Imithetho yokonga amafutha ezimotweni ezincane

Imininingwane yemboni ekhishwe kuleli sonto ikhombisa ukuthi ukukhula kwangempela emakethe kube izimoto ezine-cylinder ezingaphansi kwama- $ 25,000.

Lesi sigaba esibizwa nge-passenger segment, ukudayiswa kwezimoto kulesi sigaba senyuke ngo-22.7% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, kanti ingxenye enkulu yezimoto yehle ngesibalo esifanayo. Izimoto ezithwala abantu zikhule ngo-31.4% ngenyanga edlule uma kuqhathaniswa no-Agasti nyakenye.

Umqondisi omkhulu weFederal Chamber of the Automotive Industry, uPeter Sturrock, uthi lo mkhuba ukhule ngesivinini kule minyaka embalwa edlule, njengoba ukushesha kwakamuva kubangelwa amanani aphezulu kaphethiloli.

"Hhayi-ke, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthi zonga kakhulu, zincane futhi zibiza kancane ukuzithenga, futhi kubiza kancane ukuziqhuba," kusho uSturrock.

Zingu-10,806 77,650 14,346 izimoto ezidayiswe ngenyanga edlule kanti ezingu-14,990 2673 18,064 kulo nyaka okuyizi-XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX ukwedlula ezangonyaka odlule. Ezihamba phambili kulayini iToyota Yaris, enenani eliqala ku-$XNUMX, eyaqopha ukuthengiswa kuka-$XNUMX XNUMX ngo-August, okwenza isiphelele esidayisiwe sonyaka sifinyelele ku-$XNUMX.

Okwengeza kuleso sibalo i-304 Echos Toyota esele idayiswe kulo nyaka, ngaphambi kokuthi kushintshwe i-nameplate ukuze ifane nebheji le-Yaris elisetshenziswa e-Europe.

Iqanjwe ngamakilabhu ezimoto ase-Australia eqanjwe yi-Best Subcompact Car ka-2005, iGetz encane yakwaHyundai nayo yakhula, namamodeli angu-1738 athengiswe ngenyanga edlule kanye namamodeli angu-13,863 ngonyaka, okuwukukhula ngo-18.4% esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.

Izintengo ze-Getz ziqala ku-$13,990 futhi zikhuphukele ku-$18,380. Imoto eshibhe kakhulu emakethe, i-Holden Barina, eqala ku-$13,490, ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu ekuthengisweni kwengxenye ngezimoto ezingu-1091 ezithengiswe ngo-August futhi zidayiswa kulo nyaka.

IBarina ilandelwa yiSuzuki Swift, Honda Jazz neKia Rio, ngayinye eqophe phakathi kuka-5500 no-6800 kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka kanye nokudayiswa okungaphansi kuka-100 ngo-Agasti.

USturrock uthi nakuba amanani kaphethiloli ekhuthaza ukushintshela kulezi zimoto, ukubiza kahle kwemali nakho kuyaheha abathengi.

Uthi: “Izimoto ezincane manje sezihlome kahle kakhulu. “Eminyakeni embalwa edlule bebengamamodeli ayisisekelo, kodwa manje sebehlome ngezokuphepha kanye nezinhlelo zokulwa nokweba, ukuvikela abangaphakathi, ama-airbag kanye ne-ABS, futhi bavame ukuba nokulawula ukuzinza ngogesi.”

Izigaba ezitholakala ezimotweni ezifana neYaris neGetz zihlanganisa ama-airbag angaphambili, iCD system ehambisana neMP3, air conditioning, amawindi kagesi, central locking ne-ABS. Abanye baze bafike nobuchwepheshe be-electronic brake force distribution kanye ne-anti-skid technology.

I-Barina ka-Holden inikeza isimo somoya njengesijwayelekile, isici okufanele sithengwe njengenketho kusisekelo se-VE Commodore Omega ngama- $34,990. IHyundai Getz iphinde inikeze iwaranti yeminyaka emihlanu noma u-130,000 km webanga.

