Lotus Omega (1990). Salon da ya ci BMW na karin kumallo

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Wanene ya tuna da Opel Omega? "Mafi tsufa" (Ba na so in kira kowa tsoho…) tabbas tuna. Ƙila matasa ba su san cewa Omega ya kasance shekaru da yawa "tuta" na Opel.

Wani samfuri ne wanda ya ba da, a farashi mai mahimmanci, ingantaccen madadin samfuri daga samfuran ƙima na Jamus. Duk wanda ke neman ingantacciyar mota, faffadar mota mai gamsarwa yana da Omega a matsayin zaɓi mai inganci. Amma ba nau'ikan da ke da gamsarwa ba ne za mu yi magana da ku game da yau… sigar hardcore ce! Harba rokoki kuma bari ƙungiyar ta yi wasa!

(…) wasu raka'a da 'yan jarida suka gwada sun kai 300 km / h!

Opel Lotus Omega

Lotus Omega shine sigar "hypermuscled" na Omega "mai ban sha'awa". Wani "super saloon" wanda injiniyoyin Lotus suka dafa, wanda ya ɗauki manyan samfura kamar BMW M5 (E34) da mamaki..

315 hp na samfurin Jamus ba zai iya yin komai ba a kan 382 hpu na ikon Jamus-British dodo. Ya zama kamar wani yaro mai aji 7 ya shiga matsala da babban dalibin aji 9. M5 bai tsaya dama ba - kuma a, ni ma na kasance "BMW M5" na shekaru da yawa. Na tuna da "buga" da na dauka…

Komawa zuwa Omega. Lokacin da aka ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 1990, Lotus Omega nan da nan ya kwace taken «salon mafi sauri a duniya», kuma ta babban gefe! Amma mu fara daga farko...

Wani lokaci…

…duniya da ba ta da matsalar tattalin arziki—wani abin da matasa ba su taɓa ji ba. Baya ga Lotus, wanda a tsawon tarihinsa kusan koyaushe yana kan bakin fatara, sauran duniya sun rayu a ƙarshen 1980s lokacin haɓakar tattalin arziki mai ƙarfi. Akwai kuɗi don komai. Kirkira ta kasance mai sauƙi kuma haka rayuwa take… wato kamar yau. Amma ba…

Lotus Omega
Ma'anar Lotus Omega na farko

Kamar yadda na fada a baya, karamin kamfani na Ingilishi ya kasance cikin mawuyacin hali na tattalin arziki kuma mafita a lokacin ita ce sayar da General Motors (GM). Mike Kimberly, babban darektan Lotus, ya ga giant na Amurka a matsayin abokin tarayya mai kyau. GM a baya ya juya zuwa ayyukan injiniya na Lotus, don haka kawai batun zurfafa dangantakar da ta kasance.

"harsuna mara kyau" sun ce tare da ɗan ƙara ƙarfin turbo matsa lamba na iya tashi zuwa 500 hp.

A cewar almara, wannan mutumin ne, Mike Kimberly, wanda ya "sayar da" gudanarwar GM ra'ayin samar da "super saloon" daga Opel Omega. Ainihin, Opel tare da aiki da halayyar Lotus. Amsar dole ta kasance wani abu kamar "nawa kuke bukata?".

Ina bukata kadan…

"Ina bukata kadan," tabbas Mike Kimberly ya amsa. Ta “kananan” ana nufin ingantaccen tushe na Opel Omega 3000, ƙirar da ta yi amfani da injin silinda 3.0 l inline guda shida tare da ƙarfin dawakai 204. Idan aka kwatanta da Lotus, Omega 3000 yayi kama da kwanon gado… amma bari mu fara da injin.

Opel Omega
Omega kafin "matsananciyar gyarawa" na Lotus

Lotus ya ƙara diamita na silinda da bugun jini na pistons (waɗanda aka ƙirƙira su kuma Mahle ya kawo su) don ƙara ƙaura zuwa 3.6 l (wani 600 cm3). Amma aikin bai kare a nan ba. Garrett T25 turbos guda biyu da na'urar sanyaya ta XXL an ƙara. Sakamakon ƙarshe shine 382 hp na iko a 5200 rpm da 568 Nm na matsakaicin karfin juyi a 4200 rpm - tare da 82% na wannan ƙimar da aka riga aka samu a 2000 rpm! Don jure wa «tuntsi» na wannan ɗumbin iko, an kuma ƙarfafa crankshaft.

'Yan jarida daga cikin manyan jaridun Ingila har sun nemi a hana motar shiga kasuwa.

Rage ƙarfin injin yana kula da akwatin gear Tremec T-56 mai sauri shida - guda ɗaya da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin Corvette ZR-1 - kuma wanda ke ba da wutar lantarki zuwa ƙafafun baya kawai. "Harsuna marasa kyau" suna cewa tare da ɗan ƙara ƙarfin turbo mai ƙarfi zai iya tashi zuwa 500 hp - irin ƙarfin da Porsche 911 GT3 RS na yanzu!

Lotus Omega Engine
Inda "sihiri" ya faru.

Bari mu isa ga lambobin da ke da mahimmanci?

