2006 Ukubuyekezwa kweProton Savvy
Umngane uthenge imoto entsha ngesonto eledlule. Lokhu akuyona into engavamile, kodwa akazange akhethe imoto umuntu ayengayilindela. Lena iProton Savvy ebomvu enomshini ozishintshayo oshintshwayo. Imoto yomntwana yaseMalaysia yayingekho ohlwini lwakhe lokuthenga ekuqaleni, wabe esefunda ngayo futhi phakathi nesonto yangena.
Kungani? Ngoba inani lilungile, ngoba libukeka lihle, futhi ngoba wayecabanga ukuthi kumnandi ukugibela. Wayengathenga i-Holden Barina, iHyundai Getz, nanoma iyiphi enye imoto encane ebangeni lentengo engu-$15,000, kodwa wanquma ukuthi i-Savvy izizwa iqinile futhi inemidlalo ngemuva kwesondo.
Lezi yizindaba ezinhle kwaProton, ekholelwa ukuthi yakha izimoto ezishayela ngesivinini esithe ukuhluka kancane. Wethule uhlobo olusha lokushayela oluholwa yi-GEN-2 hatchback futhi manje i-Savvy, ne-coupe entsha ye-Satria ebuyela ekhaya futhi ilibangise ku-Down Under ngonyaka ozayo.
Kodwa i-Proton isazabalaza ukuthola indawo e-Australia futhi isilahlekelwe ukuthengiswa kanye nesabelo sendlu njengoba ibhekene nokuncintisana okuqinile ngaphandle kwezinhlamvu ezanele zokuncintisana.
ISavvy yakhelwe ngokukhethekile iMalaysia kanti ekuqaleni yayizobizwa ngeSassy kuze kube lowo owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu ebona ukuthi izohlukanisa abantu abasha okungenzeka bayithande le moto.
Ngakho incane - ngisho incane kuneGetz - futhi inenjini engu-1.2-litre kuphela. Kodwa inani lihle, futhi azikho ezinye izimoto ezingu-$13,990 ezifika nama-airbag amabili, amabhuleki e-skid, i-air conditioning, amasondo e-alloy, kanye nensiza yokupaka yangemuva.
ISavvy iyonga kuphethiloli futhi inesilinganiso esisemthethweni esingu-5.7L/100km; isibalo esincomekayo uma siqhathaniswa neGetz engu-7.1 litres, iFord Fiesta engu-7.5 litres kanye neBarina angu-7.8.
Lokhu kwenziwa lula ngesisindo esiphelele esingaphansi kwe-1000 kg. I-Proton ithi inomzimba oqine kakhulu, iqedwe kahle, iqinile futhi ilungele abathengi bokuqala.
Kodwa amandla awayona into ekhethekile: angu-55kW kuphela kanye nebanga lika-0-km/h ebangeni elingu-100 isekhondi. Imishini esebenza ngomshini ihlanganisa u-gearbox onamagiya amahlanu ashintshwayo, kodwa iProton inomshini ozishintshayo onamagiya amahlanu (ayikho i-clutch, kodwa kusamele ushintshe amagiya nge-lever) esuka kwaRenault.
Iqembu lokuqala lama-Savvys selidayiswe aphela kanti iProton Cars Australia ikholelwa ukuthi konke kuzohamba kahle njengoba abantu abaningi bebona i-compact compact emgwaqeni. I-Savvy akuyona imoto ehamba phambili ekilasini. Lokho kuhlonishwa kungokweFord Fiesta.
Nokho inakho ukukhanga. Futhi kubukeka kukuhle. Futhi akudingeki uthenge igesi eningi. Uma ushayela i-Savvy, uyabona ukuthi incane, ngisho nasekilasini elincane, kodwa isazwakala iqinile. Lawo mandla avela esakhiweni somzimba esiyisisekelo, ukumiswa kanye nokuqondisa ukuze kunikeze ukudonsa okuhle. Izimoto eziningi ezincane zizizwa zilula futhi zinyakaza, kodwa hhayi iProton.
Futhi inamabhakede angaphambili asekelayo, amathuluzi alula kodwa asebenzayo, isistimu yomsindo ethembekile nendawo eyanele yabantu abadala abahlanu.
Ijika kahle, ibambe kahle futhi ihlale ikwazisa ukuthi kwenzakalani ngemuva kwesondo.
Kodwa injini ayilokothi ibe nomsindo ikakhulukazi, ngisho noma ushaya umugqa obomvu, nakuba kunetorque ebangeni elimaphakathi. Kodwa inkokhelo ifika kumaphampu, futhi asibanga nenkinga yokonga u-6.L/100km ngesikhathi sihlola umgwaqo, okube nemiphumela engcono kakhulu kuthelawayeka nakuba injini ibigijima ngaphezu kuka-3000 100 rpm ku-XNUMXkm/h.
Imanuwali enamagiya amahlanu inezilinganiso zamagiya ahlukaniswe kahle, kodwa sibe nenkinga yokukhetha igiya lokuqala futhi kwesinye isikhathi sishintshe libe elilodwa noma amabili.
Kodwa lapho ukupaka, akukho nhlobo idrama, izibani zangaphambili zilungile, futhi ibhonasi yokuphepha esesimweni samabhuleki okulawula ukudonsa kanye ne-radar yokupaka ihlanganisa. Lezi zakhi zizokwenza umehluko omkhulu ku-Proton kumagumbi ombukiso.
