Unyaka ka-2019 kufanele umake ukuphela kwesizukulwane samanje se-BMW 1 Series (F20 kanye ne-F21) futhi ukushintshwa kwayo ngeke kwehluke kakhulu kunesizukulwane samanje. Phakathi kwezici ezintsha, ukukhuphuka okuncane kobukhulu, idizayini evuselelwe ngokuphelele kanye nokuqukethwe okwengeziwe kwezobuchwepheshe kubonakala kusengaphambili. Kepha kuzoba ngaphansi kwezingubo ezintsha lapho sizobona khona izinguquko ezinkulu…
I-BMW 1 Series elandelayo izoba namasondo angaphambili.
IBMW isivele imaketha iX1, Series 2 Active Tourer neGrand Tourer edonsa ngamasondo angaphambili. Wonke lawa mamodeli asebenzisa inkundla ye-UKL, yona kanye le esetshenziswa yi-MINI.
Ngalesi sigcawu, i-BMW ithathe izakhiwo ezivame kakhulu esigabeni: injini eguquguqukayo nedrayivu yamasondo angaphambili. Njengezimbangi zayo eziqondile: I-Audi A3 neMercedes-Benz A-Class.
Kungani ushintsha i-front drive?
I-1 Series yamanje, ngenxa yenjini yobude esendaweni ehoxisiwe, inesisindo sokusabalalisa cishe esiphelele, esingama-50/50. Ukuma kwenjini ngobude, i-back-wheel drive kanye ne-asi yangaphambili esebenza ngendlela ekhombayo kuphela, kwenze ukushayela nokuguquguquka kwayo kwehluke emqhudelwaneni. Futhi sekukonke, kube ngcono. Pho kungani ushintsha?Ngokuyisisekelo singafingqa le nketho ngamagama amabili: izindleko kanye nenzuzo. Ngokwabelana ngenkundla ne-X1, i-Series 2 Active Tourer kanye ne-Grand Tourer, umnotho wesilinganiso unwebeka kakhulu, kwehliswa izindleko futhi kwandise inzuzo ngeyunithi ngayinye ethengiswa ngo-Series 1.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, lolu shintsho luletha ezinye izinzuzo zemvelo engokoqobo. I-1 Series yamanje, ngenxa yekhompathimenti yenjini ende kanye nomhubhe kagesi ovulekile, inamazinga aphansi amakamelo kunezimbangi futhi ukufinyeleleka kwezihlalo zangemuva, masithi… kuthambile.
Ngenxa yesakhiwo esisha kanye nokushintshwa kwenjini engu-90º, i-BMW izothuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kwendawo, iphinde ithole indawo yokuncintisana.
I-C-segment ingase ilahlekelwe esinye seziphakamiso zayo ezihluke kakhulu, kodwa ngokusho komkhiqizo, le nketho ngeke ithinte isithombe sayo noma ukusebenza kokuhweba kwemodeli. Ngizo? Isikhathi kuphela esizosho.
Ukuphela kwamasilinda ayisithupha emgqeni
Ushintsho lwezakhiwo lunemiphumela eminingi. Phakathi kwazo, i-1 Series entsha izokwenza ngaphandle kwamasilinda akulayini ayisithupha, enye into esihlale siyihlobanisa nomkhiqizo. Lolu khetho lumane lubangelwa ukuntuleka kwesikhala endaweni yangaphambili yemodeli entsha.
Sesikushilo lokho, kuqinisekile ukuthi ozongena esikhundleni seM140i yamanje uzoyiyeka injini engu-3.0 litre inline six-cylinder. Endaweni yayo kufanele sithole injini ye-turbocharged 2.0 litre four-cylinder «vitamin» ehlanganiswe nesistimu yokushayela wonke amasondo. Amahemuhemu akhomba amandla acishe abe ngu-400 amahhashi, ahambisana ne-Audi RS3 kanye neMercedes-AMG A45 yesikhathi esizayo.
Ileveli eyodwa - noma amabili - ngezansi, i-1 Series entsha kufanele isebenzise izinjini ezaziwayo ezinamasilinda amathathu namane esizazi kumaMini namaBMW asebenzisa inkundla ye-UKL. Ngamanye amazwi, 1.5 kanye 2.0 litre turbo units, kokubili uphethiloli nodizili. Kulindeleke, njenge-Series 2 Active Tourer, ukuthi uchungechunge olulandelayo 1 luzofaka inguqulo ye-plug-in hybrid.
Uchungechunge 1 lwe-sedan lulindele ikusasa e-China
AbakwaBMW bethule i-1 Series sedan ngenyanga edlule embukisweni wase-Shanghai, inguqulo ye-saloon yohlobo olujwayelekile lohlobo lwaseBavaria. Futhi isivele iphuma ne-front-wheel drive. Le modeli izothengiswa ngokukhethekile emakethe yaseShayina - okwamanje -, uma imakethe ilangazelela lolu hlobo lomsebenzi womzimba.
Kodwa izisekelo zayo mancane amathuba okuba ihluke ikusasa European BMW 1 Series. Yize idonsa ngamasondo ngaphambili, kunomhubhe odonsayo ngaphakathi. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi inkundla ye-UKL ivumela ukudonsa okugcwele - noma i-xDrive ngolimi lwe-BMW. Ngaphandle kokungenelela, imibiko yendawo ikhomba amazinga amahle okuhlala ngemuva kanye nokufinyeleleka.
Izici okufanele zidlulele enguqulweni yamavolumu amabili ezothengiswa e-Europe. I-saloon “yamaShayina” ibelana nge-wheelbase ne-X1, ngakho akumele kube nzima ukucabanga uhlobo olufushane lwalolu hlobo, olunesitayela esigqugquzelwe iziphakamiso ezifana ne-BMW 5 Series entsha.
Ozongena esikhundleni se-BMW 1 Series usevele esesigabeni sokuhlola futhi kufanele afinyelele emakethe ngo-2019.