AbakwaHolden nabakwaFord Australia basungula le moto ngokusekelwe emotweni, pho kungani singakwazi ukuthenga iHyundai Santa Cruz, Ford Maverick, Honda Ridgeline kanye neFiat Strada, okungabalandeli babo ngokomoya?

Sekuyisikhathi eside abantu base-Australia bezamukela izimoto ngakho bamukela abasha njengeHyundai Santa Cruz neFord Maverick.

Kufanele ifundiswe ezikoleni zamabanga aphansi njengesisekelo somlando wamasiko wase-Australia.

Ekuqaleni kwawo-1930, umlimi ongumVictori wabhalela abakwaFord ecela uhlobo olusha lweloli elalingayisa umkakhe esontweni ngamaSonto kanye nezingulube ziziyise emakethe ngoMsombuluko.

Bekuwumjaho oqinile phakathi kweFord kanye neGM-H (ababenombono ofanayo ngaleso sikhathi), owokuqala wavele wafaka owakamuva ekukhiqizeni, walandelwa "inqola yenqola" - imodeli yokuqala emhlabeni eyamukelwa emhlabeni jikelele. kuyilapho ngokoqobo esiza ukwakha isizwe ekhaya.

Njengemoto yabantu abasha, isiphinde yaba okunye - kanye nenqwaba yamamodeli amabheji afana neZephyr, Falcon, Kingswood kanye neCommodore.

Manje-ke, njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwakuleli kudala, esikhundleni sawo sekufakwe ezinye ezifana neFord Ranger, Toyota HiLux, Isuzu D-Max neNissan Navara, kodwa sikhuluma ngamaloli athwala kanzima ane-ladder frame chassis. ukuthi (ngaphandle koMqaphi) abalimi noma izilwane zabo ngeke bakuthole kuntofontofo noma kucwengisiswe njenge-VF Commodore.

Ngomlando onezitezi, ifa nothando ngezwe, ungacabanga ukuthi abakhiqizi bezimoto abasasele bezizwe ngezizwe abakha izimoto ezinjengalezi bazokwenza konke okusemandleni abo ukuhlinzeka abantu base-Australia abalambile. Kunalokho, sibingelelwa ngobuso betshe namagama abandayo athi “Cha!” embuzweni wokuthi kungani imakethe, ekhule emaweni, izonqatshelwa ukufinyelela kuzo.

Yebo, siyasiqonda isizathu somnotho sokungangenisi lezi zimoto emafemini emhlabeni jikelele, ikakhulukazi uma zingatholakali okwamanje ku-right hand drive (RHD) configuration.

Siyizwile impikiswano izikhathi eziningi: Izibikezelo ze-RHD ziphansi kakhulu ukuthi zingathethelela ukutshalwa kwezimali okudingekayo ekuklameni nasekukhiqizeni; akukhona ngempela lokho ama-Aussies akulindele kuma-sedan amasondo amadala angemuva; abanakho ukukhetha kwe-drivetrain okufunwa ngabathengi; abanawo amandla okudonsa noma amandla okuthwala adingekayo ukuze baphumelele.

Ukuphikisa kwethu ukuthi inkampani egingqa idayisi futhi ebeka engcupheni yokunikeza abantu base-Australia elinye lamagagasi amasha amade, ama-double-cab monocoque SUVs anokunethezeka, ukuphepha, ukushesha, ukusebenza nokusebenza kahle kwezimoto. owabazala, unethuba lokuthatha indawo eyingqayizivele emakethe yethu.

Ungakhathazeki ukuthi bobabili abakwaHolden nabakwaFord sebeneminyaka engaphezu kuka-80 bedayisela abantu base-Australia izimoto ngendlela eyodwa. I-Subaru yafakazela ukuthi abathengi babezimisele ukusekela imoto enjalo ngeBrumby edumile kusukela ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970 kuya ekuqaleni kwawo-90; futhi i-Proton (zikhumbule) yaba nempumelelo ethile nge-Jumbuck eyatholwa yi-Mitsubishi CC Lancer eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, endabeni yeFord, Hyundai kanye neHonda, lezi zinkundla zifakwe izingxenye esezakhelwe izimoto ezishayela kwesokudla zemoto yomgibeli kanye/noma amamodeli amaSUV.

Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle kokuchitha isikhathi, nazi izimoto ezine ezisekelwe ezimotweni ongeke ukwazi ukuzithenga.

IHyundai Santa Cruz 2022

Njengoba iboshelwe ku-Tucson midsize SUV edumile, i-Santa Cruz ihlangabezane nesinye sezinyathelo zomphakathi ezinde kakhulu kunoma iyiphi imoto esenkumbulweni ephilayo, eyaqala ukubizwa ngokuthi umqondo emuva ngo-2015.

Iqondiswe kubathengi baseMelika abajabule, inguqulo yokukhiqiza ifana ncamashi neTucson ngaphakathi, kusukela ekwakhiweni kwemultimedia kanye nedeshibhodi kuya kuntofontofo yezimoto kanye ne-ambience, enenjini engu-2.5-litre eyi-four-cylinder ene-turbocharged eletha amandla owadingayo.