Tare da kusan ƙarfin dawakai 400—ka faɗa da ƙarfi: kusan ƙarfin dawakai ɗari huɗu! - Lotus Omega na ɗaya daga cikin kuɗin mota mafi sauri da za a iya saya a 1990. A yau, ko da Audi RS3 yana da wannan ikon, amma ... ya bambanta.

Lotus Omega

Tare da duk wannan ƙarfin, Lotus Omega ya ɗauki 4.9s kawai daga 0-100 km / h kuma ya kai babban gudun 283 km / h - wasu gidajen jaridu da ke hannun ‘yan jarida sun kai kilomita 300/h! Amma bari mu tsaya ga ƙimar “aiki” kuma mu mayar da abubuwa cikin hangen nesa. Babban mota kamar Lamborghini Countach 5000QV ya ɗauki 0.2s (!) ƙasa da 0-100 km/h. A wasu kalmomi, tare da ƙwararren direba a bayan motar, Lotus ya yi kasadar aika Lamborghini a farawa!

da sauri

Waɗannan lambobin sun yi yawa sosai har sun ba Lotus da Opel ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta zanga-zangar.

'Yan jarida daga wasu manyan jaridun Biritaniya har ma sun nemi a hana motar shiga kasuwa - watakila 'yan jaridar da suka kai kilomita 300 / h. A majalisar dokokin Ingila ma an tattauna kan ko ba zai yi hadari ba a bar irin wannan mota ta rika zagayawa a kan titunan jama'a. An yi koke-koke don Lotus don iyakance iyakar gudu na Omega. Alamar alamar kunnuwa… tafa, tafa, tafa!

Ya kasance mafi kyawun talla da Lotus Omega zai iya samu! Me tarin samari…

babban kuzari

Ga dukkan alamu, duk da an haife shi a ƙarƙashin ƙirar Opel, wannan Omega ya kasance cikakkiyar Lotus. Kuma kamar kowane "cikakkiyar dama" Lotus, yana da tasiri mai mahimmanci - har ma a yau kuzari yana daya daga cikin ginshiƙan Lotus (wato da rashin kuɗi ... amma yana kama da Geely zai taimaka).

Wannan ya ce, gidan Birtaniya ya sa Lotus Omega ya samar da mafi kyawun abubuwan da aka samo a kasuwa. Kuma idan tushe ya riga ya yi kyau… ya ma fi kyau!

Lotus Omega

Daga 'bankin gabobin' alama ta Jamus, Lotus ya ɗauki tsarin dakatarwa mai haɗa kai da Sanata Opel don babban gatari na baya - tutar Opel a lokacin. Lotus Omega kuma ya karɓi masu ɗaukar girgiza masu daidaitawa (nauyi da ɗaukar nauyi) da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa masu ƙarfi. Duk domin chassis ya fi iya sarrafa iko da hanzari na gefe. Birki calipers (tare da pistons huɗu) wanda AP Racing ya kawo, rungumar fayafai 330 mm. Matakan da suka cika idanu (da rims) a cikin 90s.

Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu a nan

kyakkyawa ciki da waje

Siffar Lotus Omega ta waje ta yi daidai da injinan aljanu. A cikin kimantawa na sababbin samfura, Ba na so in ba da kaina ga manyan la'akari game da ƙira, kamar yadda a nan - kowa yana da dandano na kansa ... - amma wannan ya riga ya wuce mafi wuyar gwaje-gwaje: lokaci!

Baƙar fata na aikin jiki, shan iska a cikin bonnet, siket na gefe, manyan ƙafafu… duk abubuwan da ke cikin Omega sun yi kama da ƙarfafa direban ya rasa lasisin tuki: “e… gwada ni kuma za ku ga menene. zan iya!"

A ciki, gidan ma ya burge amma ta hanya mafi hankali. Kujerun da aka kawo ta Recaro, sitiyarin wasanni da na'urar auna saurin digiri har zuwa 300 km/h. Ba a buƙatar ƙarin.

Lotus Omega ciki

A takaice, samfurin da kawai zai yiwu a kaddamar da shi a lokacin. Lokacin da daidaiton siyasa bai riga ya zama makaranta ba kuma "'yan tsiraru masu hayaniya" suna da dacewa daidai da mahimmancinta. Yau ba haka yake ba...

A cikin hasken yau, Lotus Omega zai kashe wani abu kamar Yuro 120 000. An samar da raka'a 950 kawai (raka'a 90 ba a samar da su ba) kuma rabin dozin shekaru da suka wuce ba shi da wahala a sami ɗayan waɗannan kwafin don siyarwa a ƙasa da Yuro 17 000. A yau kusan ba zai yiwu a sami Lotus Omega don wannan farashin ba, saboda hauhawar farashin da al'adun gargajiya ke shan wahala a cikin 'yan shekarun nan.

Shin ƙarami ya riga ya fahimci dalilin da yasa take? Tabbas, Lotus Omega zai ci kowane BMW M5 don karin kumallo. Kamar yadda suka saba fada a cikin kwanakin makaranta… da "babu pimples"!

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