Manaʻo Mahindra Pik-Up 2007: Hōʻike alanui

ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka piliwaiwai e hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia e ke kanaka helu maʻemaʻe, akā hana ʻia ʻo Michael Tynan i nā mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. "ʻOliʻoli wau ʻaʻole i ʻaneʻi kā mākou mea hoʻokele kālā e lohe i kēia, akā manaʻo wau ua hoʻopukapuka mākou ma kahi o $ 5 miliona," wahi a Tynan, ke poʻo o ka ʻohana Tynan Motors a me TMI Pacific, i kēia pule i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o India Manufacturing. . Mahindra Pick-Up.

ʻO ka pili, hiki iā TMI ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka poʻe kūʻai aku i kūpono ka paʻa mai ka subcontinent i ka ʻāina Australia. ʻO ka uku he kapuaʻi i ka mākeke kaʻa kaʻa hou o Australia a he wahi i ka moʻolelo moʻolelo.

Aia paha he kālā a ʻelua paha i loko.

"ʻAʻole ia he manawaleʻa," wahi a Tynan. "Ua kamaʻilio ʻia, hoʻāʻo ʻia, paʻi ʻia a paʻi ʻia no kekahi mau makahiki i kēia manawa.

“Aia ʻo Rob [Low, Tynan Group CEO] i kahi huakaʻi pilikino i Kenya a ua noi au iā ia e kū ma Mahindra a nānā i nā kaʻa.

"Ua kāhea ʻo ia a haʻi mai iaʻu e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu hele ʻana i laila, no ka mea ua maikaʻi nā mea āpau a loaʻa paha iā mākou kahi manawa ... a hele nā ​​​​mea āpau mai laila."

Ua hoʻopau ka papahana - a ʻo ka hoʻāʻo mua inā e uku ʻia ka piliwaiwai - ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia pule o ʻehā Pik-Up derivatives, me nā kaʻa hoʻokahi a me nā kaʻa ʻelua ma 2x4 a me 4x4. Manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona kaʻa a me nā chassis me nā koho hoʻonohonoho hope i loko o kekahi mau mahina.

Me ka makahiki ʻekolu, 100,000 km a me 12 mahina o ke kōkua ʻaoʻao o ke alanui - mai $23,990 no kahi kaʻa hoʻokahi 4x2 a i $29,990 no kahi kaʻa pālua 4x4 - ʻo ke kumukūʻai Pik-Up he mea ʻike maka.

Akā, mai kapa ʻoe he ʻuʻuku.

"Ua ʻike mākou i ka mea e loaʻa iā mākou… ʻaʻole mākou makemake i kahi kaʻa maikaʻi a ʻaʻole mākou makemake ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi loa," wahi a Tynan.

"ʻO ia ke ʻano o kahi āu e makemake ʻole ai e hele," akā makemake mākou e lilo ia i mea waiwai a hilinaʻi loa.

“No kekahi manawa ma Australia ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kaʻa huki me nā mahiʻai a me nā kamaʻāina ʻē aʻe.

"ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻōlelo wale mākou iā lākou e lawe i nā kaʻa a hana i ka mea maʻamau a lākou e hana ai me lākou - ʻo ka mea maʻamau e hele a wāwahi iā lākou i lalo - ma hope o 12,000 km ua hoʻi mai lākou me nā ala ʻīlio a me nā kangaroo, akā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole kahi hōʻailona o kahi pilikia a ʻaʻohe mea i hāʻule.

ʻO kēia ka lōʻihi, ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o nā utes e ka poʻe e hoʻohana nui ana ia mau mea, a me ke kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū a TMI i manaʻo ai e hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o ko Mahindra kipa mua ʻana i ka mākeke Australia. No kēia hoʻokūkū, ua ʻae ʻo Kauka Pavan Goenka Pelekikena ʻo Mahindra Automotive Sector: “He kuhi hewa ia.

"Ua hewa ka manawa a ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike maikaʻi e pili ana i ka mākeke.

“He ʻokoʻa loa kēia manawa. Ua hana mākou i kā mākou haʻawina home, a me kā mākou mau hoa TMI, noʻonoʻo pono i ka mākeke a mākou e komo nei. ʻIke maikaʻi mākou i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kā mākou huahana ma waho o India, manaʻo paha ka poʻe e pili ana i ka maikaʻi.

