Nā kiʻi ʻo Tunland 2012 loiloi

ʻAʻole hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā huaʻōlelo "Chinese" a me "quality" i ka huaʻōlelo like i ka honua automotive.

Akā hiki ke hoʻololi i ka wā i hōʻea mai ai ke kaʻa hoʻokahi ton o Foton Tunland i Australia i ʻOkakopa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rod James, ʻōlelo ʻōlelo no ka mea lawe mai ʻo Foton Automotive Australia (FAA), ʻo nā mea i lawe ʻia mai ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe a me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa e hoʻonui i ka hoihoi.

Hoʻolako ʻia lākou me kahi American Cummins turbodiesel i hui pū ʻia me ka German lima-wikiwiki Getrag pōkole manual gearbox a me kahi American Borg-Warner hoʻololi hihia me German Bosch a me Continental uila, American Dana axles hope, kahi pahu pahu "pololei" a me kahi ʻili. loko.

"ʻO kēia ka kaʻa mua loa mai Kina i kaʻa honua maoli me kahi kahua hou a me nā ʻāpana maikaʻi, a me kahi kaʻa nani," wahi āna. "A hiki i kēia manawa, hele mai nā kaʻa mai Kina i kūʻai ʻia i loko o Kina ma ke kumu kūʻai.

"Hoʻohana ʻia kēia kaʻa e kahi mīkini Cummins pipiʻi i hoʻāʻo ʻia ma luna o 1 miliona mau kilomita me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hemahema."

waiwai

E hele mua mai ana ka Foton Tunland ma kahi ho'olālā ka'a ka'a 'elima noho, kū'ai 'ia mai ka $29,995 no ke kŘkohu ka'a huila a hiki i ka $36,990 no ke kŘkohu ka'a huila nani. E emi ana ke kumu kūʻai o ka lole lole lole hou ma kahi o $1000.

Hoʻohālikelike kēia i ke kumu hoʻohālike o ka Pā Nui o Kina, e hoʻomaka ana ma $17,990 no kahi kaʻa V240 hoʻokahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo James e loaʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona Tunland e hiki mai ana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa hoʻokahi haʻahaʻa a me kahi kaʻa ʻē aʻe me 1.8-tonne hoʻonui ʻia.

"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hōʻike i kā mākou mau pahuhopu kūʻai i kēia manawa, akā maʻalahi lākou i ka wā mua," wahi a James. "E like me ka ʻikepili mua, hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻāpana a me ke kumukūʻai, manaʻo mākou e loaʻa ana kahi mākeke kūpono."

ʻO FAA, he hui hui ma waena o ka hui hoʻokele NGI a me nā mea lawe kaʻa kaʻa ʻohana Phelan, he 15 mau mea kūʻai aku me ka pahuhopu e wehe i 60 mau wahi i nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana. E loaʻa iā lākou kahi palapala hoʻopaʻa 100,000 km ʻekolu makahiki me ka palapala hōʻoia ʻelima makahiki a me ka corrosion a me 10,000 km mau manawa lawelawe.

o ka 'ike loea hou

ʻOiai e hele mai nā kumu hoʻohālike mua me kahi ʻenekini 2.8-lita Cummins ISF turbodiesel a me ka hoʻoili lima-wikiwiki pōkole pōkole, e ukali ʻia lākou e kahi ʻenekini 100kW 2.4-lita a me kahi hoʻoili maʻalahi ZF ʻeono.

Aia nā mana pihi pihi e hoʻololi ma waena o ka holo kaʻa piha a me ʻelua huila ma ka lele, a me nā lākiō kiʻekiʻe a me nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ke kū. Ua kau ʻia ma luna o kahi chassis kaʻa alapiʻi me kahi axle hope hope o Dana, nā puna lau a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i mua o ka iwi hope ʻelua, me nā kaila Kina Savero ākea (245/70 R16) a loaʻa nā koho 17- a me 18-iniha.

Ua nele Bluetooth, he auxiliary komo, a me ka USB hookomo, akā, he eha 'akomi puka makani, a me ka Keaukaha puka makani no hoi wehe 'akomi. 

Palekana

Manaʻo ʻo James i ka helu palekana ʻehā-hōkū. Hele mai ia me nā mea ʻike hoʻohuli, a kōkua ʻia ka braking e nā anti-lock brakes (ABS) a me electronic brake force distribution (EBD), a ʻaʻohe ʻōnaehana hoʻomalu i kēia manawa.

"Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia lākou e ka (Euro) NCAP no nā hōkū ʻehā a ke manaʻo nei mākou i ka like," wahi a James. "ʻO ka mea wale nō e nele ai ʻelima mau ʻeke air. I kēia manawa, ʻelua wale nō, akā ʻaʻole mākou hopohopo e loaʻa koke iā ia nā hōkū ʻelima. ʻAʻohe ona huila hoʻokele hiki ke hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia, akā loaʻa iā ia nā mea ʻike kaʻa hope.

mea i manao ai

ʻIke ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika me kahi grille chrome kupaianaha a me kekahi mau mea hoʻonaninani maikaʻi. He liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻahu ʻokoʻa nā āpau o ke kino, nui nā sila puka, aia nā pale lepo i puhi ʻia, nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao, nā kukui noe, nā puka hope nui, nā aniani o ke kaʻa, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka pā hope me kahi liner koho.

Eia nō naʻe, aia nā hana kino i hoʻopau ʻole ʻia a puni ka puka makani hope a me ka bumper hope, a ʻike ʻia nā pio huila, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui o ka walaʻau ʻiliʻili. ʻO loko, nā ʻili ʻili, nā ʻoki lāʻau, nā mea hoʻololi nui a me nā ʻāpana plastik maikaʻi paʻakikī akā ʻae ʻia me nā kala like.

ʻO nā noho bākeke mua he palahalaha me ke kākoʻo liʻiliʻi a makemake ʻoe e paheʻe ma luna o lākou. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo James ʻo Tunland "ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, ākea a kiʻekiʻe" ma mua o ka Toyota HiLux, ka mea i lilo i kaʻa kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma Australia i nā mahina i hala.

ʻO 2.5 tons ka mana huki i kēia manawa, akā ʻōlelo ʻo James hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia. "Hiki iā ia ke huki hou aku. Ua hoʻāʻo kā mākou poʻe ʻenekinia a maopopo lākou a pau he ʻekolu mau tona, "wahi āna. ʻO 210mm ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe honua a ʻo ka radius huli liʻiliʻi he 13.5m.

Ke kaʻa

Ma ka ʻāina, ʻelua wale nō kaʻa e hele a puni nā mea kūʻai aku, a ua loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e hoʻokele ai i kahi mamao pōkole a puni ke kūlanakauhale. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, hana ka ʻenekini Cummins i ka haʻalulu maʻamau o ka diesel, akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ʻoiai ke piʻi nei nā revs.

Huki wiwo ʻole ka ʻenekini mai 1800 rpm a ʻoluʻolu a ikaika. He palupalu nā pedal a pau, ʻokoʻa me ka hoʻololi kaumaha a paʻakikī. Aia nō hoʻi ka hoʻokele ma ka ʻaoʻao kaumaha a ʻeha.

He ʻelima noho ʻoiaʻiʻo me kahi undertray nui a me ka manaʻo paʻa e aloha ʻia e ka poʻe kahiko. Maikaʻi ke kumukūʻai, akā pono ia i kekahi mau mea hou e like me Bluetooth e hoʻokūkū ai.