I-Jeep Wrangler Pick-up izobizwa ngokuthi i-Gladiator

Uma ukufika kwe-Jeep Wrangler 'pick-up' kusanda kuqinisekiswa, manje sinezindaba ezintsha mayelana nale modeli: cishe izobizwa nge-'Gladiator'. Leli gama kuzoba yilelo elizongena esikhundleni salelo ebelithathwa ngokuthi, 'I-Scrambler'. Yilokhu okushiwo ozakwabo kuJeep Scrambler Forum, lapho omunye wamalungu ayo elayishe isithombe-skrini esivela kuwebhusayithi ye-FCA.

Futhi njengoba iJeep ibingasebenzisa igama elithi 'Gladiator' ezikhathini ezedlule (kwakukhona ngisho nomqondo onalelo gama ngo-2005), kusukela kuJeep Scrambler Forum banikeza ukwethembeka kulesi sithombe-skrini.

Njengoba sishilo ekuqaleni, ukufika kwe-Jeep Wrangler pick-up kwaqinisekiswa esikhathini esidlule. "Ngeke kube imoto edayiswa kakhulu, izoba yimodeli yempilo," kusho uDamien Daily, inhloko yakwaJeep UK, etshela ozakwethu kwa-Autocar.



Izindaba ezimnandi kubalandeli be-flagship yeJeep. USergio Marchionne, oyisikhulu esiphezulu kwaFiat-Chrysler, umemezele ukuthi kuzoba neJeep 'pick-up' esuselwe kuWrangler. Kodwa-ke, kuzodingeka silinde isikhathi eside kunalokho esasikucabanga ukukubona: ekuqaleni kwakukhona ukukhuluma ngo-2017 kodwa konke kukhomba ukuthi okungenani ngeke kwenzeke kuze kube ngu-2021. Futhi njengoba uMarchionne eqinisekisile, okokuqala bafuna guqula imboni yenkampani e-Toledo (Ohio) futhi umsebenzi uzophela ngo-2020.

Futhi nakuba kusukela kulesi sithangami baze bacabange mayelana nokuqedwa kwe-Jeep Wrangler yesikhathi esizayo, iqiniso liwukuthi ayikho idatha esemthethweni mayelana nalokhu. Yebo, siyazi ukuthi iningi labathengi bayo bazoba se-United States naseMpumalanga Ephakathi.

Lapho siqala ukukhuluma ngalo modeli omusha, u-Marchionne uthe, "Sithole isixazululo esivumela izinto eziningi esizithandayo mayelana nendlela esingahambisa ngayo eminye imikhiqizo." Imoto yeJeep Gladiator esetshenzisiwe kufanele ithuthukise uhlelo lokukhanyisa ngayo Amalambu e-Jeep JL. Futhi nakuba engazange anikeze ulwazi olwengeziwe, into yokuqala eyashiwo ukuthi yayizosuselwa kuJeep Wrangler.

Khona-ke isizukulwane esisha se-Jeep Wrangler sizokwethulwa, okuzothi ngokusho kwamahemuhemu akamuva kuzoba lula kunemodeli yamanje - ezinye ze-200 kg ngaphansi - ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwesikhulumi se-aluminium esabalalisa.

Futhi, ezinye izithombe zenhloli ezintsha ezifakwe abangani bethu ku-www.carbuzz.com kulesi sixhumanisi zibonisa ukuthi iphrojekthi iyaqhubeka. Naphezu kokucasha okujulile okubonisa izithombe (okuyinto, ngendlela, ebonakala sengathi yenziwe yi-drone), usungabona amafomu aqondile le Jeep engaba nawo. Kubonakala sengathi isuselwe emsebenzini womzimba weJeep Wrangler Unlimited enezicabha ezine, futhi inobhavu omkhulu onesikhala esikhulu sempahla. Ukulandwa okusha komkhiqizo, ikhodi yayo ethi JL, kuzofakwa ku-chassis entsha ezosebenzisa izinto eziningi ze-aluminium ukonga isisindo, kanjalo nophethiloli. Yona leyo chassis izosetshenziswa ukwakha iJeep Wrangler entsha, ikhodi yayo yangaphakathi ethi JT.

Ngesikhathi iqala ukukhonjiswa kulindeleke ukuthi ifake umakhenikha ongu-2.0 litre four-cylinder kanye ne-turbo kanye ne-V3.6 engu-6 litre. Kunamahlebezi okuthi imodeli eyi-plug-in hybrid ingafika ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, njengoba kwaFord behlela nenguqulo entsha eyingxube ye-Ford F-150 yabo yokulanda.

UMarchionne uphinde waqinisekisa embukisweni wezimoto i-2016 iDetroit Motor Show ukuthi iJeep Compass neJeep Pa-triot zizoqhubeka kuleli gebe, kodwa zizofika ziyi-off-roader eyodwa, eshibhile, ekhangayo futhi esezingeni eliphezulu. Lo mkhiqizo utshala ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-700 (ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-626) ukwandisa ukukhiqizwa kusuka kumayunithi angu-250,000 ngonyaka kuya ku-350,000. Ngendlela, ukufika kweJeep Wrangler entsha kungase kuhambisane nokwethulwa kweLand Rover Defender entsha.