Ngubani okhumbula iOpel Omega? Oyena “mdala” (andifuni kubiza nabani na ukuba mdala…) khumbula ngokuqinisekileyo. Abantu abancinci banokungazi ukuba i-Omega iminyaka emininzi yayiyi "flagship" ye-Opel.
Yayiyimodeli enikezela, ngexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu, enye indlela ethembekileyo kwiimodeli ezivela kwiimpawu zeprimiyamu zaseJamani. Nabani na okhangela imoto exhotyiswe kakuhle, ephangaleleyo nenentsebenzo eyanelisayo wayene-Omega njengokhetho olusebenzayo. Kodwa ayizizo iinguqulelo ezinemidlalo eyanelisayo esiza kuthetha nawe ngayo namhlanje… yinguqulelo enzima! Tshisa iirokethi kwaye uvumele iqela lidlale!
(…) ezinye iiyunithi ezivavanywe ngoonondaba zafikelela kuma-300 km/h!
I-Lotus Omega yayiyi "hypermuscled" inguqulelo ye-Omega "edinayo". I "super saloon" ephekwe ziinjineli zeLotus, nethe yathatha imifuziselo ephezulu njengeBMW M5 (E34) ngokumangalisayo..
I-315 hp yemodeli yaseJamani ayinakwenza nto ngokupheleleyo ngokuchasene ne 382 hp yamandla e-monster yaseJamani-yaseBritani. Kwaba ngathi umntwana webanga lesi-7 ungena engxakini nomntwana omkhulu webanga lesi-9. I-M5 ayizange ifumane thuba - kwaye ewe, nam ndandiyi-“BMW M5” iminyaka emininzi. Ndikhumbula kakuhle "ukubetha" endikuthathileyo ...
Ndibuyela kuOmega. Xa yasungulwa ngo-1990, i-Lotus Omega ngokukhawuleza yahlutha isihloko esithi «saloon ekhawulezayo emhlabeni», kwaye ngomda omkhulu! Kodwa masiqale ekuqaleni ...
Ngeminazana ithile…
…ihlabathi elingenawo amagingxigingxi ezoqoqosho—enye into abangazange bayive abaselula. Ngaphandle kweLotus, ethe kuyo yonke imbali yayo ibisoloko isesiphelweni sokungabinamali, ihlabathi liphela lalihlala ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1980 ixesha lokukhula ngamandla kwezoqoqosho. Kwakukho imali yayo yonke into. Ityala lalilula kwaye ubomi babulula… oko kukuthi, njenganamhlanje. Kodwa hayi…
Njengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, inkampani encinci yeNgesi yayisengxakini enkulu yezoqoqosho kwaye isisombululo ngelo xesha sasithengiswa kwiGeneral Motors (GM). UMike Kimberly, umlawuli jikelele weLotus, wabona isigebenga saseMelika njengelona qabane lifanelekileyo. I-GM yayisele iphendukele kwiinkonzo zobunjineli beLotus, ngoko ke yayiyinto nje yokuqinisa ubudlelwane obusele bukhona.
"Ulwimi olubi" luthi ngokunyuka nje okuncinci kuxinzelelo lwe-turbo amandla anokunyuka aye kwi-500 hp.
Ngokwentsomi, yayiyile ndoda inye, uMike Kimberly, “owathengisa” abaphathi beGM ngombono wokudala “i-saloon enkulu” evela kwi-Opel Omega. Ngokusisiseko, i-Opel yokusebenza kunye nokuziphatha kweLotus. Impendulo kufuneka ibe yinto ethi "ufuna malini?".
Ndidinga kancinci...
“Ndifuna okuncinane,” umele ukuba waphendula uMike Kimberly. Ngokuthi "encinci" kuthethwa isiseko esisempilweni se-Opel Omega 3000, imodeli esebenzise i-3.0 l engaphakathi kwe-injini ye-silinda ezintandathu enama-204 amahashe. Xa kuthelekiswa neLotus, iOmega 3000 ibikhangeleka ngathi yibhedi… kodwa masiqale ngenjini.
I-Lotus yandisa ububanzi beesilinda kunye ne-stroke yeepiston (ezenziwe kwaye zanikezelwa nguMahle) ukunyusa ukufuduka kwi-3.6 l (enye i-600 cm3). Kodwa umsebenzi awukapheli apha. Iiturbos ezimbini zeGarrett T25 kunye ne-XXL intercooler zongezwa. Isiphumo sokugqibela sasiyi-382 hp yamandla kwi-5200 rpm kunye ne-568 Nm ye-torque ephezulu kwi-4200 rpm. - kunye ne-82% yale xabiso esele ikhona kwi-2000 rpm! Ukumelana ne "thrust" yale avalanche yamandla, i-crankshaft nayo yomelezwa.
