Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Smart Forfour 2005: Ukuhlolwa Komgwaqo

Phezulu kwe-hip-hop kusukela ngosuku aqala ngalo umgwaqo, i-Jazz ikhishwe esihlalweni njengenkosi yomculi we-Smart Forfour.

I-funk factor iqala ngegama elithi Forfour, elikhethwe ngenxa yokuthi iSmart yakamuva yakhelwe abantu abane.

Lokhu kuphinde kusebenzele iFortwo, eyethula lo mkhiqizo futhi esanda kugunyazwa ukupaka izimoto ezimbili endaweni eyodwa emadolobheni amaningi ase-Australia ngoba ingamamitha amathathu kuphela ubude.

Futhi, i-Smart yezemidlalo ibizwa ngokuthi i-roadster. Noma ngabe yini.

Indlela abasakhula ngayo abakwaForfour ibonakala kukho konke kusukela ophahleni lwemoto oluyi-polycarbonate kuya ezicabheni zepulasitiki nodeshibhodi osongwe ngendwangu.

Idizayini namuhla ingenye yemfashini kakhulu emgwaqeni futhi ihlale idonsela ukunaka.

"Hewu! Kuyini lokhu?" U-Annette ubuza ngokushesha lapho ebona u-Forfour.

“Kuhlukile. Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngiyamthanda yini, kodwa uhlukile impela,” kusho uTodd esiteshini.

IForfour iyimoto enjalo nje.

Okwabantu abafuna ukubukwa, abafuna abantu bazi ukuthi bahlukile futhi abakholelwa ukuthi uhlobo lwe-Baby Benz lubaphathele okuthile.

Kodwa Forfour akuyona into ebonakala. Kunoma yikuphi, akunjalo ngempela.

Kuwumphumela wohlelo lokuthuthukisa ngokubambisana neMitsubishi Colt oluhlanganisa yonke into kusukela enjinini kuya phansi, futhi oluhlanganiswe embonini yakwaNedcar eHolland.

Kepha sishayele iColt, futhi iSmart ihluke ngokuphelele. Iyaphila, inhle futhi, akumangazi ukuthi uhlobo lweBenz, lubiza kakhulu.

Kubiza kakhulu ukwenza lokhu ngoba iForfour iqala ngenjini engu-23,900 litre ingu-$1.3. Umuntu angafinyelela ku-$30,000 ngemoto enenjini engu-1.5-litre nezinye izinto zokusebenza ezengeziwe. Lokhu kusesigabeni lapho izimoto eziningi zibiza ngaphansi kuka-$20,000, futhi ngisho ne-Jazz VTi-S esezingeni eliphezulu ibiza u-$21,790.

Noma kunjalo, intengo ayilimazi ukuthengiswa, futhi u-DaimlerChrysler uthi i-Forfour inikeza uhlobo lwe-Smart isithombe esikhulu endaweni yombukiso.

Ukudayiswa kwamaSmarts kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-240 ngenyanga edlule, kusuka ezimotweni ezingama-20 ngoJanuwari 2004 kuya ku-68 kulo nyaka.

Akuzwakali njengokukuningi, kepha kukhombisa ukuthi uhlobo lusondela esilinganisweni esibucayi eludingayo e-Australia.

Akusizi ukuba nezimoto ezinhle uma kungekho ozibonayo, kodwa iForfour yenza kahle kakhulu ngazo zombili.

IForfour yase-Australia iseduze kwezinhlobo ezihlome ngokuphelele ezidayiswa e-Europe futhi inakho konke kusukela ku-air conditioning neCD kuya kumasondo angu-15 inch alloy namawindi kagesi.

U-Smart wamangala ngempendulo yemoto, ikakhulukazi ukuthandwa kwenguqulo ebiza kakhulu ye-1.5-litre, futhi waphoqeleka ukuba enze uhambo olukhethekile oluya eJalimane ukuze abeke izimpahla.

"Wonke umuntu ufuna injini enkulu," kusho umkhulumeli weSmart uTony Andreevski.

“Besicabanga ukuthi abantu bazozwela kakhulu amanani, ngakho si-ode izimoto eziningi ezingu-1.3 litre, kodwa okuphambene nakho kuyiqiniso.”

Uphinde athi i- $1035 Softouch Plus semi-automatic transmission nayo idume kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe.