Kumelwe ngivume ukuthi iHyundai ayivusi imizwa enamandla kimi… Kodwa kufanele ngivume ukuthi izinhlobo zakamuva eziqaliswe uhlobo lwaseNingizimu Korea ziyayenga kakhulu kunezizukulwane ezedlule.
I-Hyundai i20, ngaphandle kokungabaza, iyindlela enhle yokubhekana nokuhlanya kwempilo yansuku zonke emadolobheni amatasatasa, kodwa ukuyibona njengemoto yomhlangano kubuza okuningi kakhulu… noma mhlawumbe cha! Angicabangi ukuthi abakwaHyundai bake bathatha isiqubulo sabo njengesoqobo njengoba sekunjalo manje: “Imibono emisha, Amathuba amasha”, okwenzeka kanjani: ake sakhe i-rally rocket!
Yilokho kanye okwenziwa abantu base-Asia, bathatha i-i20 “modest” bayihlomisa ngenjini egcwele ishaja engu-1.6 litre ekwazi ukukhama amandla angaphezu kuka-300 hp ngamandla aphelele. Ezinye izinguquko ezisobala nazo zenziwe, njengokwethulwa kwesistimu yokushayela wonke amasondo. Onjiniyela bakwaHyundai kudingeke ukuthi banake yonke imininingwane, kungenjalo baba sengozini yokungayiboni i-i20 WRC ilungele umcimbi olandelayo womhlaba wonke (WRC).
Kusukela namuhla kuya phambili ngizobheka kwaHyundai ngenhlonipho enkulu, kodwa noma kunjalo, ngisafuna ukubona ukuthi lolu hambo lwezemidlalo luhamba kanjani. Ake sibone ukuthi ukuvelela okungaka akupheli yini kabi... Hlala nevidiyo yalesi “silwane esiwumlo”:
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís