Uhlobo lwemoto ehlakaniphile luvaliwe e-Australia
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Izimoto ezincane zasedolobheni ezikhiqizwe yiMercedes-Benz zaqala njengento entsha futhi zaba yisakhiwo sodumo. Kodwa, ekugcineni, bambalwa abantu ababezimisele ukukhokhela kakhulu "isikuta esinamasondo amane."
Imoto encane kunazo zonke emhlabeni, iSmart ForTwo, izokhishwa maduze emakethe endaweni ngenxa yokuthi abantu base-Australia abazimisele ukukhokha imali eyengeziwe uma behamba emadolobheni.
Isuka ku-$18,990, imoto yeSmart ibiza cishe njengeToyota Corolla kodwa iyingxenye yenani futhi inezihlalo ezimbili kuphela.
E-Europe lapho indawo yokupaka isezingeni eliphezulu, iSmart car isiphumelele ukudayiswa ngoba ithathwa njenge-"four-wheel scooter" ngenxa yokukwazi ukumpintsha ezindaweni ezimpintshana.
Ukuthengisa e-Australia bekusekwindla yamahhala kusukela kwenyuka kakhulu ngo-2005.
Idalwe ngokuhlanganyela phakathi komenzi wewashi u-Swatch nomsunguli wezimoto u-Mercedes-Benz, i-Smart yinde kuphela kunobubanzi bezimoto eziningi futhi ingapaka iqonde eceleni komgwaqo.
Kodwa ukuthengisa e-Australia kusekwindla yamahhala ngemuva kokukhuphuka ngo-2005; isidingo saba buthakathaka kangangokuthi ama-oda ezimoto athuthelwa ku-inthanethi kuphela ngoJuni 2013.
Seziphelele izimoto ezingama-Smart ezingama-22 ezidayisiwe kulo nyaka emakethe ekhombisa izimpawu zokululama.
Abathengi bagwema isisombululo sokupaka esingangephinti
Njengoba amadolobha nezindawo ezingaphansi kwe-Australia kuya kuminyene, abathengi bayaligwema ikhambi lokupaka elingangosayizi wephayinti.
"Sisebenze kanzima ukugcina imoto eyi-Smart, kodwa abenele abantu base-Australia abayithenga ngenani elidingekayo ukuze ikwazi ukusebenza," kusho umkhulumeli wakwaMercedes-Benz e-Australia uDavid McCarthy. "Kuyishwa, kodwa kunjalo."
Eminyakeni engu-4400 kusukela kwengu-12, sekudayiswe izimoto ezingama-Smart ezingu-2003 e-Australia, okuhlanganisa nama-Smart Roadsters angu-296 kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2006 kanye nama-585 ForFour anezicabha ezine kusukela ngo-2004 kuya ku-2007.
Kuze kube manje, ezingu-3517 zezimoto ezaziwa kakhulu i-Smart ForTwo sezidayisiwe e-Australia ezizukulwaneni ezimbili zamamodeli.
I-Mercedes-Benz ithi izoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo nezingxenye zezimoto ezihlakaniphile ezidayisiwe e-Australia futhi zinezinyanga ezimbalwa zokungadayiswa.
UMnu McCarthy uthe: “Abadayisi bakwaMercedes-Benz…
Eshiya umnyango uvuliwe ukuze kubuyelwe emuva ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, wanezela: "I-Mercedes-Benz Australia izoqhubeka nokuqapha amandla omkhiqizo we-Smart emakethe."
Okuxakayo ukuthi izindaba zokushona kuka-Smart e-Australia ziza ngemuva kokuthi inkampani yethule uhlobo olusha e-Europe oluphendula ukugxekwa kwemoto yamanje futhi engase isetshenziswe kabanzi ngenxa yegumbi eliningi elingaphakathi kanye namandla afana nemoto. Manje ngeke aphumelele e-Australia.
AbakwaMercedes-Benz bathi ingxenye enkulu yabathengi be-Smart ForTwo e-Australia nabo bangabanikazi bayo bezimoto ezihamba phambili ezingu-$200,000 ze-S-Class.
I-Smart yasekuqaleni yayidume ngokusetshenziswa njengemoto entsha edonsa amabhodi amakhulu evezwe kufilimu ethi The Da Vinci Code njengemoto yababaleka, futhi abakwaMercedes-Benz baze bagunyaza umsiki wengqephu waseMelika uJeremy Scott ukuthi akhe imoto yakhe eyiphupho eyi-Smart, agibele kuyo. amaphiko amakhulu.
I-Smart car iphinde yaheha abathengi abacebile. AbakwaMercedes-Benz bathi ingxenye enkulu yabathengi be-Smart ForTwo yase-Australia nabo bangabanikazi bayo bezimoto ezihamba phambili ze-S-Class ezingu-$200,000 futhi basebenzisa i-Smart njengemoto yesibili.
Ukuvalwa kohlobo lwe-Smart endaweni kungolunye uphawu lokuthi imakethe yezimoto entsha yase-Australia isibe yincithakalo kangakanani.
Ngonyaka odlule, uhlobo lwe-Opel yaseJalimane lwavalwa ngemva kwezinyanga eziyi-11 nje kuphela, kwathi ngo-2009, uhlobo lodumo lweCadillac yase-US lwaphazamisa ukwethulwa kwayo e-Australia ngo-11 ekuseni ngemva kokuba kwabelwe abadayisi kwathengwa nezimoto.
Zingaphezu kuka-60 izinhlobo zezimoto ezibanga ukuthengwa kwezimoto eziyizigidi ezingu-1.1 ngonyaka e-Australia - uma kuqhathaniswa nezinhlobo ezingu-38 zase-US nezingu-46 zaseNtshonalanga Yurophu ezidayisa izimoto ezingaphezu kuka-15 kune-Australia.
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2014: 108
2013: 126
2012: 142
2011: 236
2010: 287
2009: 382
2008: 330
2007: 459
2006: 773
2005: 799
2004: 479
2003: 255