Isistimu eguquguqukayo ye-HTRAC ye-HTRAC edonsa ngawo wonke amasondo kanye ne-MacPherson strut front/multi-link ezimele ngemuva, kanye nenqwaba yezinsiza zokuphepha, kuzokwenza i-Hyundai ibe isengezo okufanele ibe nayo ohlwini lwezifiso zabasebenzi be-OH&S. Umzamo wokudonsa, ngendlela, uhluka kusuka ku-1588 kg kuya ku-2268 kg - ngakho-ke i-Santa Cruz ayinalutho ngokuphelele njengehhashi lomsebenzi.

Njengoba bekulindelekile, abakwaHyundai bathi akukho ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto ezishayelwa kwesokudla ngaphandle kwesikhungo sabo sase-Alabama, e-US abahlelelwe njengoba kungumnikelo wemakethe yaseNyakatho Melika.

2022 Ford Maverick

"Ayitholakali nge-RHD... ukuphela kwendaba."

Kuyimpendulo yakudala ekhathele yemoto yakwaFord, esekelwe ezingxenyeni zezakhiwo ze-C2 ezifanayo namamodeli amabili atholakala ezitolo zase-Australia - i-subcompact Focus ne-Midsize Escape - kanye nemodeli, ngokumangazayo, engeyona: umdlalo we-Bronco omazombezombe. .

IMaverick eyakhiwe eMexico ayikavezwa, kodwa isibhamu sobunhloli sembule indodana ye-F-Series, i-Sub-Ranger, i-boxy double cab ezothinta inhliziyo yase-Australia njengoba yenza eminyakeni engu-56 edlule. I-Falcons yenza.

Izinketho ze-petroli powertrain zizophinde zijwayele abathengi base-Australia beFord - 1.5-litre turbo-petrol triple noma 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo ngokugqamile - enangaphambili noma wonke amasondo, torsion beam noma multi-link ngemuva, futhi trim ehlukahlukene. amazinga. , okuhlanganisa nebanga eliyisisekelo elinamasondo ensimbi okuthiwa lishibhe ngaphezu kuka-$4000 kuneRanger eshibhe kakhulu e-US.

Uma sikhuluma ngalokhu kwakamuva, mhlawumbe iFord Australia iwazisa kakhulu umqhudelwano wasekhaya kwiRanger, njengoba bekuyisigaba sokuthuthukiswa komhlaba wonke seloli elidayisa kakhulu eliphakathi nendawo kusukela kwafika i-T6 yamanje ka-2011.

Uma uthanda okubonayo, siphakamisa ukuthi uxhumane nomdayisi wakho wakwaFord khona manje.

2021 Honda Ridgeline

IHonda ibisebenza kanzima eMelika isikhathi eside ngendlela emangalisayo. wabona ukukhanya ngo-2005.

Iqiniso elijabulisayo, liwine umklomelo we-North American Car of the Year wezi-2017.

NjengoHyundai neFord, abakwaHonda bathembele kakhulu ekwakhiweni kwe-mid-size sedan/SUV ukweseka izifiso zabo ze-monocoque, kodwa uhlobo lwaseJapan luxabene nenjini enkulu engu-210kW 3.5-litre V6 ehamba phambili noma womane amasondo. ngokusebenzisa u-gearbox onamagiya ayisishiyagalolunye. i-auto torque converter.

Ukuphumelela kweRidgeline eNyakatho Melika kungenzeka ukuthi kwenze abakwaHyundai balandele iSanta Cruz. Kungenzeka ukuthi kwaqondana ukuthi zombili zakhiwe e-Alabama.

Nakuba iminyaka yakwaHonda cishe ingayivumeli ukuthi ike ikwazi ukunqamula iPacific, iHyundai entsha ngeke ibhekane nezingqinamba ezinjalo.

2021 Fiat Strada

Kulungile, asilindele ukuthi i-Fiat Strada igeze ogwini lwethu nhlobo. Ngisho ne-logo yeJeep noma amanye ama-nameplates akwa-Stellantis okungowawo.

Nokho, lesi isibonelo sendlela abakhiqizi bezimoto abaye benza ngayo imali endaweni ethile, kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lapho iStrada isibe imodeli edayiswa kakhulu eBrazil kulo nyaka. Leli yizwe lapho kukhiqizwa khona neFiat supermini size Toyota Yaris.

Ingaphansi nje kwamamitha angu-4.5 ubude, i-Fiat cishe iyimitha emfushane kune-HiLux, ngakho-ke esimweni esilindelekile ukuthi ingavela e-Australia, izobhekwa njengohlobo oluthile lokungena esikhundleni se-Proton Jumbuck, kunokuba ibe yimbangi ebalulekile. Ford, Honda noma Hyundai.

Ngaleso sikhathi, iphuma nesingle noma i-double cab, kanti ngaphansi kwesivalo kukhona izinjini zikaphethroli ezidonsa ngamasondo angaphambili ezidonsa ngamagiya amahlanu ashintshwayo.

Hleka uma uthanda, kepha nangalezi zibalo ezinesizotha, iStrada ibingaba yiFiat ethengiswa kakhulu e-Australia ukube ibinethuba...