I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻohui ʻo Land Rover i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻelua-puka pōkole i kāna papa inoa Defender i hoʻāla hou ʻia: Defender 90. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka Defender 110 nui loa, ʻo ke ʻano pōkole o ka British SUV Rover kiʻi nani loa. Me kona hale keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe, nā ʻāpana kūpono, ka pena ʻo Pangea Green a me nā kaʻa kaʻa e lana ana ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao o ka puka huelo, ʻokoʻa ka manaʻo o ka Defender 90 mai ka 110 nui aʻe.
ʻOiai ʻo kona ʻano pahu pahu maʻamau a me nā kikoʻī maikaʻi loa he ʻano like, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pahu Defender 90-a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Inā he SUV ʻohana ka ʻEha-puka 110 i alakaʻi ʻia e nā mākua aloha, a laila ʻo ka 90 ka mea palaualelo e heʻenalu a hoʻi i ka home i ka lepo i ka Poalua.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he stereotype iki kēia. ʻO ka puka ʻehā 110 ke nānā aku a makemake i nā huakaʻi hele ʻole, ʻo ia paha ka ʻauʻau ʻana i loko o kahi kahawai a i ʻole kahawai e like me ka hohonu o 35.4 iniha, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea ʻike wading e ʻike ai i ka hohonu o mua a hōʻike iā ia ma ka pale paʻi waena. Koe wale no nā hihia koʻikoʻi loa, ʻo 110 a me Defender 90 ka maikaʻi ma waho o ke alanui. Loaʻa kēia i ka huina hoʻokokoke like a me ka huina haʻalele (e hōʻike ana i kona hiki ke piʻi i nā mea pale pali me ka ʻole o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻauwae a i ʻole ka ʻūhā hope), a me kahi ʻōnaehana pane ʻāina koho 2 e hiki ai i ka mea hoʻokele ke koho e like me ka ʻāina Optimal traction mode.
Akā no nā SUV ʻelua-puka, ʻo ia ka Defender, ka Ford Bronco i hānau hou ʻia a i ʻole ka Jeep Wrangler maʻamau, aia kekahi mea ʻoi aku ka manaʻo. He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka Defender 90 a me Bronco (ʻehā mau puka Bronco) i ke kauwela hope loa, ʻo ka Wrangler ka SUV ʻelua-puka hope loa i kūʻai ʻia ma United States. A ʻo kēia hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka Wrangler-ʻo kāna moʻolelo ʻelua-puka hiki ke huli ʻia i ka Willis Jeep i kōkua i ka US Army i lanakila i ke Kaua Honua II-ʻo kāna ʻehā puka palena ʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kūʻai aku.
I ka makahiki mua, kūʻai aku ʻo Land Rover ma mua o 16,000 mau kiaʻi ʻehā puka lanakila ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Joe Eberhart, Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele o Jaguar Land Rover ʻAmelika ʻAmelika iā Forbes Wheels i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Defender 90 i ka lumi hōʻikeʻike, ʻaʻole hiki ke haʻi i ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e koho i kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka haʻuki.
"Ua ʻike mākou aia kahi mākeke no Defender 90," wahi a Eberhardt. “He poʻe lākou e ʻimi nei i nā ʻano o ka halihali pilikino a me ka hōʻike; kahi mea i kū i waho o ka lehulehu. "
I ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ʻAmelika i ka coupe ʻelua-puka ʻole mai ka Chevrolet Camaro a i ka GT nani mai ʻEulopa a me Iapana, ua neʻe pū kēia hui kūpono mai nā SUV a me nā pickup ʻelua.
Akā ʻaʻole ʻo nā mea hoʻohana nui ka maʻamau. No nā makahiki he ʻumi, me nā makahiki 1950, 1960, a me 1970, ua ʻoi aku ke kūʻai aku o nā sedans ʻelua-puka ma mua o nā sedans. ʻAʻole noʻonoʻo ka poʻe i ka ʻomi ʻana i ka noho hope. I nā manawa he nui, ʻo ka puka o kahi coupe ka nui o ka yacht (e noʻonoʻo iā Cadillac Eldorado) ka nui e like me ka lāʻau moana. No ka 4 × 4 i nā makahiki mua, ua kaulana loa ka hiʻohiʻona ʻelua-puka i waena o ka lehulehu o waho. ʻO kēlā mau hiʻohiʻona hōʻeuʻeu a unpretentious ʻo Toyota "FJ" Land Cruiser-i hana ʻia mai 1960 a 1984 a i kēia manawa he hōʻiliʻili makamae-ʻo ka Toyota 4Runner mua, Chevrolet K5 Blazer, Jeep Cherokee, Nissan Pathfinder, Isuzu Mounted Police and Feet. Wayne, Indiana, International Harvester Boy Scouts.
