Kungalindeleka ukuthi eqenjini lezimoto ubunzima nezithiyo ziyonqotshwa ndawonye. Kodwa lokhu akunjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Lokhu kubonakala kwenzeka eqenjini lakwaVolkswagen, elihlanganisa izinhlobo ezimbili zalo, iPorsche ne-Audi.
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Iqembu laseJalimane aligonyiwe ezingxabanweni zangaphakathi - izolo nje sikhulume ngezindlela ezingase zibe khona zokunciphisa ukuncintisana kwangaphakathi kwe-Skoda yohlobo lweVolkswagen. Manje i-Dieselgate iyindawo yokukhuluma. Sekuphele iminyaka emibili ihlazo lokuxhashazwa kwegesi ephuma kwezinye izinjini zikadizili lidalulwe esidlangalaleni, kodwa imiphumela isaqhubeka nokukhula kanjalo nezindleko.
Ngaphezu kwe-2.0 TDI (EA189) eyayiphakathi nendawo kulo mkhuba, i-3.0 TDI V6 iphinde yembula isofthiwe ekhohlisayo. Le njini, ephuma kwa-Audi, ayihlonyi kuphela amamodeli omkhiqizo, kanye nabanye abavela kwaVolkswagen nasePorsche. Sekukonke, cishe izimoto ezingama-80,000 zalezi zinhlobo ezintathu zathinteka e-US futhi, muva nje, uhulumeni waseJalimane waze wavala ukuthengiswa kwePorsche Cayenne efakwe le njini.
Kungokwemvelo ukuthi uhlobo lwe-Stuttgart aluthathi lolu daba kalula. Akukhona nje ukuthi "idonswe" ehlazweni, izindleko zibonakala ziphezulu. Ngokwephephandaba laseJalimane i-Bild, i-Porsche ifuna isinxephezelo kwa-Audi, abathuthukise injini, ukuze bakhokhe 200 million euros ngezindleko ezihlobene nokusebenza kokuqoqwa, ukwesekwa kwamakhasimende kanye nezeluleko zezomthetho.
Okwamanje, abekho izinkampani ezize nezitatimende ezisemthethweni ngalolu daba. Okwaziwayo ukuthi i-Porsche ayizange ibeke phambili noma iyiphi inqubo yomthetho yokuphoqelela ukukhokha, isicelo esisemthethweni kuphela. Ngakho-ke akucaci ukuthi izoba yini izenzo zesikhathi esizayo zePorsche uma i-Audi yenqaba ukuqhubeka nenkokhelo.