Ngaba abemi boMzantsi Afrika baza kuyithenga i-double cab yaseTshayina ye-R1-million?
I-GWM iphezulu kuluhlu lwe-P500 hybrid double cab inokuvavanya amaxabiso kunye nemida yobuchwepheshe kubathengi beeveni baseMzantsi Afrika. Ngaba imiselwe ukuba ihlupheke ngendlela efanayo neMercedes-Benz X-Class, ethe yasilela ukufumana abalandeli abanamandla kwimarike yasekhaya?
Iiveni ezininzi ezibalulekileyo ziye zaphehlelelwa kwimarike yalapha kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, apho amaxabiso ee-double cab ezahlukeneyo ziye zaphula i-R1-million.
IRanger Raptor yakwaFord yatshintsha indlela abanini beeveni abajonga ngayo ukuqhuba ngesantya esiphezulu ngaphandle kwendlela, kunye nokhuphiswano-spec double cab ukusuka kumgangatho wokuthengisa; I-Land Cruiser yamva nje ye-70-Series ibonise ukuba ungabiza imali entsha ngetekhnoloji endala kakhulu; ngokuchaseneyo, i-Mercedes-Benz X-Class yayisisifundo sokuthobeka kwiNkwenkwezi etsolo-ntathu – imodeli yangqina ukuba ibheji yobumnandi ayiqhathi abathengi basekhaya.
I-X-Class yaba kukuphoxeka okukhulu kuMercedes-Benz, kodwa iyakhumbuleka ngesizathu esinye – inike uMzantsi Afrika iveni entsha yokuqala ye-R1-million. Xa iincwadi zokuodola zavulwa ngasekupheleni kuka-2018 kwaye iiveni ze-X-Class zafika kubathengisi kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2019, inguqulelo ye-V6 yaxabisa i-R1 yesigidi.
Namhlanje, kukho iiveni ezininzi ze-double cab ezixabisa i-R1-million. Kodwa ngaba abathengi beeveni baseMzantsi Afrika (abadume ngokunyanisekileyo) baya kukulungela ukuhlawula isigidi seerandi kwi-double cab entsha eveliswe luhlobo lweveni yaseTshayina? Ukusukela oko kwasungulwa i-P500 yakwaGWM, lo mbuzo uye waba yingxoxo-mpikiswano yebakki okwangoku.
Ekuqaleni koo-2010, xa uninzi lweebakkie zamaTshayina eziye zagxalathelana ukungena eMzantsi Afrika ekuqaleni koo-2000 ziye zaphelelwa kurhwebo lwasekhaya, i-GWM yahlala. I-Steed double cabs yayo (yelo xesha) yayingeyonto intle kwaye ithengiswe ngomtsalane wobuchwephesha obusetyenzisiweyo baseJapan ngamaxabiso aphantsi kakhulu.
I-GWM ithe gqolo utyalo-mali ngokutsha kuphuhliso lwemveliso yeveni, okukhokelele ekuphindaphindeni kwakhona kwe-Steed kwaye, xa i-P-Series yafika ekupheleni kuka-2020, kwabonakala ukuba ii-bakkie zesigebenga seemoto saseTshayina zihambele phambili kakhulu. I-P-Series ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyeyokuqala iveni yaseTshayina eyayinokukhuphisana neempawu zemveli zaseJapan nezaseMelika ngesakhono namava okuqhuba, ingelilo nje ixabiso.
Akukho mbuzo wokuba i-GWM iphuhlise ulwazi lophawu kunye nokuthembeka, kodwa batyalwe njani abathengi bayo kwi-nameplate ye-P-Series, njengoko iqhubela phambili inyuka? Indlela yodwa yokuvavanya oko lixabiso. Yile nto kanye iza kuyenza iP500 entsha (eyaziswa eMzansi ekupheleni kuka-Agasti 2024).
Enkulu, engqindilili (P-Series) P500 inika amandla kancinane enjini ye-2.4-litre turbodiesel kunye ne-petroli-electric hybrid derivative ephuma kuluhlu oluphezulu oluxabisa i-R100 kuphela ye-R1 yesigidi. Kulapho kuye kwavela khona ingxoxo-mpikiswano: ingaba abemi boMzantsi Afrika baya kukhetha i-R1-million ye-GWM P500 ngaphezu kweToyota Hilux okanye iFord Ranger?