Ua hoʻolauna pū nā mea hana kaʻa i nā mea nui a me nā mea kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻike ana i ke au palena palena o kēia lā. I ka makahiki 1986, ua lanakila ʻo Suzuki me kāna ʻano Samurai ʻelua-puka, he SUV liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai he ʻenekini 63-horsepower wale nō, he leʻaleʻa ma ke alanui a he pupule ke hele i waho. Ua lilo ka Samurai i kaʻa Iapana kūʻai wikiwiki loa ma ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika i kona makahiki mua a hānau ʻo Suzuki Sidekick (a me ka lālā Geo Tracker o General Motors), ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa rollover hoʻopaʻapaʻa i hoʻopilikia i kāna kūʻai aku a hoʻopau i kona hopena.
Hāʻawi ka Toyota RAV4 mua i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua-puka mai 1996 a i 2000, a i ka makahiki 1998 i hoʻolauna i kahi hoʻololi kūpono no nā haumāna sophomores. ʻO ka mea kupanaha ʻo Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. ʻO kēia ʻano hoʻololi ʻelua-puka o ka Murano kaulana ke nānā aku (a hoʻokele) e like me ka Humpty Dumpty ma hope o kona hāʻule ʻana. Ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki o ke kūʻai ʻana, ua hoʻopau ʻo Nissan i ka hana ma 2014, akā ʻo ia paha ka ʻakaʻaka hope loa. ʻO ka holo ʻana ma luna o ka CrossCabrio i wehe ʻia i kēia lā e huki i kahi pūʻulu o ka poʻe e kū ana me ka wikiwiki ma mua o kekahi mau kaʻa haʻuki.
ʻO ka Defender 90 hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e huli i nā poʻo, akā ma ke ala maikaʻi. Ua hoʻokele au i ka Defender 110 a piʻi ʻino mai nā pali pali o mauna Equinox ma Vermont; paʻakikī ma waho o ke alanui i loko o nā ululāʻau o Maine-me ka $4,000 i hana ʻia ma ka hale lole i hana ʻia ma Italia ma Landy Camp i ka pō wale nō. Hōʻike nā hiʻohiʻona ʻelua i kahi pōhaku paʻa hou no ka hana ma waho o ke alanui 4 × 4 ma waho o ke alanui, mahalo ma kahi ʻāpana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ea adaptive a me nā chassis alumini paʻakikī, ʻōlelo ʻo Land Rover i ʻekolu mau manawa o kona rigidity o ke kino maikaʻi loa. Kaʻa kaʻa.
Eia nō naʻe, ma nā alanui kuaʻāina ma ka ʻākau o Manhattan, ua hōʻike koke ka Defender 90 i kona pono maʻalahi ma luna o kona kaikuaʻana nui. E like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, he SUV liʻiliʻi kēia me 4,550 paona wale nō, akā me ka turbo like ʻO ka supercharged, 296-horsepower, ʻoi aku ka ikaika 110 he 4,815 ʻehā-cylinder engine. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai o ka Defender 90 he haʻahaʻa hoʻi, e hoʻomaka ana ma $48,050, aʻo ka ʻehā-cylinder 110 e hoʻomaka ana ma $51,850. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻaʻohe mea o nā koho ʻelua i loaʻa iā ia, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻopā ʻana. ʻO ka paʻi mua o ka Defender 90 ($66,475) aʻu i hoʻokele ai ua aneane piha loa ia mai kahi ʻenekini 3.0-lita inline ʻeono pahu me kahi supercharger, kahi turbocharger, a me kahi 48-volt mild hybrid supercharger. Eia mai ka huina kupono o 395 horsepower.
