Ngo-2021, i-Land Rover yengeza okuhlukile okufushane okuyizicabha ezimbili ku-nameplate yayo ye-Defender evusiwe: i-Defender 90. Uma iqhathaniswa ne-Defender 110 enkulu, inguqulo emfushane ye-British SUV Rover ibukeka iyinhle kakhulu. Ngophahla lwayo olumhlophe olucocekile, izilinganiso ezifanele, upende wePangea Green kanye namathayi ayisipele antanta ku-tailgate evula eceleni, i-Defender 90 inomuzwa ohlukile kune-110 enkulu.
Yize umumo wayo webhokisi wakudala nemininingwane emihle kakhulu iyafana, ibhokisi le-Defender 90 libukeka lingcono futhi linenjongo. Uma i-Four-door Guard 110 iyi-SUV yempelasonto yomndeni eqhutshwa abazali abangabangane, khona-ke i-90 ingumuntu ovilaphayo ukuntweza nokuya ekhaya odakeni ngoLwesibili.
Yiqiniso, lokhu kuwumbono omncane. I-four door 110 ibukeka ibukhali futhi ithanda uhambo lwe-impromptu, olungase luhlanganise ukubhukuda nqunu emfuleni noma umfudlana ojule njengamayintshi angu-35.4, kanye nokusebenzisa inzwa yokuzulazula ukuze kutholwe ukujula kwangaphambili nokukubonisa esikrinini sokuthinta esimaphakathi. Ngaphandle kwezimo ezimbi kakhulu, i-110 ne-Defender 90 zilungile ngokulinganayo ngaphandle komgwaqo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-engeli yokusondela efanayo kanye ne-engeli yokusuka (ekhombisa ikhono layo lokukhwela izithiyo eziphakeme ngaphandle kokunwaya isilevu noma ibhampa yangemuva), kanye nesistimu ye-terrain response 2 yokuzikhethela evumela umshayeli ukuthi akhethe ngokuya ngendawo ye-Optimal traction mode.
Kodwa kuma-SUV anezicabha ezimbili, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-Defender, i-Ford Bronco ezelwe kabusha noma i-Jeep Wrangler yakudala, kunokuthile okunenjongo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ngaphambi kokwethulwa kweDefender 90 entsha neBronco (i-Bronco enezicabha ezine nayo) ehlobo eledlule, iWrangler bekuyiSUV yokugcina enezicabha ezimbili esadayiswa e-United States. Futhi lokhu kumiswa kwe-Wrangler-umlando wayo weminyango emibili ungalandelelwa emuva ku-Willis Jeep eyasiza Ibutho Lezempi Lase-US ukuthi linqobe iMpi Yezwe II-inguqulo yayo engenamkhawulo yeminyango emine yeqe ukuthengiswa.
Ngonyaka wokuqala, iLand Rover yadayisa onogada abayizicabha ezine abawina imiklomelo abangaphezu kuka-16,000 e-United States. UJoe Eberhart, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Jaguar Land Rover eNyakatho Melika, utshele iForbes Wheels ukuthi njengoba i-Defender 90 isanda kufika endaweni yombukiso, kusesekuseni kakhulu ukusho ukuthi bangaki abathengi abazokhetha uhlobo oluncane nolwezemidlalo.
“Siyazi ukuthi ikhona imakethe ye-Defender 90,” kusho u-Eberhardt. “Bangabantu abafuna izinto zokuhamba eziqondene nawe futhi ezicacile; into egqamayo esixukwini.”
Njengoba abantu baseMelika bexosha i-coupe enezicabha ezimbili enganakekile ukusuka ku-Chevrolet Camaro kuya ku-GT ephambili evela e-Europe nase-Japan, leli qembu elisebenzayo lisukile futhi kuma-SUV aneminyango emibili namaveni.
Kodwa izinsiza ezinkulu azihlali zisezingeni. Sekungamashumi eminyaka, kuhlanganise neminyaka yawo-1950, 1960, kanye neminyaka yawo-1970, ukuthengiswa kwamasedan anezicabha ezimbili kuye kwadlula okwasedan. Abantu abanankinga nokumpintshana esihlalweni esingemuva. Ezimweni eziningi, umnyango we-coupe elingana ne-yacht (cabanga ukuthi i-Cadillac Eldorado) inkulu njengesihlenga solwandle. Ngokuqondene ne-4 × 4 eminyakeni yokuqala, imodeli yeminyango emibili yayithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezixuku zangaphandle. Lezo zinhlobo eziwubukhazikhazi nezingaconsi phansi kubalwa iToyota “FJ” Land Cruiser eyakhiqizwa kusukela ngo-1960 kuya ku-1984 futhi manje isiyiqoqo eliyigugu—isizukulwane sokuqala iToyota 4Runner, Chevrolet K5 Blazer, Jeep Cherokee, Nissan Pathfinder, Isuzu Mounted Police and Feet. Wayne, Indiana, International Harvester Boy Scouts.
