U-50 Cent wethula i-Pontiac Ute entsha
Iciko lomculo u-50-Cent wethule i-Pontiac G2010 Sport Truck yango-8 e-New York Auto Show namuhla, kanye namanye amamodeli amasha e-Pontiac eNew York. Iloli lezemidlalo lihlanganisa ukuphathwa kwenkundla yezemidlalo nomthamo wokuthwala weloli elincane. Ikhipha kokubili amafutha ezimoto kanye nesikhathi sokusheshisa esingu-0-60 semizuzwana engu-5.4. Ingakwazi futhi ukuthwala umthwalo ongaphezu kuka-1,074 wamaphawundi. Iloli lezemidlalo kulindeleke ukuthi lishaye ama-showrooms abathengisi ngasekupheleni kuka-2009.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana neloli le-Pontiac Sport, funda indaba egcwele ka-Kevin Hepworth ngezansi.
"Imoto yezemidlalo yabasebenzi" yase-Australia isinqobe imakethe yezimoto entsha enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngesimemezelo sokuthi uPontiac uzodayisa iHolden Ute e-US.
Njengoba iGeneral Motors isivele imaketha iCommodore SS njengePontiac G8, izindaba ezivela eNew York zokuthi le modeli izokwengezwa ohlwini lwazo kusukela ngonyaka ozayo ziphakamise umoya wendawo.
"Akuzona zonke izinsuku lapho umenzi amemezela khona imoto eyakha ingxenye yemakethe entsha, kodwa ngaleli thuluzi lokuqala elithunyelwa eNyakatho Melika ngendlela yeloli lezemidlalo le-G8, yilokho kanye uPontiac akwenzayo," kusho uSihlalo we-GM Holden kanye. Umqondisi Ophethe uMark Reuss.
"Ukuklama, ukusebenza nokusebenza kwe-G8 sedan sekuvele kunconywe abezindaba baseMelika kanye nabalandeli bePontiac, futhi siyaqiniseka ukuthi iloli lezemidlalo kanye ne-GXP sedan zizokwamukelwa ngokulinganayo."
Ukuqagela mayelana nokwenzeka kokuthumela i-Aussie Ute eNyakatho Melika kwavela okokuqala e-Detroit Auto Show ngo-2002.
Umphathi womkhiqizo weGM u-Bob Lutz, indoda okwathi kamuva ngalowo nyaka yathuthukisa iMonaro eNyakatho Melika njenge-Pontiac GTO, wayiphakamisa njengokuthatha indawo ye-Chevrolet El Camino yakudala.
Lolu hlelo aluzange luphumelele, kodwa ngesivumelwano sokuhweba mahhala sisusa intela yamaphesenti angu-20 u-Ute ayeyidikibele ngaphambili, i-GM yanquma ukunikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ohlelweni lukaPontiac.
"Isimo se-FTA siyenze yasebenza," kusho uJohn Lindsay weGM Holden. "Izinombolo akulindelekile ukuthi zibe zikhulu, kodwa lezi yizindaba ezimnandi kithina."
Iloli lezemidlalo le-G8 lisekelwe ku-V8 SS Ute entsha enezinga elifanayo lokusebenza kanye nengaphambili eliklanywe kabusha elifanayo njenge-G8 sedan.
IMenenja-Jikelele yakwaBuick-Pontiac-GMC uJim Bunnell uthe, “UPontiac akakaze akuxwaye ukunikeza izimoto ezichaza izingxenye. Akukho lutho olungcono namuhla emgwaqeni ukwedlula iloli lezemidlalo le-G8 futhi sikholelwa nakanjani ukuthi kuzoba namakhasimende azothanda umklamo walo ohlukile, ukusebenza kwawo kanye nomthwalo okhokhelwayo.”
Iloli lezemidlalo lizokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni e-New York Auto Show ngoLwesithathu, eduze nemodeli yesine ye-Holden enebheji le-Pontiac.
I-flagship entsha, i-G8 GXP esebenza kahle kakhulu sedan ijoyina i-G8 ne-G8 GT njenge-Commodore-based Pontiac.
I-GXP sedan, ezoqala ukukhiqizwa e-Adelaide ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, kanye neloli lezemidlalo elizofika ngonyaka ozayo, kusho ukuthi imboni yakwaHolden i-Elizabeth izokhiqiza amamodeli angu-45 ezinhlobonhlobo eziyisithupha.
I-G8 GXP isebenzisa injini entsha eyi-LS3 i-small block 6.2-litre V8 enamandla angu-300kW kanye ne-546Nm. Kuzoba iPontiac yokuqala eyakhiwe e-Australia ukunikeza amagiya ayisithupha ashintshwayo kanye namagiya ayisithupha azishintshayo.
"Amazwe amabili ahlukaniswe ulimi olulodwa."
Mancane amathuba okuthi u-George Bernard Shaw abe nesihloko sakudala sase-Australia lapho enza umbono wakhe odumile ngeMelika... kodwa kusabalulekile.
Kubantu baseNyakatho Melika, ama-Utes angabantu bangempela okuqanjwe ngabo isifunda sase-Utah.
Lesi sithiyo solimi sigqugquzele u-Pontiac ukuthi aphumele obala afune igama leloli lakhe lezemidlalo le-G8 elisuselwa ku-Holden Ute elembulwe e-New York Auto Show ngoLwesithathu.
I-Pontiac yethule iwebhusayithi lapho ungathumela khona iziphakamiso zegama elifanelekile lemoto entsha ephule ingxenye.
Umqondisi wezokumaketha wase-Pontiac u-Craig Birley uthe inkampani iyazi ukuthi i-moniker yeloli yezemidlalo elula ayichazi ngokugcwele ikhono lemoto lokufiphalisa umugqa phakathi kwemoto yezemidlalo neloli (incazelo yanoma yimuphi ulayini wama-SUV namaloli eveni e-US) .
