugcina. Kodwa ngingasho ukuthi amathuba okuthi lokhu kwenzeke kufanele asondele ku-0.9999%.
Ngenyanga edlule nje, sibonise lapha ezinye zezithombe eziyinhloli zale coupé ithuthwa iloli. Futhi uma ukhumbula, “le BMW 4 Series Coupé ithembisa ukuzuza izinhliziyo zama-'coupes' amaningi”. Ubuhle bugqame kakhulu kule modeli entsha yakwaBMW, ingasaphathwa eyomdlalo engeke ishiye noma ubani engenandaba - ikakhulukazi labo 'abayizithandani' kakhulu.
Kulindeleke izinhlobo ezimbili zenjini engu-2.0 litre turbo four-cylinder kaphethroli, i-184 hp kanye namandla angu-245 hp. Ngokwenguqulo ye-M, empeleni, ibhulokhi engu-3.0 litre yamasilinda angu-6 emgqeni igcinwa ilungele ukunikeza ukuphila ku-306 hp. Kuphinde kwaziwe ukuthi kuzoba nenguqulo ye-cabriolet kanye nenye i-Gran Coupé (iminyango emi-4) ye-4 Series entsha.
Isitatimende esisemthethweni esivela kwa-BMW kufanele siyeza maduze, ngakho-ke singalinda nje isikhashana ukuthola yonke into ngale BMW 4 Series Coupé.
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís