Ingabe ufuna iToyota eshibhile? Kungani abantu base-Australia bedinga iDaihatsu ukuthi ibuye nezimbangi ezithengekayo nezisezingeni eliphezulu iSuzuki Jimny, MG3, Hyundai Venue kanye neMG ZS

I-Daihatsu yamanje efana ne-Rocky ne-Taft (osesithombeni) ifakazela ukuthandwa kwayo phesheya njengendlela eshibhile futhi ehlukile kune-Toyota.

Ulwesihlanu olunjani lolu esikulo.

Isibalo sezimoto ezishibhile ezintsha siyehla. Amanani ayakhuphuka. Futhi iToyota eshibhe kakhulu manje ibiza ngaphezu kweMazda noma iVolkswagen efanayo.

Ingabe sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uDaihatsu abuyele e-Australia?

Omunye wabakhiqizi abadala baseJapan (ohlanganisa iminyaka engama-70 kulo nyaka) kanye nenkampani ephethwe ngokuphelele yakwaToyota kusukela ngo-2016. I-automaker ebukekayo, ethandwa kakhulu ngama-subcompacts ayo athengekayo kanye nama-SUV adumile ngeminyaka yawo-80s kanye nama-90s, isineminyaka cishe engu-16 ingekho kuleli zwe. iminyaka.

Kodwa, ngokungafani namanye ama-brand ashiye i-Australia phakathi neminyaka ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuthengisa, i-Daihatsu ihlwithwe emakethe yethu naphezu kokuba nabalandeli abaningi kanye nohlu oluhlonishwayo, ngisho nokuqhubekayo.

Ngempela, izinhlobo ezidumile ezifana ne-Rocky, i-Feroza, i-Charade, i-Applause, i-Terios ne-Sirion zithole ukuthandwa ngokulungiswa kwazo okuphansi nokuthembeka okuphezulu, izimfanelo eziye zaziswa ngamakhasimende iminyaka engu-42 kusukela ku-Compagno yango-1964.

Ngakho kungani u-Daihatsu ayekwa?

KwaToyota, ababenamasheya angu-51.2% ngesikhathi ivala iDaihatsu e-Australia ngo-2006, bathi kwakungenxa yokunensa kokudayiswa kanye nokwanda kokuncintisana, nakuba kungathiwa baphinde baqeda imbangi yasekhaya.

“Ngesikhathi iDaihatsu iqala ukungena emakethe yezimoto zabagibeli, bekunezinhlobo ezingu-10 ezincintisanayo, futhi manje sezingu-23, ngayinye ilwela ingxenye yemakethe lapho amajikijolo ayephansi ngokomlando,” kusho uDave Buttner, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumqondisi wezokuthengisa kwaToyota e-Australia (owayengumqondisi wezokuthengisa e-Australia). kamuva wahola u-Holden kwaze kwaba amasonto ambalwa ngaphambi kokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni ekuqaleni kuka-2020) wabonisa ukubulawa ngaleso sikhathi.

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Kodwa nakuba imakethe eshibhile eyayigcwele ngaleso sikhathi kungenzeka ukuthi yayiyiqiniso, namuhla isibalo sabangenele sehlile, njengoba kunezinhlobo eziyisikhombisa kuphela ezinikeza izimoto/amaSUV angaphansi kuka-$25,000 ngo-2022 - Kia, Suzuki, MG, Volkswagen, Fiat, Hyundai, kanye Skoda. . Nokho, ukuthengiswa kwezigaba ezincane nezilula kukhuphuke ngo-75% no-30% ngokulandelana, kuyilapho ukuthengiswa kwamaSUV amancane kweqa ngo-115%. Uyamemeza!

Ukufuduka kwezimoto ezincane ezishibhile e-Australia kusho nokuthi i-$17,990 MG3 (ephumayo) manje ilawula cishe ingxenye yesithathu yazo zonke izimoto ezithengiswayo ezingaphansi kuka-$25, kuyilapho i-MG ZS (eqala ku-$21,990) ibusa phezu kweSUV ekhulayo ebiza ngaphansi kuka-$40. 15 zamadola. izindawo, ezithatha ingxenye engamaphesenti angu-XNUMX… futhi ziyakhuphuka.

Okwamanje, i-Toyota isilahlile ngokuphelele isiphetho semakethe, ishiya i-MG nabanye ithuba lokwakha ukwethembeka komkhiqizo kubathengi abangakwazi ukukhokhela u-$27,603 (ngaphandle kokushiya eMelbourne) odingekayo ukuze bathenge isisekelo esisha samaYaris angewona awensimbi.

