Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Mahindra Pik-Up 2007: Ukuhlolwa Komgwaqo
Iwuhlobo lokugembula umuntu onamanani amsulwa angaluchitha ngokushesha, kodwa uMichael Tynan wenziwa ngezinto eziyingozi kakhulu. "Ngiyajabula ukuthi umphathi wethu wezezimali akekho lapha ukuzozwa lokhu, kodwa ngikholwa ukuthi sitshale imali elinganiselwa ku-$5 million," kusho uTynan, inhloko yomndeni iTynan Motors neTMI Pacific, kuleli sonto ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-India Manufacturing. . I-Mahindra Pick-Up.
Ukubheja ukuthi i-TMI ingakholisa abathengi abanele ukuthi okuqinile okuvela ezwekazini elincane kufanelana kahle nezwe lase-Australia. Inkokhelo iwuphawu lwemakethe yezimoto entsha yase-Australia eqhudelana kakhulu futhi iyindawo kumlando wemboni.
Kungase kube nedola noma amabili kuyo.
“Akuzenzeki,” kusho uTynan. “Sekukhulunywe ngakho, kwavivinywa, kwaphushwa futhi kwaphoqwa iminyaka embalwa manje.
“URob [Low, oyi-CEO yeTynan Group] ubesohambweni oluyimfihlo oluya eKenya ngamcela ukuthi adlule ngaseMahindra abheke imishini.
“Wafona wangitshela ukuthi kungcono ngiye lapho, njengoba konke bekukuhle futhi singase sibe nethuba ... futhi konke kwasuka lapho.”
Lolu hlelo lwafinyelela umvuthwandaba - nokuhlolwa kokuqala kokuthi umdlalo wokugembula uzothela yini - kube ukwethulwa kuleli sonto kwezinhlobo ezine ze-Pik-Up, ezinama-single kanye nama-double cab kuzo zombili i-2x4 ne-4x4. Amamodeli e-Cab kanye ne-chassis ananoma iyiphi inketho yokumisa yangemuva kulindeleke ukuthi atholakale phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa.
Newaranti yeminyaka emithathu, u-100,000 km kanye nezinyanga ezingu-12 zosizo lwe-roadside assistance - isuka ku-$23,990 ku-single cab 4x2 kuya ku-$29,990 nge-double cab 4x4 - intengo ye-Pik-Up nakanjani idonsa amehlo.
Kodwa ungayibizi ishibhile.
“Besazi ukuthi sitholani...
"Iwuhlobo lwendawo ongafuni ukuya kuyo," kodwa besifuna ukuthi ibe inzuzo kakhulu futhi ethembeke kakhulu."
“Esikhathini esithile e-Australia sasinamaloli athwala abalimi nezinye izakhamuzi.
“Eqinisweni, sisanda kubatshela ukuthi bathathe izimoto benze lokho abajwayele ukukwenza ngazo - empeleni bahambe bayozibhidliza - ngemuva kwebanga elingu-12,000 XNUMX km babuye nezinja ezimbalwa kanye nekhangaroo, kodwa lutho olunye. Hhayi nencane inkinga futhi akukho okuwile.
Yilokhu kuqina, ukwamukelwa okusobala kwezithako yilabo abazisebenzisa kakhulu, kanye nenani elincintisanayo i-TMI ethemba ukuthi lingadlula ukuvakasha kwangaphambilini kwe-Mahindra okuyinhlekelele emakethe yase-Australia. Mayelana nalokhu kuqolwa, uMongameli weMahindra Automotive Sector uDkt. Pavan Goenka uyavuma: “Kube yiphutha.
“Isikhathi besingalungile futhi besingakaziswa kahle ngemakethe.
“Lesi sikhathi sihluke ngokuphelele. Senze umsebenzi wethu wesikole futhi, kanye nabalingani bethu be-TMI, siyicabangisise kahle imakethe esingena kuyo. Sazi kahle ukuthi lapho sithengisa imikhiqizo yethu ngaphandle kwaseNdiya, abantu bangase babe nombono mayelana nekhwalithi.
"Sinalokhu engqondweni, thina - nezinye izinkampani eziningi zaseNdiya - sigxile eqophelweni lomkhiqizo wethu, ekuklanyweni nasekukhiqizeni."
