U-Tata Xenon ute uhamba noTonka
Umbangi omusha wemakethe yezimoto eshibhile umemezele ukufika kwakhe ngeloli lokuhamba elidizayinelwe inhloko yomklamo e-Holden Special Vehicles.
Umsabalalisi wamaloli amasha wase-Australia uTata wethule imoto yohlobo olulodwa ngaphambi kombukiso wezimoto wokuqala walolu hlobo ngenyanga ezayo. I-Tata "Tuff Truck" ayinakwenzeka ukuthi ingene ekukhiqizeni, kodwa ezinye izesekeli ezithuthukiswe endaweni zingase zibe ngokoqobo.
Izimoto zakwaTata zisatshalaliswa inkampani yomndeni wakwa-Walkinshaw ephinde imele i-Holden Special Vehicles, futhi yilapho izinsizakalo zokuklama zika-Julian Quincy zingena khona. Umuntu ofanayo oklame i-HSV GTS entsha ube nesandla ekungezeni izici ezengeziwe. kule tata xenon ute.
“Besifuna ukwakha inqola ekhombisa uthando lwabantu base-Australia ngemvelo kanye nobudlova bendawo yethu,” kusho uDarren Bowler, umqondisi ophethe wabasabalalisi be-Tata Fusion Automotive.
"Ngokuletha u-Julian Quincy kanye nethimba le-Walkinshaw Automotive engineering kanye ne-design ekuthuthukisweni kwemoto yomqondo, sikwazile ukuletha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 yokwakhiwa kwezimoto kanye nesipiliyoni sokumodela emotweni yomqondo."
UQuincy uthe, "Ngicabanga ukuthi indawo ephansi yendiza isiphenduke into efiselekayo ngokwayo, futhi besifuna ukukhombisa ukuthi umklamo we-Xenon usebenza kahle kanjani uma uklanywe ngokucophelela ngokubukeka ukuze uvumelane nemakethe yendawo."
Uhlobo lweTata luzobuyela e-Australia ngenyanga ezayo, kodwa imoto eyaziwa kakhulu ngayo - i-subcompact yasemadolobheni i-Nano, imoto eshibhe kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngo-$2800 - ngeke ibe phakathi kwezinhlobo ezithengiswayo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka, uTata uzokwethula kabusha ulayini omusha wezimoto obizwa ngeXenon bese wengeza izimoto zabagibeli ngonyaka ozayo.
Intengo nolwazi mayelana nemodeli ye-Ute ayikamenyezelwa, kodwa inkampani yathi uhlelo "luzohlinzeka ngezinga eliphezulu lenani kunalokhu okutholakala emakethe okwamanje." Izintengo zamawa aseShayina ziqala ku-$17,990.
Izimoto zakwaTata bezilokhu zidayiswa e-Australia kusukela ngo-1996 ngemva kokuba umsabalalisi waseQueensland eqale ukuzingenisa ukuze zisetshenziswe epulazini. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi sekukhona cishe izimoto ezingama-2500 zama-Tata emigwaqweni yase-Australia. Kodwa kunezimoto eziningi ezenziwe ngamaNdiya emigwaqweni yase-Australia, nakuba zinamabheji angaphandle. Angaphezulu kuka-20,000 ama-Hyundai i20 enziwe e-India ama-hatchbacks kanye nama-Suzuki Alto enziwe e-India angaphezu kuka-14,000 angaphansi kwe-Suzuki Alto asethengiswe e-Australia kusukela ku-2009.
Kodwa ezinye izimoto zohlobo lwaseNdiya azizange zibe nempumelelo enjalo. Ukudayiswa kwezimoto zase-Australia zeMahindra namaSUV kube buthaka kangangokuthi umsabalalisi akakabiki ngakho kuFederal Chamber of the Automotive Industry.
I-Mahindra ute yasekuqaleni ithole izinkanyezi ezimbili kweziyisihlanu ezimbi ekuhlolweni kokuphahlazeka okuzimele futhi kamuva yathuthukiswa yaba izinkanyezi ezintathu ngemuva kwezinguquko zobuchwepheshe. IMahindra SUV ikhishwe ngesilinganiso sezinkanyezi ezine, kanti izimoto eziningi zithola izinkanyezi ezinhlanu. Ulayini omusha wakwa-Tata ute awukabi naso isilinganiso sokuphepha engozini.
Kodwa-ke, umsabalalisi wezimoto omusha uTata e-Australia ukholelwa ukuthi imvelaphi yezimoto izoba yimpumelelo. “Ayikho indawo emhlabeni okunzima ukuhlola izimoto kuyo njengemigwaqo yaseNdiya eqinile nenzima,” kusho umsabalalisi wezimoto osanda kuqashwa eTata Australia uDarren Bowler weFusion Automotive.
I-Tata Motors, okuyinkampani enkulu yezimoto yase-India, yathenga i-Jaguar ne-Land Rover kwaFord Motor Company ngoJuni 2008 phakathi nenhlekelele yezimali emhlabeni wonke. Ukuthengwa kwenza u-Tata wakwazi ukuthola abaklami nonjiniyela be-Jaguar kanye ne-Land Rover, kodwa u-Tata usazokwethula uhlobo olusha ceke ngokufaka kwabo. I-Tata Xenon ute yakhululwa ngo-2009 futhi idayiswa eNingizimu Afrika, Brazil, Thailand, Middle East, Italy naseTurkey.
Le ntatheli kuTwitter: @JoshuaDowling
