Mu myaka ya za 90, Shampiyona yu Bwongereza Touring Car Yanyuze mu cyiciro cyayo cyiza. Hariho imodoka zubwoko bwose kandi uburyohe bwose: imodoka ndetse na vanseri; Abanya Suwede, Abafaransa, Abadage, Abataliyani n'Abayapani; gutwara ibiziga imbere n'inyuma.
BTCC, muri kiriya gihe, yari imwe mu marushanwa yihuta cyane ku isi maze Alfa Romeo ahitamo kwinjira mu "ishyaka". Hari mu 1994, ubwo ikirango cya Arese cyasabye Alfa Corse (ishami ryamarushanwa) guhuza homoloji ebyiri 155 kugirango batangire muri shampiyona.
Alfa Corse ntabwo yubahirije icyo cyifuzo gusa ahubwo yanarushijeho kujya imbere, ikoresha icyuho mumabwiriza akomeye (cyane cyane kubijyanye na aerodinamike) yavugaga ko imodoka zo mumuhanda 2500 zisa nazo zigomba kugurishwa.
Niyo mpamvu 155 Silverstone, yoroheje ya homologation idasanzwe, ariko hamwe namayeri atavugwaho rumwe. Iya mbere yari iyangirika ryayo yashoboraga gushyirwa mumyanya ibiri, imwe murimwe ishobora kubyara lift mbi.
Iya kabiri yari ibaba ryinyuma. Biragaragara ko iri baba ryinyuma ryari rifite izindi nkunga ebyiri (zashyizwe mu mizigo), ryemerera kuba mumwanya wo hejuru kandi ba nyirubwite barashobora kuzishiraho nyuma, nibishaka. Kandi mugihe cyibizamini byabanjirije ibihe, Alfa Corsa yagumanye neza "ibanga", arekura "igisasu" mugitangira shampiyona.
Kandi aho, ibyiza bya aerodynamic byiyi 155 kurushanwa - BMW 3 Series, Ford Mondeo, Renault Laguna, nabandi… - byari bitangaje. Biratangaje cyane ko Gabriele Tarquini, umushoferi wumutaliyani kuburyo Alfa Romeo yahisemo "gutoza" iyi 155, yatsinze amasiganwa atanu yambere ya shampionat.
Mbere y’irushanwa rya karindwi na nyuma y’ibirego byinshi, ishyirahamwe ryamasiganwa ryiyemeje gukuramo amanota Alfa Corse yatsindiye kugeza ubu ikayihatira kwiruka ifite ibaba rito.
Ntabwo banyuzwe n'iki cyemezo, ikipe y'Ubutaliyani yajuririye kandi nyuma yo kugira uruhare muri FIA, barangije bagarura amanota yabo maze bemererwa gukoresha iboneza hamwe n'ibaba rinini ry'inyuma mu yandi moko make, kugeza ku ya 1 Nyakanga uwo mwaka.
Ariko nyuma yaho, mugihe amarushanwa nayo yateje imbere ibyogajuru, Tarquini yatsinze andi masiganwa abiri gusa kugeza igihe giteganijwe. Nyuma yibyo, mumarushanwa icyenda akurikira, yageraho gusa intsinzi imwe.
Ariko, gutangira ubwoba muri shampiyona no kugaragara kuri podium bisanzwe byatumye umushoferi wumutaliyani yitwara neza muri BTCC muri uwo mwaka, kandi urugero turakuzanira hano - Alfa Romeo 155 TS hamwe na chassis no.90080 - niyo modoka Tarquini yasiganwe kurangiza. kwiruka, muri Silverstone, usanzwe ufite ibaba "risanzwe".
Iki gice cya 155 TS, cyari gifite nyir'umuntu ku giti cye nyuma yo kuvugurura amarushanwa, kizatezwa cyamunara na RM Sotheby muri Kamena, mu birori bizabera i Milan mu Butaliyani, kandi nk'uko byatangajwe na cyamunara bizagurishwa hagati ya 300.000 na ama euro 400.000.
Kubijyanye na moteri ikora iyi "Alfa", kandi nubwo RM Sotheby itabyemeza, birazwi ko Alfa Corse yakoresheje izi TS 155 zifite litiro 2.0 hamwe na silindari enye yabyaye 288 hp na 260 Nm.
Impamvu nyinshi zo gutsindishiriza ibihumbi magana yama euro ibyo RM Sotheby yizera ko azinjiza, ntubyumva?