Ngawo-90's, kwafika imoto yezemidlalo evela e-Japan ukuze ifane nenhle kakhulu eyenziwa e-Europe - ngingasho ngisho kangcono! Noma inamandla amancane, i-NSX iphoxe amamodeli amaningi ngamahhashi amancane ophawini…
Kunezinsuku lapho kuwufanele umzamo wengqondo ukukhumbula iminyaka engu-90 ekude, lapho i-Honda inquma ukunikeza abakhiqizi baseNtshonalanga ukushaya okukhulu. Sasiphila esikhathini lapho izindaba ezinjengemithetho emelene nokungcola, ukukhathazeka ngokusetshenziswa kwemali, noma inkinga enkulu yezikweletu kwakuyizinto abantu ababenokuncane ukuzicabangela. Ikakhulukazi eJapane, umholi wokukhula komnotho, kwakunomkhuhlane oyiqiniso “wemoto yezemidlalo”.
“Imoto okuthiwa inochassis ocishe ube yi-telepathic. Ukucabanga nje lapho sifuna ukuya khona futhi umkhondo wenzeke cishe ngomlingo"
Ngaleso sikhathi, ukwethulwa kwamamodeli ezemidlalo eJapan kwakuqhathaniseka kuphela nejubane lokuzala kwamagundane. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho izinhlobo ezifana neMazda RX-7, Mistsubishi 3000GT, Nissan 300ZX, Skyline GT-R - ngingakhohlwa yiToyota Supra, nezinye eziningi. Futhi uhlu lungaqhubeka...
Kodwa phakathi kwalolu lwandle lwamandla amakhulu nokusebenza, kwakukhona eyodwa eyagqama ngokusebenza kwayo kahle, ukunemba nokucija kwayo: iHonda NSX. Omunye wabadlali bezemidlalo baseJapan abazalwa kakhulu futhi abavelele kakhulu ngeminyaka yama-90's.
Uma iqhathaniswa nezimbangi zayo zaseJapane nezaseYurophu ngaleso sikhathi, i-NSX ingase ingabi namandla kakhulu - okungenani ngoba empeleni yayingenjalo. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi lesi sici asizange simvimbele ukunikeza "ukushaya isitayela esidala sesiPutukezi" kubo bonke abaphikisana naye.
AbakwaHonda bagxilise lonke ulwazi lwayo ngobunjiniyela (kanye nokunambitheka okuhle…) kumodeli okuthi, ngemva kokuqoqa impumelelo engaka, ithole isiteketiso esithi “Ferrari yaseJapane”. Ngomehluko omkhulu wokuthi, ngokungafani nabakwaFerrari bangaleso sikhathi, abanikazi bamaHonda kwakungadingeki bashayele bephethe umakhenikha esiqwini kanye nenombolo yesevisi esikhwameni sabo semali – funa udeveli abelukwa… Njengokungathi lokhu akwanele, i-NSX ethembekile ibiza ingxenyana yenani leFerrari ewubukhazikhazi.
Ngakho-ke i-NSX bekuyingxube enzima ukufanisa. Igcine ukwethembeka kwanoma iyiphi iHonda evamile kodwa yaziphatha, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isendleleni noma kumjikelezo, njengabanye abambalwa. Futhi kwaba ngokunembile kulo mkhakha lapho Japanese super sports car wenza umehluko omkhulu emncintiswaneni.
Ngenxa yokubekwa emaphakathi kwenjini yayo - iyunithi ye-V6 eyakhelwe ngesandla! - kanye nesakhiwo sayo se-aluminium "monocoque" (into entsha ngokuphelele ezimotweni zokukhiqiza), amajika e-NSX agobile futhi enza "izicathulo" emigwaqweni yasezintabeni. Yakha i-chassis yalokho eyayishoda enjinini. Hhayi ukuthi ibiyi-amorphous, kodwa uma kubhekwa izinombolo zamandla ezimbangi zayo ibisesimweni esingesihle.
Imoto okuthiwa ine-chassis ecishe ibe yi-telepathic. Ukucabanga nje lapho sifuna ukuya khona futhi umkhondo kwenzeka cishe ngomlingo. Leli qiniso alihlobene nosizo lomunye u-Ayrton Senna, owathi, ngokusebenzisa izintambo ezingenakubalwa e-Suzuka circuit, wanikeza usizo olungenakuqhathaniswa konjiniyela baseJapane ekusethweni kokugcina kwemoto.
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Umphumela? Izimoto eziningi zezemidlalo zangaleso sikhathi uma ziqhathaniswa ngqo ne-NSX, zazifana nezinqola zezimbongolo ezigobayo. Izimoto zaseYurophu zifakiwe…! Kuze kube yilapho ukuphakama kwezobuchwepheshe kwaHonda ekuklameni iNSX kuphoxe onjiniyela abaningi laphaya ezweni elibizwa ngeMaranello, e-Italy. Wake wezwa ngakho?Kwakuyizo zonke lezi ziqinisekiso (izindleko eziphansi, ukwethembeka, kanye nokusebenza) okwagcina imodeli isebenza kusukela ngo-1991 kuya ku-2005, ngaphandle kwanoma yiziphi izinguquko. Ngokusobala abakwaHonda balingeka ukuphinda lokhu...