Igqugquzelwe ukunqoba okuzuzwe ku-Monte Carlo Rally ngeminyaka yama-60s, i-Mini "yalahlekelwa ingqondo" ekudalweni kwalo Mqondo omangalisayo we-John Cooper Works GP. Kubekwe kusigaba socwaningo lokuklama kuphela, akukho ncazelo eyethulwa - ngeshwa - kodwa kokubili ingaphandle nengaphakathi sekuvele kusinika inala yokumunca.
Ngeke idlulele kwiMini Electric Concept, ezophinde ibe sembukisweni wezimoto iFrankfurt Motor Show. Ngokuvamile, ukugxila okufanayo ekuthuthukisweni kwe-aerodynamic kungabonakala kuzo zombili iziphakamiso, ngaphandle kwezinhloso ezihluke ngokuphelele. Omunye ufuna ukuhamba emoyeni ngokumelana okuncane ngangokunokwenzeka, omunye, le John Cooper Works GP Concept, ifuna ukunamathela ku-asphalt. Futhi njengoba ubona, ngendlela emangalisayo ngempela.
Irigi yinhle, ihlonishwa kakhulu ngezinto ezingezelelwe kakhulu ze-carbon fibre: ispoiler sangaphambili esinosayizi ovulekile, amakhothamo amasondo agqame ngendlela ehlukile, iziketi eziseceleni kanye nephiko elingemuva elinosayizi we-XL.
Ingaphakathi alizange lithinteke, lifana nemoto yokuncintisana, ngamanye amazwi, ekhishwe cishe zonke izimpawu zempucuko. Kukhona i-roll bar, izihlalo zokuncintisana ezinamahhanisi anamaphuzu amahlanu, ama-paddles ngemuva kwesiteringi kanye ne-digital instrument panel.
Ukukhethwa kwemibala nakho kuyasikisela ezinhlosweni ze-Mini John Cooper Works GP Concept, inhlanganisela yokumnyama nokumpunga eqhathaniswa nezinto ezibomvu. Uma ufuna ukwazi ngenombolo engu-0059 ebonakala kuma-fender angaphambili nasezihlalweni, kuyinkomba ecacile yonyaka wokuqala wokwethulwa kwe-Mini: 1959.
I-brand nayo ibonakala ngendlela emangalisayo esangweni elingemuva, ithatha indawo enkulu, futhi ngaphambili etholakala endaweni ephansi yokungenisa umoya. Futhi ekugcineni, njenge-Electric Concept, ukumelwa okuyingcaca kwe-Union Jack - ifulege laseBrithani - ekukhanyeni komsila.
Ukulangazelela i-Mini GP elandelayo?
I-Mini John Cooper Works GP Concept nayo ibonakala ilindele iMini GP elandelayo - ukumelwa okwedlulele kakhulu kweMini yomgwaqo. Ihlale ikhiqizwa ngendlela elinganiselwe kumayunithi angu-2000, sekuvele kunezizukulwane ezimbili zeMini GP, eyethulwe ngo-2006 nango-2012, ehambisana nezizukulwane ezimbili ezedlule u-R50 no-R56.
Ngabe i-Mini GP yesikhathi esizayo izokwazi ukweqisa njengalo mqondo? Kuzodingeka silinde sibone.