Inhloso yayicacile: ukuthatha imizuzu engaphansi kweyisikhombisa ethangeni le-Nürburgring emotweni enezicabha ezine. Njengamanje, imodeli yokukhiqiza i-Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio iphethe leli rekhodi ngesikhathi esingu-7′ 32″. Ukufeza lokhu, i-Subaru iphendukele ku-WRX STi, imodeli yayo yamanje enokusebenza okwengeziwe.
Kodwa kuncane noma akuhlangene nhlobo nemodeli yokukhiqiza. Eqinisweni, le-WRX STi “iwukujwayelana kwakudala”.
Ibukeka ihlukile, isithole igama elisha – i-WRX STi Type RA – kodwa yimoto efanayo eyaphula irekhodi le-Isle of Man ngo-2016, eshayela uMark Higgins. Ngamanye amazwi, umshini “kadeveli”. Ilungiswe ngabakwa-Prodrive, ifakwe ne-four-cylinder boxer eyaziwayo engu-2.0 litre. Okungavamile amandla amahhashi angu-600 akhishwe kule block! Futhi ngisho nokushajwa kakhulu, i-Prodrive ithi le thruster iyakwazi ukufinyelela ku-8500 rpm!
Ukushintshela emasondweni amane kuphuma ngo-gearbox olandelanayo, usuka ku-Prodrive uqobo, oshintshwayo phakathi kuka-20 no-25… millisecond. Okuwukuphela kwengxenye ehlala ingokoqobo umehluko osebenzayo wesikhungo, esabalalisa amandla phakathi kwama-ekseli amabili. I-suspension inezinto ezifanayo nezezimoto ze-rally kanti ama-disc angena umoya angama-intshi angu-15 anama-brake caliper angama-piston ayisishiyagalombili. Amathayi ashelelayo angamasentimitha ayisishiyagalolunye ububanzi futhi. ekugcineni, iphiko elingemuva lingalungiswa ngogesi ngenkinobho esondweni lokuqondisa.
Imvula, imvula enkulu!
I-Subaru WRX STi Type RA (kusuka ku-Record Attemp) ibonakala inezithako ezifanele zokuthola imizuzu engaphansi kweyisikhombisa ku-"Green Inferno". Kodwa uMama Wendalo wayenezinye izinhlelo. Imvula ena phezu kwesekethe ivimbele noma yimiphi imizamo yokufinyelela inhloso ehlongozwayo.
Kwakungesona isithiyo ukuthatha imoto kuyiwe kusekethe njengombhalo wezithombe. Esondweni nguRichie Stanaway, umshayeli waseNew Zealand oneminyaka engu-25. Isimo sezulu esibi sinqume ukuthi umzamo wokuqopha uzolinda olunye usuku. “Sizobuya,” kuqinisekisa uMichael McHale, uMqondisi Wezokuxhumana wakwaSubaru.
Khumbula iphiko elingemuva elagxeka ikusasa le-Subaru BRZ STi?
Hhayi-ke, khohlwa ngakho. Sonke sasidukisiwe. Ngeke ibe khona i-BRZ STi, okungenani okwamanje.
Isithombe esingemuva singesokukhiqiza i-WRX STi Type RA ezothulwa ngoJuni 8. Ngamanye amazwi, i-Subaru ihlose ukunqoba irekhodi lase-Nürburgring lamasaluni aneminyango emine futhi ihlobanise leli rekhodi nenguqulo entsha.
Hhayi-ke akuhambanga kahle. Akagcinanga ngokuhluleka irekhodi, ingxenye yomhlaba isibheke ngabomvu iBRZ STi hhayi iWRX STi Type RA.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-Subaru WRX STi Type RA iyathembisa. Uphahla lwe-Carbon fibre ne-rear wing, i-suspension ebuyekeziwe ene-Bilstein shock absorber, amasondo e-BBS angu-19 inch angu-19 inch kanye nezihlalo ze-Recaro kuzoba yingxenye yomshini omusha. I-Subaru iphinde ikhulume ngokuthuthukiswa kwenjini kanye nezilinganiso zamagiya, kodwa okwamanje, asazi ukuthi lokho kusho ukuthini. Ake silinde!