Abenzi bezimoto baphinde bethula izinto ezimbalwa ezilumayo nezinde, ezimemezela inkathi yanamuhla yokuwela umngcele. Ngo-1986, iSuzuki yaphumelela ngeSamurai enezicabha ezimbili esesitayeleni, i-SUV encane okuthi, naphezu kokuba nenjini yamahhashi angu-63 kuphela, imnandi emgwaqeni futhi iyahlanya uma ingekho emgwaqeni. ISamurai yaba imoto yaseJapan edayiswa ngokushesha kakhulu emlandweni waseMelika onyakeni wayo wokuqala futhi yazala uSuzuki Sidekick (kanye negatsha leGeo Tracker leGeneral Motors), okwathi ngemva kwalokho ihlazo le-rollover eyimpikiswano lathinta ukuthengiswa kwayo futhi laqeda isiphetho sayo.
I-Toyota RAV4 yasekuqaleni yayinikeza amamodeli anezicabha ezimbili kusukela ngo-1996 kuya ku-2000, kwathi ngo-1998 yethula eshintshwayo elungele abafundi besibili. Okuxake kakhulu yiNissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Le nguqulo enezicabha ezimbili eguqulekayo ye-Murano ethandwayo ibukeka (futhi ishayela) njenge-Humpty Dumpty ngemva kokuphahlazeka kwayo. Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu yokuthengisa okushisayo, uNissan ngomusa wayeka ukukhiqiza ngo-2014, kodwa mhlawumbe kwaba nokuhleka kokugcina. Ukugingqika ku-CrossCabrio evulekile namuhla kuzoheha iqembu labantu abafisa ukwazi ngokushesha kunezimoto zezemidlalo.
I-Defender 90 entsha nayo iqinisekisiwe ukuthi izophendula amakhanda, kodwa ngendlela enhle. Ngike ngashayela i-Defender 110 futhi ngenza umqansa omazombezombe ngisuka emithambekeni ewumqansa ye-Mount Equinox e-Vermont; i-hard-core off-road emahlathini aseMaine-kuhlanganise netende elingakhethwa lika-$4,000 lenziwe ngophahla lwase-Italy e-Landy Camp ngobusuku bodwa. Zombili lezi zinhlobo zimelela itshe elisha lokuthinta le-off-road 4x4 off-road ukusebenza, ngenxa ye-adaptive air suspension kanye ne-aluminium chassis eyinkimbinkimbi, i-Land Rover ithi ukuqina kwayo kuphindwe kathathu kunomzimba ongcono kakhulu. Iloli lozimele.
Kodwa-ke, emigwaqweni yasemaphandleni enyakatho yeManhattan, i-Defender 90 yabonisa ngokushesha ukukhululeka kwayo kunomfowabo omkhulu. Njengoba kulindelekile, lena SUV encane enesisindo esingamakhilogremu 4,550 kuphela, kodwa turbo efanayo The supercharged, 296-horsepower, enamandla 110 has a 4,815 ezine-cylinder injini. Intengo ye-Defender 90 nayo iphansi, iqala ku-$48,050, kuyilapho i-four-cylinder 110 iqala ku-$51,850. Ngokwemvelo, akukhathaleki ukuthi yiziphi izinhlobo ezimbili zenjini enazo, izizwa ishesha ukuyithinta. Uhlelo lokuqala lwe-Defender 90 ($66,475) engalushayela lucishe lwagcwala lusuka enjinini engu-3.0 litre emgqeni wamasilinda ayisithupha ene-supercharger, i-turbocharger, kanye ne-48-volt mild hybrid supercharger. Nakhu kufika inani elifanele lamandla amahhashi angu-395.