Hoʻonui ia i ka 60 mph i 5.8 kekona, e mālama ana i ka SUV liʻiliʻi. E loaʻa ana ka Defender V8 kiʻekiʻe ma hope o kēia makahiki (ʻelua ʻano kino), e hoʻomaka ana ma $ 98,550 no 90 a me $ 101,750 no 110. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻenekini 5.0-lita V8 supercharged hāʻawi i 518 horsepower, ʻo ia hoʻi. nā ʻenekini e hoʻolako ana i nā mea ahi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kani kani i nā mea hoʻohālike e like me Jaguar F-Pace SUV, F-Type kaʻa haʻuki a me Range Rover Sport SVR.
Inā he mea pale, he Wrangler a he Mustang paha, ua ʻōlelo pū ka mana ʻelua ʻelua i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pōmaikaʻi ma waho o ke alanui, ʻoiai inā he liʻiliʻi wale nā mea nona nā kaʻa e hoʻonui i kēia hiki. ʻO ka nui paʻa e hiki ai iā lākou ke koho i nā ala haiki a me nā huli ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ko lākou mau kaikaina ikaika. ʻO ke kumu huila pōkole e hiki ai iā lākou ke lanakila i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe me ka ʻole o ka "waena" a i ʻole ke kau ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ka waena e like me ka seesaw ma kahi fulcrum.
He aha ka mea huna nui loa i loko o kēia mau SUV? He kūpono loa lākou no kekahi ʻano fashionista kūlanakauhale, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o kēia mea nona Wrangler ʻelua. ʻO ka Defender 90 hou he 170 mau ʻīniha ka lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka pōkole o ka wāwae ma mua o ka pahu hoʻokele Honda Civic. (ʻO nā Wranglers ʻelua ma kahi o 167 iniha ka lōʻihi). ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai iā lākou ke kaomi i nā wahi kaʻa haiki loa. I ka manawa like, he mau pā kaua kiʻekiʻe lākou, kūpono no ka nānā ʻana i ke kaʻa a me ka pale ʻana i nā mea hoʻokele Uber hiki ʻole ke kuhi. Hiki i kēia mau SUV ke hoʻopau i nā lua a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe o ke kūlanakauhale e hiki ke hōʻino i nā kaila a me nā huila o nā kaʻa kahiko.
ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻoluʻolu a me nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hana, ʻelua mau pilikia e mau nei. ʻO ka wahi ukana lahilahi a me ka noho hoʻopunipuni ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke komo ʻana a me ka puka ʻana. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i waho o lākou e pono ai ka maʻalahi o ka poʻe ʻōpio e pale ʻole i ka hele ʻana ma luna o nā paepae a pae mua i nā niho ma ke alahele.
ʻO nā kiaʻi ʻelua ʻīpuka e maʻalahi nā mea, me kahi pihi ma nā noho mua e hiki ke hoʻokuke iā lākou i mua no ke komo maʻalahi (akā naʻe ʻino). Eia naʻe, i ka wā e kau ai, ua lawa ka lumi poʻo o ka poʻe mua o NBA a me ka nui o ka lumi wāwae.
ʻO ke kālepa nui loa ʻo ia ka 17 ʻīniha o ka lōʻihi i nalowale (i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 110 iniha) kokoke loa i loko o ka paʻa ukana. 110 ʻOi aku ka ʻokoʻa o ka ukana ma hope o ka lālani ʻelua ma mua o ka pālua o ko ka makahiki 1990, 34.6 cubic kapuaʻi, a me 15.6 cubic kapuaʻi. Hāʻawi pū ʻo 110 i ʻelua mau noho lālani kolu o ke keiki e hiki ke hoʻokipa i ʻehiku poʻe. Hāʻawi ka 90 i kahi noho lele koho (e loaʻa nō hoʻi ma ka 110) e hoʻohuli i ka bākeke mua i kahi noho ʻekolu lālani kūpono e hiki ke hoʻokipa i nā kānaka ʻeono. Eia naʻe, no nā ʻohana me nā strollers ʻelua kanaka a me nā lako he nui, 110 kahi pāʻani loiloi.
Ua kuhikuhi pololei ʻo Stuart Schorr, ke poʻo o ke kamaʻilio ʻana no JLR ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hui o lākou: "I koʻu lawe ʻana i kekahi poʻe no kahi kaʻa i nā makahiki 90, ʻōlelo lākou, 'E loaʻa iaʻu kēia [no ka mea] ʻaʻole e ʻimi i ka hopena kūpono; Ua kūʻai au no ka mea ʻoluʻolu a makemake wau ia.'”
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Oct-03-2021