Ingabe u-Alfa Romeo angaba mkhulu futhi? Okufanele kwenziwe uhlobo oludumile ukuze luqhudelane noTesla e-Italy | Umbono
I-SUV entsha ka-Tonale iwukubheka kwethu okokuqala ikusasa lika-Alfa Romeo, kodwa ingabe iyisinyathelo esibheke endleleni engafanele?
Isinyathelo sokuqala esikhulu sika-Alfa Romeo selokhu ahamba ngaphansi kwesambulela saseStellantis kube ukwethulwa kweTonale ngesonto eledlule. Ukufika kwale SUV encane kuletha uhlelo lohlobo lwe-Italian ekunikezwayo okuthathu, eduze kwe-Giulia sedan ephakathi nendawo kanye ne-Stelvio SUV.
I-Tonale ibukeka isesitayeleni futhi iletha ugesi ohlotsheni olunezitezi ukulungiselela ushintsho olukhulu eminyakeni ezayo, kodwa lokho mancane amathuba okuba kuphazamise amabhodi e-BMW noma i-Mercedes-Benz.
Lokhu kuzozwakala njengomqondo ongavamile kwabanye benu - kungani i-BMW ne-Mercedes kufanele bazihluphe ngomkhiqizo omncane njengo-Alfa Romeo, ochithe ingxenye engcono kakhulu yamashumi amabili eminyaka edlule uthengisa ama-hatchback akwa-Fiat agqokisiwe?
Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi amashumi eminyaka, i-Alfa Romeo ibilokhu iyimpendulo yase-Italy kwaBMW, inkampani ebikhiqiza izimoto ze-premium ezinobuhlakani obunamandla. Inkinga nje ukuthi sekuphele cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane kusukela kulezo "zinsuku ezimnandi" ze-Alfa Romeo.
Ngakho-ke i-Alfa Romeo iphinda iwuthole kanjani umlingo wayo futhi ibe uphawu oluhle futhi? Impendulo cishe ayikho kumqondo we-compact SUV. Ibukeka iyinhle iTonale kodwa ukube uhlelo lwakwaBMW luhlanganisa i-3 Series, X3 neX1, kungakuhle ukusho ukuthi bekungeke kube yile moto ewubukhazikhazi okuyiyo namuhla.
Inkinga ye-Alfa Romeo ukuthi kulesi sigaba sokuthuthuka kwayo kunzima kakhulu (futhi kuyabiza) ukufanisa izinhlobo zeBMW, Benz kanye ne-Audi. Kanjalo, isikhulu sakwa-Alfa Romeo, uJean-Philippe Impartaro, ofake iStellantis, kumele acabange ngaphandle kwebhokisi aqhamuke neqhinga elizophinda lenze isiphakamiso esihehayo endaweni ephithizelayo yezimoto zikanokusho.
Ngenhlanhla, nginemibono embalwa, Jean-Philippe.
Sekuvele kumemezele ukuthi uhlobo luzokwethula imodeli yalo yokuqala kagesi wonke ngo-2024, ngohlelo lukagesi wonke ekupheleni kweminyaka eyishumi. Okungikhathazayo wukuthi lezi zinhlobo zama-EV ezintsha ngeke zibe izimoto ezihehayo, zingaphambani nezinhlelo zakwa-Audi, BMW neMercedes zokukhipha inqwaba yama-EV iningi lawo asevele akhona.
Yingakho u-Impartaro neqembu lakhe kumele babe nesibindi futhi benze into entsha kakhulu futhi bayeke ukuzama ukuncintisana namaJalimane "Big Three". Esikhundleni salokho, okuqondiwe kangcono kungaba uTesla, uhlobo oluncane, lwesitolo sezitolo olunabalandeli abaqotho nabanothando (lokho u-Alfa Romeo ayenabo).
U-Impartaro waze waveza uhlelo olunjalo ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Tonale, ethi angathanda ukubuyisa imodeli eshintshwayo ngomoya we-Duetto yodumo. Ubuye wakhuluma ngokuvusa i-nameplate ye-GTV, okungafanele ibe nzima (inqobo nje uma isemotweni ehloniphekile).
Njengoba i-Alfa Romeo manje isinensimbi eyodwa emshinini omkhulu we-Stellantis, izinhlobo ezinkulu (zakwamanye amazwe okungenani) njenge-Peugeot, i-Opel ne-Jeep kuzodingeka zigxile ekunyuseni izinga levolumu ngenkathi inkampani yase-Italy igxilisa amandla ayo ekwakheni izimoto ezimangalisayo ezibuyela emuva. inkazimulo. izinsuku.
Futhi kuthiwani nge-GTV trio esebenza ngogesi wonke kanye ne-Duetto sports coupe futhi eshintshwa ngeqhawe lemoto enkulu njengenguqulo enkulu, ethuthukisiwe esebenza ngebhethri ye-4C? Uma kubhekwa ukuguquguquka kwezingxenyekazi ze-EV, ungakha womathathu esakhiweni esicishe sifane futhi usebenzise ubuchwepheshe obufanayo be-powertrain.
Yiqiniso, kanye nalawa mamodeli, amamodeli afana ne-Tonale, u-Giulia no-Stelvio (ikakhulukazi ukushintshwa kwemoto kagesi) kufanele avele. Lokhu kuzonikeza i-Alfa Romeo uhlelo olukwazi ukuncintisana ne-Tesla Model 3, Model Y, Model X kanye (ekugcineni) ne-Roadster, kodwa enenqolobane evela ekubeni uhlobo oludala kakhulu kanye nengxenye yeqoqo lezimoto.
Ingabe lokhu engikuphakamisayo kuwuhlelo olunenzuzo kakhulu esikhathini esifushane? Cha, kodwa umbono wesikhathi eside futhi kufanele ubaluleke kumkhiqizo oneminyaka engu-111 kodwa osusebenze kanzima iminyaka engamashumi amane edlule.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi u-Alfa Romeo wenzani ngaphansi kwe-Stellaantis, kufanele kube uhlelo olucacile ukuthi, ngokungafani nemibono embalwa edlule emikhulu, empeleni lufezeke. Uma kungenjalo, lolu hlobo lomkhiqizo oluhle kakhulu luzobhekana nekusasa elingaqinisekile.
