Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Smart City Coupe 2004: ukuhlolwa komgwaqo

Yakhelwe njenge-Swatch yezwe lamasondo futhi iqondiswe kubantu abasha ababekwazi ukubona amandla okugijima okuhlangene emadolobheni aminyene aseYurophu.

I-Australia Smart yenqatshwa kabili ngaphambi kokuba umbuso owawudlondlobala we-DaimlerChrysler ubone ukuthi wawungathatha i-Down Under, nokuthi uhlobo lwezingane lwaluzogcina seluyinkampani yezimoto egcwele intsha eqinile elandela.

Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi kusize ukuthi abangenisi abazimele balethe izimoto ezi-Smart ezifakwe i-phone booth e-Australia, bedlula iziteshi ezisemthethweni, futhi bekwenza lokho ngamanani angenzanga lutho ukukhuthaza impumelelo yesikhathi eside. Kubiza kakhulu ngokwesimiso.

Manje sesidlulile ekusungulweni kweCoupe yeDolobha neshintshwayo, njengoba kudayiswe angu-58 ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala zika-2004, futhi sibhekene ne-sporty roadster.

Lena imoto yokuqala exabanisa iSmart nomncintiswano wangempela.

Eqinisweni, ayikho into engaqhudelana namawele eDolobha, mancane kakhulu ungawapaka emakhaleni ngaphandle kokushayisana nesiminyaminya. Uma udinga imoto yedolobha, uzoyithola. Umdlalo uphelile.

Kodwa i-Roadster, ngisho nenzuzo enkulu ye-$ 37,990 kanye nesitayela esivelele, kuzodingeka iwine amakhasimende avela ezinhlobonhlobo zezimbangi.

Isenenjini engu-700cc Suprex turbo kuphela, kodwa siningi isikhala ngemuva ngababili, ine-pop-up sunroof kanye nenqwaba yemishini ehlanganisa i-air conditioning, amasondo e-alloy, i-remote central locking, amawindi kagesi nezibuko.

Izimbangi ezingase zibe yimidlalo futhi ziyimfashini, njengoba i-Roadster izoqhubeka nokuba isitatimende semfashini kubanikazi abaningi.

Ngakho-ke nakuba i-roadster ibukeka ifana ne-Lotus Elise, izophinde ikhuphuke ngokumelene ne-VW Beetle convertible, i-Peugeot 206CC kanye ne-Daihatsu Copen eyisiphukuphuku ngempela.

Izophinde idayiswe esikhundleni seToyota MR2, enenjongo efanayo kodwa enkulu futhi esindayo ngenani eliphezulu.

Idizayini ye-Roadster iyona kanye obungayilindela emotweni yezemidlalo, enomzimba wepulasitiki ophansi oboshwe ngokuqinile emasondo ekhoneni ngalinye.

Inamajika amahle kanye ne-hardtop eneziqephu ezimbili eyenzelwe ukugcinwa esiqwini esingashoni ngemuva kwekhebhu nangaphezulu kwenjini.

I-Smart ibeka ukugcizelela okukhulu ku-rigid roll cage ye-Tridion, ifuna ukuvikelwa okuphakeme kokuphahlazeka.

I-manual package iqala ngenjini engu-60kW ehambisana no-gearbox oshintshwayo olandelanayo.

Idonsa ngamasondo angemuva kanti onjiniyela bakwaSmart baze bafaka amasondo abanzi emsileni ukuze kuthuthuke amakhona amakhona alawulwa yi-electric power-assisted rack-pinion steering.

Endleleni eya

UMA ungena ku-Smart Roadster ulindele ulwazi oluphelele lwemoto yezemidlalo, khona-ke . . . Hhayi-ke, uzodumala.

Kuyajabulisa futhi kunekhono, kodwa akukho ndawo eduze kweNissan 350Z. USmart uthi kuthatha imizuzwana engu-10.9 ukushaya u-100 km/h, futhi maningi ama-sedan omndeni ajwayelekile angenza kangcono.

Kodwa i-Roadster inomphetho obukhali futhi ibukeka kahle kakhulu.

Kuzodingeka usebenze kanzima - uma uneminyaka engaphezu kuka-20 - ukuze wehlele esaluni, kodwa kuyalingana futhi kunokuningi okujabulisayo ongaba nakho.

Izihlalo ziyaseseka, isiteringi sizwakala kahle, kanti nokwakhiwa kwensimbi kukhombisa ukucabanga okukhaliphile okuhambisana ne-twist yentsha.

Indawo kakhiye ayilindelekile ngoba ufihlwe ku-B-pillar ngemuva kwegiya lever. Kodwa isebenza kahle impela.

Vula ukhiye futhi uzozwa umlilo ongahluziwe uqhuma emabhodweni amathathu ngemva nje kwekhanda lakho.

Ukusebenza komsindo kuhlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo zama-chugs, amakhwela nama-burps uma uhamba, futhi noma ubani ojabulela ukukhala kwe-Subaru WRX uzojabulela umsindo. Sithole kuhlekisa.

I-Smart Coupe ayinamandla kangako noma iyashesha kangako, kodwa izwakala imnandi. Kuphendula kahle uma usegiyeni elifanele, futhi uhlezi uzwa sengathi imoto izimisele ngokukusiza.

U-gearbox nokho uyaphika. Uma uyisebenzisa mathupha, iyaphuza ukuphendula kunoma yimiphi imiyalo futhi iziba ngokuphelele izicelo zesilinganiso esiphansi, ishintshela kulayini obomvu.

Akulungile uma ugijima phakathi kwamakhona futhi ufuna ukubamba igiya.

Imodi ezenzakalelayo nayo iyadumaza, namashifu ahamba kancane kanye nokukhahlela phansi okungathandi. Siyisebenzise kuthrafikhi yedolobha, kodwa i-Smart idinga ngempela umsebenzi othile ukuze ifane kangcono nephakheji ye-Roadster.

U-Smart uthi kuvuselela umuzwa we-purist wenkathi yangaphambilini, futhi lokho kuyiqiniso.

Kuzwakala kukuzungezile futhi, njenge-Lotus Elise ebiza kakhulu, uhlale wazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngemuva kwesondo.

Iphinde ikukhuthaze ukuthi ubambe amakhona, noma yimaphi amakhona, ngokufaka okusheshayo esiteringini kanye ne-throttle eningi.

Inokulinganisela okuhle kwamakhona nokubamba okuhle. Ngakho-ke i-chassis ehlaba umxhwele ephatha ama-bump amaningi futhi, nakuba ishaya imigodi futhi kunomsindo omkhulu ovela ku-chassis kunokuba singathanda.

Kunzima ukuqhathanisa iRoadster nezimbangi zayo kwazise abantu abaningi bazoyithenga ngoba bethanda indlela ebukeka ngayo.

Iminyene esikhaleni futhi ayinaso isikhala esiningi semithwalo, kodwa kumnandi kakhulu ukushayela kuneBeetle Cabrio noma iPeugeot 206CC.

Iseduze kakhulu ne-MR2, kodwa inomuzwa ogxile kakhulu.

Njengesitebhisi esiya esikhathini esizayo, kufakazela futhi ukuthi i-Smart ingaphezu nje kwedokodo locingo kumasondo.