Umkhulu wayenezicabha ezimbili iFord Cortina MkI, kamuva ayishintsha ngeToyota Corolla 1100. Ubaba uthi ompompi babevame ukuvela - uCortina wayephikelela ngokuthi “baphume” ngemuva emakhoneni “ahlekisayo” futhi ke kwakungelula kakhulu ukubamba.
Lena kwakuyimoto eyangena engxenyeni ye-"almost-premium" yangaleso sikhathi. Ukuba neCortina kwakuwukwehluka, kuyilapho ulingana nabanye abaningi. Namuhla babe neFord Mondeo - lokho abakubheka njengokulingana - kufana nje nabanye . Kuyaqondakala ukuthi kulezi zinsuku lesi sipho sikhulu futhi sisezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa ukuze sibe nemoto enezinga elithile, kufanele sikhiphe okuningi...
NgoSepthemba 20 odlule, iFord yacisha amakhandlela angu-50 eCortina MkI futhi ngahamba ngayobona eyakamuva, i-MkII, 4-door version, 1300 Deluxe kusukela ngo-1969.
Ngokwenkolo egcinwe endaweni yokuphuzela iwayini endala, bekukade kuzwakala emcimbini ngayizolo. "Isiqephu sokuhlobisa" sakudala esihehe ukukhanya kwekhamera okuthakazelisa kakhulu. Ukupenda kwangempela, amasondo acwebezelayo namathayi amasha kwaba intokozo yezihambeli (zilungele ukungena emgwaqeni futhi zihlolwe, ngacabanga lapho ngikubona).
Engxoxweni nomnikazi, ngokushesha ngabona ukuthi, njengazo zonke zakudala, lena yayinendaba okumele iyixoxe - eyathengwa e-Portugal ngo-1969, yayinendawo: e-Angola. Lena kwakuzoba imoto elandelayo yentokazi ehlala lapho, eyayinikelwa umyeni wayo ukuze ithathe uhambo lwansuku zonke lapho kushisa kwezwe lase-Afrika.
Akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside kwaze kwaba ukudlondlobala komzabalazo wokulwa nobukoloni kwaphoqa lo mndeni ukuba ubuyele ePortugal futhi nawo uCortina “wagibela ePortugal” wabuya.
Iqiniso, ngo-1964 iFord yethula i-Azambuja Assembly Line kanti iFord Cortina kwaba imodeli yesibili ukuhlanganiswa lapho, ilandela iFord Anglia Fascinante. Ngeshwa, inkulungwane entsha yaletha ukuhlelwa kabusha kweFord Motor Company futhi ngo-2000 le femu yavala iminyango yayo.
Le nguqulo yesibili, naphezu kokuba yimfushane kancane kuneyangaphambili, ibibanzi kakhulu ngaphakathi, inika incazelo emkhangisweni othi “I-Cortina Entsha Ingaphezu Kwe-Cortina” esetshenziswa abakwaFord emkhankasweni wokwethulwa kwe-mkII.
Lo modeli ushintshwe umnikazi: ngaphambili, lapho bekunesihlalo sebhentshi esikwazi ukuhlalisa abantu abangu-3, manje sekunamabhentshi angu-2 angama-Cortina. . Imoto ibinomthamo omkhulu wabagibeli abangu-6.
Ngokhiye ekuthuthweni, uqinise ukusika kweketango futhi nomoya uvuleke kancane, umshini wavulwa futhi yiqiniso, waqala okokuqala. Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuthi i-relati ibe njalo futhi imoto isilungele ukungena emgwaqeni.
Injini engu-1.3 enophethiloli ongu-52hp ayifanele ukuhambahamba, nokho, imoto ikwazile ukuba namandla anele ukuze imelane nezinselele ezilethwa umgwaqo ongaphambili, ngaphandle kwesidingo sokunciphisa okukhulu. Isisindo siyasiza - le modeli, enesisindo esingama-880kg nje, inesisindo esingaphezudlwana kwe-Smart Fortwo. Ngalesi sisindo nokunakekelwa okuthile onyaweni lwesokudla, iMkII idla amalitha ayi-7 ngebanga elingu-100 km.
Ngemva kokubuyela ePortugal, yagcinwa egaraji iminyaka ethile kwaze kwaba yilapho umnikazi wayo eseyidayisela noma ubani owayeyigcina. Umnikazi wamanje wayithola kuyise, okwathi ngaleso sikhathi, washiya i-Cortina egalaji futhi wakhetha ukushayela i-Mini 1000, njengoba isebenziseka kakhulu ekuphileni kwansuku zonke ... kuyahlekisa? Impela! Ngenkathi abakwaFord bethatha isinqumo sokwakha iCortina, bakwenza lokho ngokuqondile ukuze basuke emakethe okwakungeyona indawo yabo yokunethezeka, njengoba yayibuswa yiMini.
IFord Cortina iyimoto enethezekile eyaziwayo, esesigabeni esimaphakathi ekhethwayo kusukela kuma-60s/70s. Namuhla, isetshenziselwa ukuvakasha ngezimpelasonto nokugcwalisa umbono walabo abathanda ukwazi kakhulu. Yize umnikazi eqinisekisa ukuthi akazizwa esondelene nemoto, angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngicabange ukuthi, empeleni, emashumini amabili eminyaka egolide, i-Cortina yayiyinto evamile - kwakuyi-Incredible Cortina.