Okhulumela iToyota uMike Breen uthi lesi sigaba siphinde sinikeze ezinye izimoto ezisetshenziswayo.

“Ngezinto ongazikhetha uma uthola imoto entsha sha, kanjalo newaranti yemoto entsha, iyathandeka, ikakhulukazi kubantu abasha,” usho kanje. Futhi kubonakala sengathi lezi zimoto ezincane zithengwa yizinhlobonhlobo zabathengi, kusukela kubafundi kuya emindenini kuya kwabathatha umhlalaphansi.

Okhulumela abakwaHyundai, uRichard Power, uthi ama-subcompact akhe eGetz ne-Accent afunwa kakhulu ngabashayeli abahlukene.

“Sinedlanzana labantu abasha abayithenga njengemoto yabo yokuqala entsha, futhi kukhona ukwethembeka kubashayeli asebekhulile abangasayidingi imoto enkulu futhi abakhangwa kakhulu iwaranti ende,” usho kanje. Sekukonke, imakethe yezimoto yehle ngo-3.4% unyaka nonyaka, kwadayiswa izimoto ezingu-642,383, zehle zisuka ezimotweni ezingu-22,513 ngo-2005. U-August naye wehlile ezimotweni ezingu-4516.

Esigabeni sezimoto ezincane ukudayiswa kwenyuke ngo-3% unyaka kuze kube yimanje, kanti iToyota Corolla izihola phambili njengoba ngo-Agasti kudayiswe angu-4147 31,705 kanti kulo nyaka kudayiswe angu-1.3 244 XNUMX. Kodwa ukuthengiswa kwezimoto ezincane nakho kwehle kancane ngenyanga edlule, ngo-XNUMX%, noma izimoto ezingama-XNUMX.

USturrock uthi nakuba ingxenye enkulu yezimoto inciphe ngezimoto ezingu-26,461, iseyingxenye ebalulekile yemakethe.

Uthi: “Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, liye lehla lisuka kulokho elaliyikho lafinyelela kulokho eliyikho namuhla. “Kodwa kusengamaphesenti angaba ngu-25 emakethe yezimoto. Ubona isasasa elikhulu ngeHolden Commodore entsha kanye neToyota Camry entsha, futhi ukusabela kube kuhle.”

OKUDAYISWAYO

IToyota Yaris 18,368

IHyundai Getz 13,863 XNUMX

Holden Barina 9567

ISuzuki Swift 6703

IHonda Jazz 5936

IKia Rio 5579

I-Ford Fiesta 4407

Mazda2 3934

IHyundai Accent 3593

I-Mitsubishi Colt 1516

IVolkswagen Polo 1337

IPeugeot 206 1071

I-Citroen C3 486

IProton Wits 357

i-smart fort 326

I-Renault Clio 173

I-Citroen C2 139

smart forfour 132

I-Fiat Punto 113

I-Daihatsu Sirion 40

I-Proton Satria 9

ISuzuki Ignis 1

*Umthombo: VFacts (ukuthengiswa kwezimoto ngo-2006 kuya ekupheleni kuka-August).

Qaphela: Ukuthengiswa kwe-Yaris kufaka phakathi ukuthengiswa kwe-304 Echo.

ishibhile

Holden Barina kusuka ku-$13,490

IHyundai Getz iqala ku-$13,990

I-Proton Savvy iqala ku-$13,990

IToyota Yaris iqala ku-$14,990

I-Hyundai Accent iqala ku-$15,990

I-Mitsubishi Colt isuka ku-$15,990

I-Suzuki Swift isuka ku-$15,990

I-Ford Fiesta iqala ku-$15,990

I-Honda Jazz iqala ku-$15,990.

I-Kia Rio isuka ku-$15,990

I-Mazda2 isuka ku-$16,335

IPeugeot 206 isuka ku-$16,990

IVolkswagen Polo isuka ku-$16,990