Ngemuva kokuxhumana okokuqala emathafeni ase-Alentejo, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, sesibuyele ekulawuleni iRenault Kadjar. ISUV esidayiswe e-Europe kusukela maphakathi no-2015 kodwa yaze yafika ePortugal ngoJanuwari nonyaka. Sola ubude be-asi yangaphambili kanye nenqubomgomo ye-toll ehudulele u-Kadjar ekilasini lesi-2… kuze kube manje!
Ukuze bethule i-Kadjar e-Portugal futhi bathole le SUV ukuthi ikhokhele Ikilasi 1 emalini ekhokhelwayo (ngomzila oluhlaza), abakwaRenault baphoqeleke ukuthi benze izinguquko ezithile esakhiweni semoto. Okungukuthi, ukushintsha i-ekseli eqinile esetshenziswe ezinguqulweni ze-4×2 yi-asile yangemuva enezingalo eziningi ezimele yenguqulo engu-4×4, kanjalo nokwandisa isisindo semodeli sibe ngu-2300 kg.
Lokhu kumiswa, okwenziwa ukuze ku-odwe iPortugal, kuvumela isisindo seKadjar ukuthi sikhuphukele ku-1426 kg (46 kg ngaphezulu) futhi umthamo womthwalo ukhuphuke ufike ku-879 kg (383 kg ngaphezulu) kuneKadjar “evamile”. Ngokwemvelo, akekho ozothwala i-879 kg Kadjar. Kodwa uma kukhona okwenzayo, iRenault iqinisekisa ukuthi imoto izogoba futhi ibhuleki ngaphandle kokufaka engozini ubuqotho bomzimba babagibeli.
Kungani "Kadjar"? Ngaphandle kokufuna ukuqhela kakhulu kwamanye amaSUV ebangeni - iCaptur noma iKoleos - iRenault ikhethe igama elithi Kadjar. Igama elithi “Kad” lisuselwa emotweni ethi “Quad”, kanti elithi “Jar” ngesiFulentshi lisho “ukushesha” kanye “nokukhanya”.
Ukunqoba ubunzima bokuqala bokuhlukaniswa kwezimoto ezingenangqondo ePortugal, iRenault izodlala esigabeni lapho iNissan Qashqai iyinkosi nenkosi. Futhi okuthakazelisayo - noma cha - bobabili bazalwa endaweni eyodwa futhi babelana ngaphezu kwengxenye yezingxenye. Uphawu oluhle? Sahamba ukuze sithole...
Sangena emgwaqeni ngenguqulo yokufinyelela yobubanzi be-XMOD, efakwe injini okuwukuphela kwayo etholakalayo emakethe kazwelonke: 1.5 DCi (110 hp kanye no-260 Nm), “ukwazana kwethu kwakudala” kwaClio, Mégane noQashqai. Akuyona injini ecwebezelayo - futhi besingayilindele - kodwa inekhono njengoba ikwazi futhi inikezela ukusetshenziswa okusesilinganisweni - okuyisilinganiso esingaphansi kuka-6 litres/100 km emzileni oxubile. Besicabanga ukuthi “kungaba njani ngenjini engu-1.6 DCi…
U-gearbox onamagiya ayisithupha oshintshwayo onesikali esikahle uyakwazi “ukuvala” amandla enjini ngokuziqhenya, kodwa uma usuphelile, ikesi liyashintsha. Ukumiswa nakho kuwufeza umsebenzi wakho kahle. Ohambweni lwangaphandle komgwaqo, i-Kadjar inesistimu yokulawula iGrip, esiza ukuthuthukisa ukubamba ezindaweni ezidingeka kakhulu. Ukuze uthole imodeli eyenza idolobha libe yindawo yalo yemvelo (indawo yalo yokushayela ingu-100% SUV, ifundeka ubude), emigwaqweni emajikojiko, i-Kadjar ihamba ngendlela enembile ukusuka kwelinye ukuya kwelinye. Kuvunyelwe ?.
Uma ekusebenzeni okuguquguqukayo i-Kadjar iphase isivivinyo, ngokwemibandela yobuhle ukuhlola kuba nzima kakhulu ukukwenza. Noma kunalokho, i-subjective eyengeziwe...
Uma kuqhathaniswa nesiginesha eqonde kakhudlwana ye-Qashqai, i-Kadjar ithatha imigqa ewuketshezi eyengeziwe - uma uthanda, isiFulentshi esithe xaxa - kodwa esihle ngokulinganayo.
Ngaphakathi, kulula ukubona ukuthi bekuyini izinto ezihamba phambili kwaRenault: induduzo, i-ergonomics nokusebenza. Ikhwalithi isiyonke yezinto zokwakha ayihlaba umxhwele, kodwa futhi ayifaki engozini.
Uma kukhulunywa ngobukhulu, iKadjar yinde kancane kuneQashqai, enezela kuphela indawo yangaphakathi nomthamo we-trunk - amalitha angama-527 (okufinyeleleka kalula) omthamo wemithwalo, amalitha ayi-1478 izihlalo zigoqelwe phansi.
Ngokuqondene nephakeji yobuchwepheshe, ngaphandle kwesibonisi samakhanda, akukho lutho olushodayo. Isikrini esingu-7 inch, ilane crossing alert, cruise control, izinzwa zemvula nokukhanya konke kuyingxenye yemishini yeKadjar.
Indlela yokuphumelela?
Uma sibheka ezinye iziphakamiso ezisesigabeni - okuthi ngaphezu kweNissan Qashqai ibe neKia Sportage, Volkswagen Tiguan, Hyundai Tucson, Peugeot 3008 kanye neSEAT Ateca - ngeke kushiwo ukuthi iRenault Kadjar izoba nempilo elula imakethe kazwelonke, nakakhulu ngokubambezeleka efike ngakho ePortugal kanye nenani okuthengiswa ngalo ezweni lethu.
Kodwa – kuhlezi kukhona… – uma sibheka ukusebenza kwe-Captur e-Portugal nase-Europe, ingxenye eyodwa ngezansi, i-Renault Kadjar ngokungangabazeki iwukubheja okuphumelelayo. Kungani? I-SUV ebanzi, enomklamo ovumelane, ukusetshenziswa okuphansi kanye nenjini efanele imithwalo yemfanelo ngokwethiyori inakho konke okudingayo ukuze uphumelele.