UDaihatsu angase abuyele lapha njengoToyota

I-Compact SUV Toyota Rush.

Uphawu lwe-Daihatsu yakwa-Toyota lwayeka ukusebenza emakethe yethu ngo-2005, kodwa isikhala ohlwini lweToyota singabona imikhiqizo ye-Daihatsu ibuya isesimweni se-Terios SUV encane eqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi i-Toyota Rush.

I-Toyota ibheke ukwenza imali engxenyeni yemakethe ye-SUV encane engu-$25,000 ekhulayo. Ukuthengisa kuyadlondlobala i-nissan juke entsha, I-Suzuki sx4, Holden Traks, IFord EcoSport и I-Fiat Panda wonke umuntu uyajoyina I-Mitsubishi ASH ngifuna ucezu lwemakethe. Njengamanje iToyota ayinazo izimbangi kulesi sigaba. Inani eliphakeme kakhulu lama-RAV4 iqala ku-$28,490.

Kodwa iToyota inenzuzo kulo mbango: ingumnikazi weDaihatsu, i-automaker endala yaseJapan kanye nochwepheshe bezimoto ezincane. Isizukulwane sokuqala i-Daihatsu Terios yathengiswa e-Australia phakathi kuka-1997 no-2005, kwakha ingxenye efanayo yeSUV enezicabha ezi-5 esidlondlobala manje. Kodwa imodeli yamanje ayizange ifinyelele ogwini lwethu ngenxa yokuthatha umhlalaphansi kukaDaihatsu.

IToyota isineminyaka engaphezu kweshumi idayisa ngempumelelo iRush ezimakethe zaphesheya kwezilwandle, kanti imodeli yamanje selokhu yethulwa ngo-2006. Iphuma nenjini engu-80 litre VVT-I enamandla angu-141 kW, 1.5 Nm, edonsa ngamagiya amahlanu ashintshwayo kanye nogearbox ozishintshayo ngamagiya amane. Kodwa ngokungafani nezinye izimoto ezikulesi sigaba, ine-permanent-wheel drive kanye ne-locking center differential, ehlangene nama-overhangs amafushane, inikeza i-Rush ukwethembeka okungaphezu komgwaqo kunezimbangi zayo eziningi.

Nokho, inguqulo edonsa ngamasondo amabili nayo inikezwa abathengi abakhetha ukuphakama okwengeziwe nesikhala, kodwa hhayi izici ezengeziwe zeSUV encane. Ngesisindo somgwaqo esingu-1180kg kumodeli edonsa ngawo wonke amasondo, i-Rush ilula uma iqhathaniswa, okufanele isize ukugcina izindleko zokusebenza zehla.

Uma iToyota Australia inquma ukungena emakethe eyicompact SUV neRush, kuzobe kungokokuqala ngqa ukudayiswa kwemoto eyenziwe yiDaihatsu e-Australia kusukela ngo-2005. ukucaciswa. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iToyota Australia izolinda kuze kube yileso sikhathi ukuze ilethe iRush kuma-showroom ase-Australia.