UDkt. Goenka uthi nakuba i-Pik-Up ilinganiselwe ngethani elilodwa e-Australia, imoto empeleni ikalelwe ithani lamaNdiya. “Zilayishwa kuze kube yilapho ukumiswa kucishe kuthinte phansi, okungenani amathani amabili,” usho kanje. I-Pik-Up yabelana ngezinto eziningi neSUV Scorpio edume kakhulu yaseNdiya. Ukufana kuphelela ku-B-pillar kuphela, ngoshintsho oluthile kumuntu ongaphansi ukuze kufakwe ithreyi lempahla nokusebenzisa ukumiswa kwangemuva kweqabunga.
Isikhungo sikagesi siyi-turbodiesel engu-2.5-litre ye-CommonRail enesizotha [i-imeyili evikelwe] kanye nobubanzi obuncane be-torque engu-247 Nm phakathi kuka-1800-2200 rpm.
Ngaphakathi injini ingu-2.6 litre, kodwa i-stroke isifinyeziwe ukuze igcine ingaphansi kuka-2.5 litres ezimakethe ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, ikakhulukazi e-Europe.
IDrayivu iphuma ku-five-speed manual transmission - edizayinelwe i-DSI enamagiya ayisithupha ozishintshayo izotholakala ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.
Okujwayelekile kubo bonke ububanzi isiteringi samandla, umehluko olinganiselwe, izitebhisi eziseceleni zensimbi, amalambu enkungu futhi, ezinhlobonhlobo ezingu-4x4, amahabhu okukhiya okuzenzakalelayo kanye nokwenza kusebenze shift kagesi ye-Borg-Warner yekesi lokudlulisa lamasivinini amabili.
Inesilinganiso segiya esingu-1:1 kumarev aphezulu kanye no-1:2.48 kumarev aphansi ane-ground clearance eyanele ukuyenza i-SUV ewusizo.
Isici sokushintsha kukagesi siyashintsha empukaneni sisuka ku-2WD siye ku-4WD, kodwa sidinga ukuma ukuze sishintshele ebangeni eliphansi nangemuva, bese sibuyela ku-2WD, okuhlanganisa nokuhlehla imitha noma amabili ukuze kukhishwe amahabhu. I-Mahindra Pik-Up ngeke iwine imiqhudelwano yonobuhle. Ukubukeka kwayo kungachazwa kangcono ngokuthi yizimboni ezisebenzayo, noma zisemuva kancane.
Idizayini ye-boxy cab ende isho inqwaba ye-headroom ngaphambili nangemuva, kodwa ikhabhu yincane futhi inegumbi elincane lamahlombe. Ukugunda kwangaphakathi kuyindwangu engathukutheli, amapulasitiki aphakathi nendawo kanye ne-carbon fiber print ku-centre console.
Izinto ezijwayelekile zihlanganisa i-air conditioning, amawindi asebenza ngogesi, remote central locking, Kenwood AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio system enamachweba e-USB namakhadi e-SD, i-alamu, immobilizer, isiteringi esitshekile, indawo yokubeka izinyawo zomshayeli, izihlalo zangaphambili/ngemuva. i-window defogger kanye namasokhethi angaphambili/angemuva angu-12-volt.
Okushodayo, okungenani kuze kube uSepthemba, ama-airbag kanye nesistimu ye-ABS yamabhuleki edisc/drum. Nokho, izihlalo ziqinile futhi ziyisicaba kakhulu, kodwa azikhululekile.
Amazinga omsindo, ukudlidliza kanye nobukhali mahle ngokumangalisayo, futhi ikhwalithi yokwakha esuka okungenani ezimotweni ezimbili esizishayelile idinga ukuphawulwa. Imizila yomlilo ephukile, imimango, nezingxenye zamatshe ezibolile azizange zenze umsindo noma umsindo ovela elolini elingalayishiwe.
Injini isebenza kangcono kunezinombolo ezingavuthiwe. Ukusabalala kwetorque eqinile kudinga ukugxilisa ingqondo okuthile uma ungafuni ukushintsha phakathi kwamagiya aye phezulu naphansi, kodwa ibambe izigaba ezikhohlisayo ngaphandle komsindo omkhulu.
I-Throttle actuation ayinembile, kodwa iyinzuzo kuma-revs aphansi ezindaweni ezimbi. I-TMI inethemba lokudayisa ama-pickup angu-600 kulo nyaka ezitolo eziyi-15 zaseNew South Wales ngaphambi kokuwathengisa ezweni lonke.