Inyukela ku-60 mph ngemizuzwana engu-5.8, igcina iSUV encane isesitayeleni. I-top-of-the-line Defender V8 izotholakala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka (izitayela zomzimba ezimbili), iqala ku-$98,550 kwezingu-90 kanye ne-$101,750 kwezingu-110. Lezi zinhlobo zezinjini ezishajwa kakhulu ezingu-5.0-litre V8 zinikeza amandla angu-518, afana ne izinjini ezihlinzeka ngeziqhumane zokudubula ezisebenzisa i-soundtrack kumamodeli afana ne-Jaguar F-Pace SUV, i-F-Type sports car ne-Range Rover Sport SVR.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umvikeli, i-Wrangler noma i-Mustang, inguqulo yeminyango emibili nayo ithi inenzuzo engaphandle komgwaqo, ngisho noma inombolo encane yabanikazi bezimoto izokwandisa leli khono. Usayizi ohlangene ubavumela ukuthi bakhethe imizila emincane kanye namajika aqinile kunezelamani zabo ezinamandla. I-wheelbase emfushane iwavumela ukuthi anqobe izithiyo eziphezulu ngaphandle kokuthi "phakathi nendawo" noma ukulenga eduze nendawo emaphakathi njengesaha ku-fulcrum.
Iyiphi imfihlo egcinwe kakhulu kulawa ma-SUV amatshe? Empeleni zifaneleka kakhulu ohlotsheni oluthile lwe-fashionista yasemadolobheni, njengoba lo mnikazi wokuqala we-Wrangler efakaza. I-Defender 90 entsha ingama-intshi angu-170 kuphela ubude, ingaphezu kwefidi elifushane kune-compact Honda Civic sedan. (Ama-Wranglers amabili angama-intshi angu-167 ubude). Lokhu kubenza bakwazi ukumpintshana ezindaweni zokupaka eziwumngcingo kakhulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ziyizinqaba ezinde, ezihlome kahle, ezilungele ukubuka izimoto nokuvikela abashayeli be-Uber abangalindelekile. Lawa ma-SUV angakwazi nokuqeda imigodi nezinye izithiyo zasemadolobheni ezingalimaza amathayi namasondo ezimoto zesintu.
Naphezu kwezilinganiso ezijabulisayo nezinzuzo zokusebenza, izithiyo ezimbili zisekhona. Isikhala esincanyana sempahla kanye nesihlalo esingemuva esilukhuni silingana nokungena nokuphuma okubi. Ukukhuphuka kuzo kudinga ubuhlakani bentsha ukugwema ukukhubeka emibundwini kanye namazinyo awela eceleni komgwaqo kuqala.
Onogada abanezicabha ezimbili benza izinto zibe lula, okuhlanganisa nenkinobho ezihlalweni ezingaphambili ekwazi ukuziqhubela phambili ukuze kube lula (kodwa kube nzima) ukungena. Kodwa-ke, uma sebegibele, abaphambili be-NBA bane-headroom eyanele kanye nenani lemilenze yomlenze.
Ukuhwebelana okukhulu ukuthi ubude obulahlekile obungama-intshi angu-17 (uma kuqhathaniswa namayintshi angu-110) cishe buphelele endaweni yokubamba impahla. 110 Isikhala sempahla esingemuva komugqa wesibili singaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kunalokho esasiyikho ngawo-1990, 34.6 cubic feet, 15.6 cubic feet. I-110 iphinde ihlinzeke ngezihlalo zomugqa wesithathu ezinosayizi wengane ezikwazi ukuhlalisa abantu abayisikhombisa. I-90 inikeza isihlalo sokugxuma ozikhethela sona (esitholakala futhi ku-110) esiguqula ibhakede elingaphambili libe ibhentshi elilula elinemigqa emithathu elingakwazi ukuhlalisa abantu abayisithupha. Kodwa-ke, emindenini enama-stroller abantu ababili kanye nemishini eminingi, i-110 ingumdlalo onengqondo.
UStuart Schorr, inhloko yezokuxhumana kwa-JLR eNyakatho Melika, waveza kufanele ukuthi abangase babe amakhasimende bazokwazi ukuthi bakuyiphi iklabhu: “Lapho ngithatha abantu ngiyobashayela ngemoto ngeminyaka yawo-90s, bathi, 'Nakanjani ngizokuthola lokhu [ngoba] hhayi ukubheka Isixazululo esisebenzayo; Ngiyithenge ngoba ipholile futhi ngiyayithanda.'
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-03-2021