Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sakutshela lokho izinsizwa zakwa Prodrive zaziphezulu Cha? Ukuze singalahleki, baphinde bashicilela amazwibela lapho ungabona khona indiza ebheke eceleni yemodeli. Kodwa ukuze ukuhlupheka kube kukhulu, baphinde bathatha ithuba lokushiya a Ukuqokwa kwezohwebo: Iphrofayili ye-P25. Ngakho, okokufaka, akuzange kusho okuningi, kodwa uma sibheka emuva izinto zashintsha. Futhi siwuthandile umphumela...
Kangangokuthi umzuzwana wanele ukuthi sikubone lokho le Prodrive P25 engaqondakali yayimayelana nenganekwane ka-1997 i-Subaru Impreza WRX.. Ngeke kusaba khona njengoba imigqa yedizayini yemodeli yoqobo kanye naleyo yamazwibela ilandelwe ngamunye ngamunye. Ngakho njengoba sebesho ngokusemthethweni ukuthi yiziphi izinhlelo zabo, sonke thina balandeli sesiqale ukuconsa amathe. Isizathu? Hhayi-ke, qhubeka ufunda, ngoba kuzokunikeza isifo senhliziyo nokukhuluphele kakhulu…
Kuzokwenziwa amayunithi angama-25 kuphela eProdrive P25 futhi wonke azodlula amandla amahhashi angu-400...
Njengoba ubona emdwebeni abawusabalalisile i-Prodrive P25 iwukuhunyushwa kabusha kwe-'97 Impreza WRX kanye ne-22B. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imodeli efanayo lapho, ukuze ikhange nakakhulu, kusetshenziswe uchungechunge lwezinguquko zobuhle nezobuchwepheshe. Ngakho-ke, ngaphambili uzobona amalambu enkungu amakhulu naphansi e-22B kanye nezibuko ezisemaceleni ezifana nalezo zemoto ye-rally. Inkinga ukuthi sibhekene nomdwebo futhi imininingwane yokugcina ayithembekile...
Yebo, amasondo ane-multi-spoke Prodrive ukuthi, okwesikhathi, ushiye ithoni yethusi yakudala. Isigaba esingenayo imininingwane sivela ngaphakathi, ngoba umkhiqizo awukashicileli isithombe. Mayelana noomakhenikha, kufanele sikhombise ukuthi ama-P25 agibela a 2,5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder boxer block enamandla angaphezu kuka-400 hp. Ekuphathweni kwayo ithembela ku-gearbox oyi-6-speed semi-automatic onama-paddles esiteringini.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa ukusetshenziswa kakhulu kwe-carbon fiber Izoba ne-chassis elula kakhulu. Futhi lapha kuphakama umbuzo okufanele ucatshangelwe: ingabe i-Prodrive ikhiqiza i-P25 kusukela ekuqaleni noma inokusekelwa yi-Subaru? Okwamanje akwaziwa kodwa bakukhombisile lokho bazokhiqiza amayunithi angama-25 kuphela ngentengo engaziwa. Ngokusho kukaDavid Richards, umongameli weProdrive…
"I-Impreza 22B yasekuqaleni ithathwa njengeyisakhiwo sodumo seSubarus futhi ifunwa kakhulu.. Besifuna ukuthuthukisa yonke into eyenza leyo moto ikhetheke kakhulu ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bakamuva kuyo dala eyethu incazelo yesimanje yemoto eyasungula indawo emlandweni wemidlalo yezimoto”
Ngayo yonke into, ukuze ukwazi ngokuningiliziwe, okumele ukwenze ukulinda uMkhosi Wejubane weGoodwood ezokwenzeka ngenyanga kaJuni. Kunoma ikuphi, uma ungakwazi ukulinda, ungagcina eyakho manje futhi ngethemba ukuthi uzokwazi ukuyikhulula ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka. Akunalutho...
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