ezinyangeni ezedlule umlingani wami U-Alexander ukutshelile ukuthi uphawu lwesiJalimane"imoto edolobheni” uzobe ekhona ekukhuphukeni kwe I-Pikes Peak 2018. Ingeke ikwenze ngemoto kaphethiloli enamandla, eshajwe kakhulu, kodwa enemoto eyisibonelo esidonsa ngamasondo amane esebenza ngogesi. Igama lakhe ngu I-ID yeVolkswagen R Pikes Peak, kanti ngoJuni 24 uzolwela ukuba ngoshesha kakhulu emjahweni wamafu.
Cishe kungenye yamathuba amahle kakhulu ukuthi umdondoshiya waseJalimane awenze ukuzibophezela ekuhambeni okusimeme ngezimoto zikagesi, kodwa futhi bayalwazi uthando lokuncintisana emhlabeni wezimoto olukhona ngakolunye uhlangothi lwechibi. Ngakho-ke, zihlanganisa kahle zombili izingqikithi. Futhi yilokho, usuvele uyazi ukuthi i-scandal ekhishwayo isekhona kakhulu e-United States.
Kepha ukubuyela ku I-ID yeVolkswagen R Pikes Peak, kumelwe siqaphele ukuthi iwumfuziselo omane nje ujabule ngomklamo wayo. Ibukeka njengemoto yomjaho we-LMP1, kodwa ene-twist yekusasa. Iphinde igqamise i ukuguquguquka kwemigqa yayo kanye ne-minimalism, nakuba cishe konke lokhu kuzoshintsha lapho sibona umzimba wakhe ugcwele abaxhasi. Okudabukisayo ukuthi umkhiqizo awufunanga ukwenza ulwazi lobuchwepheshe lube sesidlangalaleni.
AbakwaVolkswagen basitshela ukuthi iVolkswagen ID R Pikes Peak iyinxusa lomndeni wakwa-ID wezimoto zikagesi zesikhathi esizayo nezinhlobonhlobo zemikhiqizo yezemidlalo; Ngakho, ake sikhumbule AbakwaVolkswagen bafuna ukuhlinzeka ngezinhlobo ezingu-20 ezahlukene ezifakwe ugesi ngokugcwele ngo-2025. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuqala kokukhiqizwa kwemoto yokuqala ye-serial yohlu lwe-ID kuhlelelwe ukuphela kuka-2019, ezokhiqizwa eSaxony.
Kunjalo, abaphathi bomkhiqizo abaphezulu ngithathe ithuba lokuphinda ngikhulume ngekusasa likagesi leVolkswagen nokuhamba, kanye ebonisa inkohliso yakhe ngokubuya ukuzoqhudelana ku-Pikes Peak. Ngesikhathi sokugcina iVolkswagen ingenela iPikes Peak Hill Climb, ngo-1987, baphuthelwa ngokulambisa ukunqoba, ngeGalofu enenjini ezimbili eyakha u-652bhp. Sizobona uma, kulesi senzakalo, iVolkswagen ID R Pikes Peak ishesha kakhulu esigabeni sayo ukunqoba amamitha angu-1.500 okuzuza ukuphakama kanye namakhilomitha angu-20 ohambo.