Imoto kagesi efanele ukukhanuka? Okuzayo esikhundleni seLexus IS kungase kube ingane yeNissan Skyline GT-S kanye neTesla Model 3

I-Tesla Model 3 Qaphela: Umqondo oqanjwe ngokungafanele we-Lexus Electrified Sedan unikeza amazwibela we-Lexus IS EV ka-2025.

Uma ungumlandeli we-Lexus IS futhi uphoxekile ngokuthi lolu chungechunge alusatholakali e-Australia, khona-ke sekunokukhanya okukhanyayo ekugcineni komhubhe, futhi i-Lexus ithi ukushintshwa kohlobo kusezigabeni zokuhlela zomkhiqizo. ngo-2025.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokungafani nemodeli yesizukulwane sesine esanda kuyekwa, okwakuyinguqulo eklanywe kabusha ngokuphelele yomanduleli wayo ka-2013, ozongena esikhundleni kulindeleke ukuthi aqanjwe kabusha njengemoto kagesi yebhethri emsulwa.

Ngokugxila ku-Tesla Model 3, i-Polestar 2 kanye ne-Hyundai Ioniq 6 ezayo phakathi kwezinye izimoto zikagesi ezimise okwe-sedan esingakayiboni, okulandelayo i-IS kulindeleke ukuthi kube ukuqaliswa kokukhiqizwa komqondo we-Lexus Electrified Sedan. yethulwe emuva ngoDisemba.

Ngokusekelwe esiteji esithuthukisiwe esisenkabeni ye-bZX4 SUV entsha yakwa-Toyota, i-midsize sports sedan kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yingxenye yokutshalwa kwezimali kwezimoto zikagesi zakwaToyota eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-100, okuzobona izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ezintsha zika-30 zethulwe ngo-2030.

Izingxoxo seziyaqhubeka mayelana nokuthi yini ezoba khona ezovala isikhala samasedan aphakathi nendawo kuleli, ngokusho kwesikhulu esiphezulu sakwaLexus Australia uJohn Pappas.

"Abakwa-Aussies babeyithanda i-IS," etshela abezindaba base-Australia ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-SUV entsha yesizukulwane sesibili i-Lexus NX mid-size SUV eMelbourne ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. “Futhi sibone ukukhula okuhle ngonyaka odlule ngisho ne-IS, ngakho i-IS isabalulekile kithi.

“Kodwa sisebenza ngokungakhathali ne-Lexus International kuphothifoliyo yomkhiqizo wesikhathi esizayo… futhi akukho esingakwenza ukukumemezela ngokuqondile ngokushintshwa kwe-IS.

“I-IS bekuyimoto ekahle kithina futhi nabathengi bebeyithanda. Ngakho-ke sizoqhubeka nokubheka mayelana nokuhlelwa komkhiqizo kanye nabahleli bemikhiqizo yethu mayelana nokuthi izobukeka kanjani. Angikwazi ukuqinisekisa. Kodwa kuyasijabulisa kakhulu."

Ngokuhambisana nomqondo we-Lexus Electrified Sedan, ikusasa i-IS lizogcizelela ngempela izifiso zayo zesedan yezemidlalo, enamakhothamo angamasondo amakhulu, amathanga anemisipha, uphahla olushelelayo, amakhala ngamakhala kanye nekhala elicijile elibomvu kwezithombe zaseJapan zakudala njengeNissan R34 Skyline emangalisayo. GT. -R V-spec.

Imibiko evela eJapan iphakamisa ukuthi i-2025 IS EV izolandela isikhunta se-Tesla ngokunikeza kokubili i-single-motor-wheel-wheel drive kanye ne-dual-motor all-wheel drive option njengoba i-Lexus ibheka ukwenza imali ngempumelelo engakaze ibonwe ye-Model 3. Isimo sayo njenge imoto kagesi ethengiswa kakhulu emlandweni iphawuleka kakhulu uma kubhekwa ukuthi ama-sedan aphelelwe yimfashini athanda ama-SUV nama-crossovers.

Uma sikhuluma nje, i-IS elandelayo izolandela i-Lexus RZ EV SUV, ezoba sefomini lokukhiqiza engxenyeni yesibili yalo nyaka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ikhishwe e-Australia ngonyaka ozayo noma ngo-2024, ukukhiqizwa nezinye izithiyo zokukhiqiza emhlabeni wonke. ivumela.

Njengoba sekunesikhathi eside i-IS ingelinye lamamodeli asemancane kakhulu kwa-Lexus, kanti futhi ingeyodwa ekhumbuleka kakhulu futhi ethokozisayo (ngaphandle kwe-LFA) enezinhlobo ezifana ne-BMW M3 IS F sports sedan, kuyacaca ukuthi uhlobo oluphambili lwakwaToyota alunawo. angifuni ukumosha isithunzi esimisiwe njengenye indlela yaseJapan ku-3 Series. U-2025 awukwazi ukufika maduzane.

Khonamanjalo, uMnu. Pappas wengeze ngokuthi i-ES izoba ngcono kubathengi abafuna ukuthenga i-Lexus sedan enamabhokisi amathathu, noma ngabe ukumiswa kwayo kwe-front-wheel-drive kuphambene ncamashi nalokho i-IS ebikukhuthaze eminyakeni engama-23 edlule.

"Ngokombono wezinguquko, i-IS iyinhlangano yezemidlalo," esho. "Isibonelo, i-ES iyimoto ewubukhazikhazi, kodwa sine-F Sport, ngakho sizobona abanye balabo bathengi be-sporty IS bethuthela kulokho."

Njengoba kubikiwe ngaphambilini, ulayini we-IS okhona uyekwa ngasekupheleni kuka-2021 e-Australia, kanye namanye amamodeli ahlukahlukene ahlanganisa i-RC coupe yakwa-Lexus kanye ne-CT hybrid hatchback, ngenxa yokwehluleka kwabo ukuthobela imithetho eqinile yokuphepha eqale ukusebenza ngoNovemba. ngonyaka odlule. , kodwa ayikasetshenziswa kwenye indawo emhlabeni jikelele.

Ngokukhethekile, i-ADR (i-Australian Design Rule) 85/00 ifaka ukuhlolwa okusha kokuphahlazeka kwe-pole-side lawa mamodeli asebekhulile e-Lexus azobhekana nakho ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezimfuneko ze-homologation zesikhathi esizayo.

Kwezinye izimakethe, i-IS yamanje iyaqhubeka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi iqhubeke kuze kube yilapho kufika ukushintshwa kwe-EV ngesinye isikhathi ngo-2025 noma kulo nyaka.

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