Shekaru 90 na karni na karshe suna cike da manyan motoci. Daga cikin wadannan, akwai wadanda suka fi wasu fice, kamar su Lotus Omega . An haɓaka shi akan Opel Omega mai shiru (ko Vauxhall Carlton a Ingila), Lotus Omega ingantaccen “mafarauci” ne na BMW M5.
Amma bari mu gani, a karkashin bonnet akwai wani 3.6 l bi-turbo inline shida-Silinda, mai ikon isar da 382 hp da 568 Nm na karfin juyi wanda aka haɗa da akwatin kayan aiki mai sauri shida. Duk wannan ya ba da damar Lotus Omega ya kai 0 zuwa 100 km / h a cikin 4.9s kuma ya kai iyakar gudun 283 km / h.
Gabaɗaya, an samar da su ne kawai raka'a 950 wannan babban saloon wanda ya taimaka ya zama daya daga cikin unicorns na mota na 90s. Ganin wannan rashin ƙarfi, bayyanar raka'a uku na siyarwa a gwanjo iri ɗaya kusan ba kasafai ake ganin kusufin rana ba.
Koyaya, wannan shine ainihin abin da zai faru a ƙarshen mako mai zuwa a gwanjon Silsilar Auctions' Race Retro auction.
Lotus Carlton biyu da Lotus Omega daya
Daga cikin misalan guda uku na abin da ya zama "salon mafi sauri a duniya", biyu sun dace da sigar Ingilishi (motar hannun dama ta Lotus Carlton), na uku shine samfurin da aka ƙaddara ga sauran Turai, Lotus Omega, wanda ya samo asali na samfurin Opel kuma tare da tuƙi "a daidai wurin da ya dace".
Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu a nan
Lotus Omega ya koma 1991 kuma shine mafi tsufa a cikin ukun, kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin 415 da aka samar don kasuwar Jamus. Tun asali da aka saya a Jamus, an shigo da wannan kwafin zuwa Burtaniya a cikin 2017 kuma ya mamaye kilomita 64,000. Amma ga farashin, wannan yana cikin Fam dubu 35 da dubu 40 (tsakanin Yuro dubu 40 da dubu 45).
Daga cikin Lotus Omegas guda uku na siyarwa a wannan gwanjon, ɗaya kawai shine ainihin… Omega. Sauran biyun su ne sigar Burtaniya, Lotus Carlton.
Wakilin Burtaniya na farko shine Lotus Carlton na 1992 kuma ya yi tafiyar mil 41,960 (kimanin kilomita 67,500) a cikin shekaru 27 na rayuwa. A wannan lokacin yana da masu gida uku kuma, in ban da bakin karfen muffler, ya kasance na asali gaba daya, tare da mai gwanjon yana kirgawa don sayar da shi akan kima tsakanin Fam dubu 65 da dubu 75 (tsakanin Yuro dubu 74 da dubu 86).
Tare da kusan kilomita 67,500 da aka rufe tun 1992, wannan Lotus Carlton shine mafi tsada daga cikin ukun.
A ƙarshe, Lotus Carlton na 1993, duk da kasancewarsa na baya-bayan nan, kuma shine wanda ya mamaye mafi yawan kilomita, tare da mil dubu 99 (kimanin kilomita 160 000). Ko da yake har yanzu yana cikin kyakkyawan yanayi, mafi girman nisan miloli ya sa ya zama mafi kyawun samfurin ukun, tare da gidan gwanjo yana nuna ƙima tsakanin Fam dubu 28 da dubu 32 (tsakanin Yuro dubu 32 da dubu 37).
Misalin 1993 an yi amfani da shi azaman motar yau da kullun har zuwa shekara ta 2000 (ba za mu iya taimakawa ba sai dai dan kishin mai shi…).