"Me kēia i ka noʻonoʻo, mākou - a me ka hapa nui o nā hui India - ua kālele i ka maikaʻi o kā mākou huahana, ma ka hoʻolālā a me ka hana ʻana."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Goenka, ʻoiai ua helu ʻia ka Pik-Up no hoʻokahi tona no Australia, ua helu maoli ʻia ke kaʻa no kahi ton India. "Hoʻouka ʻia lākou a hiki i ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i ka lepo, ma kahi o ʻelua mau tona," wahi āna. Hāʻawi ka Pik-Up i nā ʻāpana he nui me ka SUV kaulana loa o India, ʻo Scorpio. Hoʻopau ka mea maʻamau ma ka pou B wale nō, me kekahi mau hoʻololi i ka lalo o ke kino e hoʻokomo i ka pahu ukana a hoʻohana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka lau.

He 2.5-lita CommonRail turbodiesel ka hale mana me kahi haʻahaʻa [email protected] a haiki i ka torque kiʻekiʻe o 247 Nm ma waena o 1800-2200 rpm.

I loko o ka hale, he 2.6-lita ka mīkini, akā ua hoʻopōkole ʻia ka hahau ʻana no ka mālama ʻana ma lalo o 2.5 lita no nā mākeke kūʻai aku, ʻoi aku hoʻi ʻo ʻEulopa.

ʻO ka hoʻokele ma o ka lawe lima māmā ʻelima mau māmā - e loaʻa ka DSI-designed six-speed automatic i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki aʻe.

ʻO ke kūlana ma waena o ka laulā he mana hoʻokele, nā ʻokoʻa paheʻe liʻiliʻi, nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao kila, nā kukui noe a, ma nā ʻano like ʻole 4x4, nā hubs paʻa paʻa a me ka hoʻololi uila 4x4 no ka hihia hoʻololi ʻelua-wikiwiki ʻo Borg-Warner.

Loaʻa iā ia kahi lākiō o 1: 1 ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me 1: 2.48 ma nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa me ka lawa ʻole o ka honua e lilo ia i SUV pono.

Hoʻololi ka hiʻohiʻona hoʻololi uila i ka lele mai 2WD a i 4WD, akā pono e hoʻōki i ka neʻe ʻana i ka pae haʻahaʻa a i hope, a laila hoʻi i 2WD, me ka hoʻohuli ʻana i hoʻokahi mika a ʻelua paha e wehe i nā hubs. ʻAʻole lanakila ʻo Mahindra Pik-Up i nā hoʻokūkū nani. Hiki ke wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia kona hiʻohiʻona ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hana, ʻoiai he lā liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ka hoʻolālā kaʻa pahu kiʻekiʻe ka nui o ke keʻena poʻo ma mua a ma hope, akā haiki ke kaʻa me ka lumi poʻohiwi liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka ʻoki o loko he lole ʻino ʻole, nā plastik waena a me kahi paʻi kalapona ma ka console waena.

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau ka ea, nā puka makani, ka laka kikowaena mamao, Kenwood AM/FM/CD/MP3 leo ʻōnaehana me nā awa USB a me SD card, alarm, immobilizer, tilt hoʻokele huila, kahi hoʻokele wāwae, nā noho mua / hope. hoʻoheheʻe puka makani a me nā kumu 12-volt i mua/hope.

ʻO ka mea i nalowale, a hiki i Kepakemapa, ʻo ia nā ʻeke air a me kahi ʻōnaehana ABS no nā pahu disc/drum. Eia naʻe, paʻakikī a palahalaha loa nā noho, akā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu.

ʻO ka walaʻau, ka haʻalulu a me ka paʻakikī, maikaʻi loa, a ʻo ka maikaʻi o ke kūkulu ʻana mai ʻelua mau kaʻa a mākou i hoʻokele ai he pono ke ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole i kani ka ʻūhū a i ʻole ka uwē ʻana o nā ala ahi i haki, nā pali pali, a me nā ʻāpana pōhaku i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia mai kahi kaʻa i hoʻolele ʻia.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka holo ʻana o ka ʻenekini ma mua o nā helu maka. Pono ka laha torque paʻa i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hoʻololi i waena o nā mea hana i luna a i lalo, akā mālama ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana paʻakikī me ka ʻole o ka haunaele.

ʻAʻole pololei ka hana throttle, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma nā revs haʻahaʻa ma ka ʻāina ʻino. Manaʻo ʻo TMI e kūʻai aku i 600 pickups i kēia makahiki ma 15 mau hale kūʻai kūʻai ʻo New South Wales ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana aku iā lākou ma ka ʻāina.