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Imele ukweqa kwama- $ 10,000 kusukela kuqale unyaka ka-2020, ngokokuqala ngqa ngo-62, iToyota yase-Australia izifake intengo kuze kube manje lapho ingenakufinyeleleka kubathengi abaningi bezimoto abasha.

Ngakho-ke, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi i-Daihatsu ibuye njengophawu lwe-Toyota surrogate abantu abasalikhumbula kakhulu.

Nansi ukukhetha kwethu kwamamodeli esingathanda ukuwabona e-Australia.

I-Daihatsu Rocky

Yake yaba imbangi eqondile kuSuzuki Jimny/Sierra 4×4 encane kodwa enamandla, iRocky yaba iFeroza kwaze kwaba yilapho kuvela u-Terios esikhundleni ngo-1997, elahla uhlaka lwe-ladder-oriented chassis luvuna i-monocoque. umzimba (kodwa bukhoma i-asi yangemuva).

I-Rocky yochungechunge lwanamuhla lwe-A200 iyinzalo ye-Terios, enomklamo wemoto endaweni entsha enenjini eshintshashintshayo elungele ukufakwa ugesi ebizwa ngokuthi i-DNGA-A, ukulinganisa kwe-SUV encane, kanye nesitayela esincishisiwe se-Toyota RAV4, okwenza ibukeke yesimanje. futhi uzizwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle.

Emamitha angu-4.0, i-Daihatsu eyichunky ifushane nje kuphela kune-Mazda CX-3, kodwa icishe ibe ngu-100mm ubude. Futhi nakuba amasondo abo efaniswa, kunesikhala esithe xaxa kukhabhinethi ye-Rocky ngenxa yegumbi langaphambili elingeziwe namafasitela ajulile. Khona-ke lena i-crossover yasemadolobheni ephelele. Kukhona nohlobo lweToyota olwaziwa ngeRaize osekunedumela kuyona kangangokuthi ike yadayise iCorolla yaseJapan.

Ngaphansi kwe-hood kukhona ongakhetha phakathi kwenjini engu-1.0 litre turbocharged noma engu-1.2-litre enamasondo angaphambili noma wonke amasondo amane ngendlela eguquguqukayo eqhubekayo, kanti ingu-1.2 litre "e-smart" I-hybrid isanda kwethulwa. Njengoba iwumklamo omusha (yethulwe njengemodeli ka-2020), i-Daihatsu ifakwe ubuchwepheshe obuphambili bokuphepha bosizo lwabashayeli, njenge-AEB yokulinganisa ukuphepha kwezinkanyezi ezinhlanu, kanye nazo zonke izinhlelo zemultimedia ezidingekayo.

Kwenziwe e-Japan, Malaysia (njenge-Perodua Ativa) nase-Indonesia, uma i-Toyota ingakhulula i-Daihatsu Rocky endaweni cishe ngama-dollar angu-22,000 ekhaya, sibikezela ukuthi abantu base-Australia bazothutheleka kule SUV encane esesitayeleni.

I-Daihatsu Charade

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Ngo-1977, uDaihatsu wahola lapho kukhishwa i-Charade, imoto yedolobha ehamba phambili enamasondo angaphambili enomzimba ohlanzekile onezicabha ezinhlanu kanye nenjini esebenza kahle enamasilinda amathathu. Lokhu kucaciswa kuchaza ama-supermini amaningi anamuhla.  

Ngemva kwezizukulwane ezine eminyakeni engu-20, le modeli yashintsha yaba i-Sirion 1998 ka-100 yase iba yiBoon ka-2004 (eyakhiwe akekho omunye ngaphandle kwe-Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ's Tetsuya Tada) ngaphambi nje kokuba uDaihatsu anyamalale e-Australia. Ukuhlelwa kabusha okubili kamuva, kwavela uchungechunge lwesithathu lwe-Boon - noma, empeleni, isizukulwane sesishiyagalombili i-Charade.

Kodwa akusiyo le moto esikhuluma ngayo lapha. Uchungechunge olukhona lwe-M2016, olukhishwe ngo-700, kubikwa ukuthi luzohlala isikhashana. Nokho kunokuqagela ukuthi ozothatha izintambo eJapan ngonyaka ozayo angase asekelwe kumaYaris. Ukuthi kuzoba ibheji nje noma ukulungiswa kabusha ngobuwena obuhlukile be-Daihatsu kusazobonakala. 

 Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, ngelogo ethi "D" ku-grille kanye (eqanjwe ngokufanelekile) i-Charade decal endaweni engemuva, okuphuma ku-Yaris supermini okushibhile okushibhile okungama- $20K kuzoba yingoma yangempela e-Australia. 

I-Daihatsu Mivi / Sirion

UDaihatsu uphethe amaphesenti angu-20 esabelo se-Perodua ephethwe nguhulumeni wase-Malaysia futhi uhlinzeka ngobuchwepheshe nezikhombisi-ndlela zamamodeli afana ne-Myvi, enosayizi we-MG3 futhi, okubaluleke nakakhulu, enenani lentengo.

Eyakamuva yake yaba i-Daihatsu Sirion/Boon ephinde yahlaziywa, kodwa imodeli yesizukulwane sesithathu ye-Honda Jazz efana ne-angular yaklanywa futhi yaklanywa nge-Daihatsu ngokukhethekile njengomnikelo wezinga lokungena futhi yathunyelwa ngaphandle ngebheji ye-Sirion ezimakethe ezihlukahlukene.

Inguqulo yakamuva esezingeni eliphezulu ihlinzeka ngezinga eliphezulu lokuphepha njenge-AEB nama-airbag ayisithupha okuhlolwa kokuphahlazeka kwe-ASEAN NCAP yezinkanyezi ezinhlanu ngemali encane, kanye nenjini eyaziwayo engu-1.3-litre kanye ne-1.5-litre yesizukulwane sangaphambilini iYaris. Injini kaphethiloli engu-XNUMX-cylinder enamandla amalitha angu-XNUMX, ehambisana ne-five-speed manual noma four-speed automatic transmission.

Asikhulumi ngobunkimbinkimbi besimanje lapha, kodwa ngamanani entengo endaweni ka-$17,000, iMyvi/Sirion okungenani izonikeza abantu base-Australia enye indlela entsha, eseduze neToyota kune-MG3 kanye (encane) i-Kia Picanto. , nazo zonke izinto ezibalulekile ezifana nokuvikeleka nokuzenzakalelayo, kanye nenani elihloniphekile lesikhala nesivinini.

I-Daihatsu Taft

Cha, hhayi i-hairspray ye-Schwarzkopf, kodwa i-crossover encane yesitayela se-Hammer yabalandeli baka-Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Ihlotshaniswa ne-Rocky SUV encane, i-Taft yayivame ukuhunyushwa ngokuthi "Cool and Almighty Four-Wheeled Touring Vehicle" - igama elake lathokozisa uchungechunge oludumile lwe-4×4 yamaSUV amancane athengiswa e-Australia njenge-F10/F20/ F25/F50 Scat (! ) kusukela maphakathi nawo-70s kuze kube u-1984 (futhi kafushane njengeToyota LD10 Blizzard), kuze kube yilapho kuvela i-Rocky yokuqala.

I-Taft yanamuhla iwubukhazikhazi be-Kei Car obumsulwa bemakethe yasekhaya yase-Japan, okusho ukuthi injini engaphansi kwe-0.7L engamasilinda amathathu kwejwayelekile noma i-turbo, i-CVT, idrayivu yangaphambili noma edonsa ngamasondo amane, ithrekhi ewumngcingo kanye nokuhlalisa okukhulu okunamafutha. Manje kusho futhi Ithuluzi Lokuzijabulisa Eliqinile likaSomandla. Busisa.

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Akuyona iresiphi evamile yempumelelo e-Australia, yebo, kodwa njengenye indlela ye-Suzuki Ignis ngentengo, igqamile futhi inomklamo wangaphakathi opholile kakhulu ohambisana nengaphandle elikhazimulayo. Ikakhulukazi ngeSuzuki Jimny yakhe kanye neToyota FJ Cruiser.

Uma kubiza noma yikuphi kusuka ku-$ 15,500 (isisekelo se-FWD) kuya ku-$ 22,500 (i-flagship i-Turbo AWD) njengaseJapane, i-Daihatsu ingaba i-cult hit ezandleni. Ichaza ukuthi angu-18,000 XNUMX athengiswa kanjani ngenyanga yokuqala ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.

Ingabe uTaft uyahlanya? Ungathanda ukubona amanye amamodeli we-Daihatsu njenge-Rocky ne-Charade ebuyela e-Australia? Sazise. AbakwaToyota bayakwazi ukulalela.