Ukudlula iBentley, iRolls Royce, iJaguar, iLand Rover noma i-Aston Martin, uphawu wonke umuntu aluhlanganisa ne-UK luyiMini. Ifemu yodumo, eyasungulwa ngu-Alec Issigonis, isifinyelele izinhliziyo zamakhasimende angakaze acabange ukuthenga enye yamamodeli ayo. Nokho ikusasa lakhe lisemoyeni. I-Brexit izosho ushintsho olukhulu emithethweni yezohwebo nezimboni nayo yonke iYurophu.
Ngakho, I-matrix kaMini ngabe inqume ukuqaphela ukuthi ingenzi amaphutha. I-BMW idinga lesi siginesha ukuze isebenze, kodwa kufanele iqukathe izindleko zokukhiqiza ngangokunokwenzeka, ngaphandle kwalokho bekungeke kwenzeke. Ngokucatshangelwa ukuthi cishe konke ukukhiqizwa kwayo kusezweni lama-Anglo-Saxon, kufanele basebenze ngokuqapha. Futhi kufanele ube serious kuyosho ukulahleka kwezinkulungwane zemisebenzi uma kungenjalo ukuvalwa kwefekthri ukuthi bayasebenza.
I-Mini ikhiqiza ingxenye enkulu yamamodeli ayo e-United Kingdom
Engxoxweni abe nayo nabakwaReuters, okhulumela iBMW udalule lokho amamodeli omkhiqizo wesiNgisi Bazohlala isikhathi eside emakethe. Ingabe lokho ngeke bakhululeke eminyakeni eyisithupha njengoba kufanele. Isizathu sokuhlehlisa umcimbi onjalo ukuthi i-Brexit izosho ukunyuka kwezindleko zokukhiqiza. Lesi simo singqubuzana nohlelo oluqinile lokonga lwe-Bayerische, olulinganiselwa cishe kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-12 ngo-2022.
Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi abaningana, ukuthuthukisa inkundla yesizukulwane esisha esincane kuzobandakanya cishe ibhiliyoni. Kulokhu, kufanele sengeze ukuthi lezi zamanje kufanele zibuyekezwe futhi zihambisane nemithethonqubo yokukhipha umoya. Ngakho-ke, isixazululo sale zibalo silula: nwebisa umjikelezo wempilo futhi wehlise ububanzi bamanje ukuze uqukathe izindleko. Kamuva, bazocabangela ukuthi benzeni ngemigqa yomhlangano.
Okwamanje, abakwaMini bashiya izikhungo abanazo e-Oxford (United Kingdom) naseBorn (Netherlands). Inkinga ukuthi iBMW ayifuni ukwenza utshalomali olukhulu ezweni lase-Anglo-Saxon, njengoba ukungaqiniseki kokubuya kwayo kuphezulu kakhulu. Konke kuzoncika izinga okubekwa ngalo amanani entengo, ukuthi uma behlala phakathi kwamaphesenti angu-0 no-5, ngeke babe yingozi ezithakazelweni zabo. Uma bebade, babengalishiya izwe.
Uma kunjalo, kungaba njalo ifektri etholakala eNetherlands lowo ophethe ukuthatha ingqikithi yokukhiqiza. Nokho-ke kusazobonakala ukuthi bazimisele ukuya kude kangakanani kwaBMW. Honda kakade umemezele esikhathini esithile esidlule ukuthi izovala Swindon ekupheleni 2021 futhi i-PSA Group icabanga ukuthi yenzeni ngeVauxhall.
Umthombo - Reuters