I-Hondas yokuqala yafika kanjani eCalifornia? Lena indaba kaLaurie noBill Manley.

Ngo-1967, uBill noLaurie Manley baya eJapane beyozizwela imoto yokuqala yakwaHonda, i-S360, okubenza baba abathengisi bokuqala ukwethula imarque e-United States.

“Kuzwakala kumnandi,” kucabanga uLaurie noBill Manley lapho bebona i-S360 eSusuk, eJapane, ngo-1967. Ukwazi ukuthi imboni yakwaHonda iwumklomelo wokuthengisa okuvelele kwalolu hlobo lwezithuthuthu, bathola lesi simangaliso. Njengoba sijwayele ezinye izilinganiso, lesi sibonelo sasincane ngempela uma siqhathaniswa nezimoto ezazishayelwa umMelika ovamile. Ngokushesha bathatheka futhi ngokushesha banquma ukuthatha ithuba futhi benze konke ababengakwenza ukuze balithole endaweni yabo ethengisa izinto e-Santa Rosa, eCalifornia. Waqala kanjalo-ke umlando wemoto yokuqala yakwaHonda eMelika.

Umsebenzi wakhe wafezwa eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngo-1969. IHonda yayisivele yaziwa kakhulu e-United States ngezithuthuthu zayo. Ngaleso sikhathi iManlys yayisingumthengisi ohamba phambili womkhiqizo eCalifornia, kodwa imoto engama-intshi angu-122 (isilinganiso sobude bemoto sasingamasentimitha angu-225) yethule inselele yokuthengisa ngisho noma yayinikeza amakhasimende abo, amakhasimende ayo aseduze kakhulu. Naphezu kwalokhu, uBill noLaurie Manley baphikelela esifisweni sabo ngoba base bezazi kakade izinkinga. Bashada ngo-1950 futhi benza izinto eziningi ndawonye, ​​kusukela ekuvuleni indawo yabo yokuthengisa izimoto kuya ezimotweni zomjaho kanye nezindiza ezindizayo ndawonye. Ngo-1959, baqala ukuxhumana nabakwaHonda ukuze badayise izithuthuthu uLaurie ngokwakhe ayezozigijima kamuva.

Kwadlula iminyaka, futhi ngesikhathi bekwazi ukwethula i-N600, ngemva kwe-red tape eyinkulungwane nokubambezeleka, badumala: imoto yayingathengiswa. Abathengi abaningi babemhleka usulu ngenxa yobukhulu bakhe obuncane. UManly wabe esenquma ukuyinikeza njengemoto eshibhile yabafundi basekolishi. Bathengise izibonelo ezimbalwa kuphela kubathengi ababebathanda ngempela, kodwa ngale mpumelelo encane ngokungazi bavula indlela yempumelelo eyayizofika kamuva: i-Accord and Civic. Ngenxa yalokho kunambitheka kokuqala abakunikeza amakhasimende abo, abashayeli baseMelika bathola i-Honda njengomkhiqizi onokwethenjelwa wezimoto ezisheshayo futhi ezonga ngempela. Eminyakeni eyalandela, babenolayini abade bamakhasimende abafuna ukuzama enye yalezi zinhlobo ezimbili ezintsha.

Ngo-2016, i-Honda ibuyisele i-N600 yokuqala ukufika eMelika. Inombolo yemoto (VIN) 1000001 yayibizwa ngokuthi "Serial One". Ngesiteshi sabo se-YouTube, umkhiqizo uveze ukubuyiselwa okuphelele kwe-Tim Mings ngeziqephu eziyi-12, ezaphela ngo-Okthoba 18 walowo nyaka. Zisakazwe njengokuqukethwe okukhethekile futhi azisatholakali. Ngalokhu kubuyiselwa kwaHonda babungaza ifa lale moto encane okwenze yaba ngenye yezinhlobo zezimoto ezihlonishwayo e-United States nasemhlabeni jikelele.

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