Beshukunyiswa ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwalolu hlobo lwamamodeli, abakwaFord banqume ukuqeda zonke izindawo zokucwala izinwele (imiqulu emibili nezintathu) ezidayisayo njengamanje e-US, ngaphandle kwe-Focus Active elandelayo… kanye ne-Mustang — engcono kakhulu- ukuthengisa imoto yezemidlalo emhlabeni - yona ngokwayo inikezela kuphela ekuthengisweni kwe-pick-up, crossover kanye ne-SUV.
Imakethe yase-US yanqotshwa ngokuphelele ama-SUV namaloli - manje afinyelela cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zemakethe - futhi ngalezi zimemezelo, kungenzeka ukuthi isabelo sabo semakethe sizoqhubeka nokukhula.
Lesi sinqumo, esimenyezelwe ngoLwesithathu olwedlule yi-CEO entsha yohlobo lwe-oval eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, uJim Hackett, simise ukukhiqizwa kwalokho okwakuyi-saloon esezingeni eliphezulu yomkhiqizi waseDetroit emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika.
I-Ford Fusion, isizukulwane sayo samanje esasungulwa ngo-2015, naphezu kokuqhubeka nokuthengisa ngezinombolo ezihlaba umxhwele - amayunithi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-200 ngo-2017 - iyaqhubeka nokulahlekelwa amakhasimende kuma-SUV, futhi ayikwazi ukwenza inzuzo njengalezi.
Kodwa kuthiwani ngeMondeo?
Lo mbuzo, nokho, uphakamise enye inkinga: ingabe lesi futhi kungaba isinyathelo sokuqala ekupheleni kwe-Mondeo, imodeli evelele ye-Ford eYurophu, engeyona into engaphezu kokuphuma kwe-American Fusion?Ngokusho komkhiqizi waseMelika, ukuba khona kwe-Mondeo abukho engozini, futhi nakuba ukunyamalala kwe-Fusion kuqinisekiswa, imodeli yaseYurophu izoqhubeka nokuba yingxenye yokunikezwa komkhiqizo e-Old Continent.
I-Ford iphinde iphike ulwazi olukhishwe esikhathini esithile esidlule ukuthi i-Mondeo, okwamanje ekhiqizwa eSpain, emgqeni ofanayo wokuhlanganisa lapho i-S-Max ne-Galaxy kukhiqizwa khona (bonke babelana ngesiteji esifanayo), bangabona ukukhiqizwa kwayo kudluliselwa e-China.
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Empeleni, yebo. Kodwa-ke, i-Mondeo inesibuyekezo esitshalweni salo nyaka. Futhi lokho ngeke kushiye ngaphandle ukwahluka kwe-hybrid!
Kodwa-ke, njengoba uFelipe Muñoz, umhlaziyi womhlaba wonke enkampanini yokubonisana i-JATO Dynamics, esho futhi, ezitatimendeni ze-Automotive News Europe, "ukusebenza kwamamodeli afana ne-Mondeo, i-Insignia noma i-Superb, kungase kuncike, esikhathini esizayo, bafuna lokho emakethe yaseShayina”.
Phela, ukukhetha kwabathengi baseShayina kuma-saloons kwaziwa kahle - naphezu kokuthi, nase-China, ama-SUV athola indawo. Nakuba lolu hlobo lomsebenzi womzimba alukho, ngokuphambene nalokho, ludingeka kakhulu eYurophu.
Ngakho-ke, kusasele, ukulinda isikhathi esilandelayo, ukubona ukuthi amahemuhemu "okufa okumenyezelwe" kweFord Mondeo, - noma cha - ayihaba ...