Sathenjiswa okusha I-Citron C5 ngo-2020, kodwa kuze kube manje asikaze sibone lutho - ukusola, ngokwengxenye, kulo bhubhane, oseludale zonke izinhlobo zezinxushunxushu ekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto eziningi ezintsha, ezithinta i-ajenda yazo zonke izinhlobo zemikhiqizo.
Kodwa njengoba izithombe zezinhloli esikulethela zona zibonisa kuzwelonke kuphela, ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Citroën C5 entsha kuqhubeka ngesivinini esihle. Amahemuhemu akhomba ekwambulweni ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli.
Okuvezwa yizithombe zenhloli ukuthi (ngaphambilini) lokho okubizwa ngethonya lomqondo we-CXperience we-2016 ekwakhiweni kwe-C5 yesikhathi esizayo kubonakala kungathandeki kakhulu.
I-silhouette yeCXperience ende, ephansi, enamavolumu amabili (quasi-fastback) ishiywe ngaphandle, njengoba kwakunjalo ne-wheelbase enkulu, evusa ama-saloon amakhulu omkhiqizo waseFrance kusukela esikhathini esidlule, ukunikeza enye into ehambelana neqiniso le imakethe yamanje: i-crossover.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
I-Citroën C5 entsha izolandela iresiphi efanayo esiyibone ku-compact C4 evamile, ukubheja kokuthile okudlula izindinganiso ezivamile zesegimenti. Umkhuba esizowubona uqiniswa eminyakeni ezayo: ngaphezu kwe-C5, ozongena esikhundleni se-Ford Mondeo uzophinde anikeze indawo ye-crossover entsha.
Yini esesiyazi?
Ngokobuchwepheshe akufanele kube nezimanga eziningi kakhulu. Imodeli entsha cishe izosuselwa kuplathifomu ye-EMP2, efanayo naleyo ehlomisa i-Peugeot 508 kanye ne-DS 9 entsha.
Ngaphezu kwesisekelo, kufanele ihlanganyele "nabazala" bayo izinjini ezihlanganisa ama-plug-in hybrids, lezo ezenza umqondo omkhulu ukuze izikweletu zokukhishwa kwe-CO2 zifinyelele uphawu. I-EMP2 ayikuvumeli ukuhlukahluka kukagesi okungu-100%, ngakho-ke akulindelekile ukuthi i-Citroën C5 entsha ibe neyodwa, ngokungafani nalokho okwenzekayo, ngokwesibonelo, ku-C4.
Okwamanje akukaqinisekwa ukuthi izoba nayo noma cha injini kadizili.
Njenge-“cousin” DS 9, i-Citroën C5 izokhiqizwa nase-China, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yimakethe yayo enkulu kunazo zonke. Ukwethulwa ngo-Ephreli kulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke khona kanye e-China, lapho kuqalwa khona ukumaketha okuzokwenzeka ehlobo elizayo.