Iintatheli zawona maphephandaba adumileyo esiNgesi ade acela ukuba le moto ivalwe emarikeni.
Ukunciphisa amandla e-injini kwakuphethe i-gearbox ye-Tremec T-56 ene-speed ezintandathu-eyayisetyenziswa kwi-Corvette ZR-1-kwaye yahambisa amandla kuphela kumavili angasemva. "Iilwimi ezimbi" zithi ngokunyuka nje okuncinci kwi-turbo yoxinzelelo amandla anganyuka aye kwi-500 hp - amandla afana ne-Porsche 911 GT3 RS yangoku!
Makhe sifikelele kumanani abalulekileyo?
Ngamandla amahashe aphantse abe ngama-400-yitsho ngokuvakalayo: phantse amakhulu amane-amahashe! — iLotus Omega yenye yeemoto ezikhawulezayo ezinokuthi zithengwe ngo-1990. Namhlanje, ne-Audi RS3 inaloo mandla, kodwa… yahlukile.
Ngawo onke la mandla, iLotus Omega ithathe nje 4.9s ukusuka ku-0-100 km/h yaza yafikelela kwisantya esiphezulu esiyi-283 km/h — amanye amacandelo oshicilelo ezandleni zeentatheli afikelela kuma-300 km/h! Kodwa masibambelele kwixabiso “elisemthethweni” kwaye sibeke izinto kwindawo yazo. Imoto enkulu efana neLamborghini Countach 5000QV ithathe nje 0.2s(!) ngaphantsi kwe-0-100 km/h. Ngamanye amazwi, ngomqhubi onobuchule emva kwevili, iLotus ibeka umngcipheko wokuthumela iLamborghini ekuqaleni!
ngokukhawuleza okukhulu
La manani ayemaninzi kangangokuba anike iLotus kunye neOpel ingoma yoqhanqalazo.Iintatheli ezivela kwamanye amaphephandaba aseBrithani ahloniphekileyo ade acela ukuba imoto ivalwe kwiimarike - mhlawumbi iintatheli ezifanayo ezifike kwi-300 km / h. Kwipalamente yamaNgesi, kwade kwaxoxwa malunga nokuba akuyi kuba yingozi na ukuvumela imoto enjalo ijikeleze kwiindlela zikawonke-wonke. Izibongozo zenziwe ukuba iLotus inciphise isantya esiphezulu se-Omega. Uphawu lwenze iindlebe… qhwaba, qhwaba, qhwaba!
Yayiyeyona nto ilungileyo yopapasho iLotus Omega enokuba nayo! Elinjani lona iqela lamakhwenkwe...
Dynamics eziphezulu
Kuzo zonke iinjongo kunye neenjongo, nangona uzalwe phantsi koyilo lwe-Opel, le Omega yayiyiLotus epheleleyo. Kwaye njengayo nayiphi na iLotus "epheleleyo-ekunene", yayinokutshintshatshintsha - nanamhlanje ii-dynamics yenye yeentsika zeLotus (loo nto kunye nokungabikho kwemali ... kodwa kubonakala ngathi i-Geely iya kunceda).
Oko kuthethiweyo, indlu yaseBhritane ixhobise iLotus Omega ngezona zinto bezikhona kwintengiso. Kwaye ukuba isiseko besisele silungile… siye sabangcono!
Ukusuka 'kwibhanki ye-organ' yophawu lwaseJamani, iLotus yathatha iskim se-Opel Senator se-multi-link sokuzimisa esizilinganisa kwi-asi engasemva - iflegi ye-Opel ngelo xesha. I-Lotus Omega nayo ifumene izinto zokufunxa ukothuka (umthwalo kunye nokulayisha kwangaphambili) kunye nemithombo eqinile. Konke ukuze i-chassis ikwazi ukuphatha ngcono amandla kunye nokunyuka kwecala. Iicalipers zebrake (ezineepistons ezine) ezibonelelwa yi-AP Racing, zanga iidiski ezingama-330 mm. Amanyathelo azalise amehlo (kunye neerimu) kwi-90s.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu apha
intle ngaphakathi nangaphandle
Imbonakalo yangaphandle yeLotus Omega ihambelana ngokumangalisayo nobuchwephesha bayo beedemon. Kuvandlakanyo lwam lweemodeli ezintsha, andithandi ukuzibophelela kuqwalaselo olukhulu malunga noyilo, njengalapha - wonke umntu unencasa yakhe… - kodwa le sele iphumelele olona vavanyo lunzima: ixesha!
Umbala omnyama womsebenzi womzimba, umoya ofakwa kwibhonethi, iziketi ezisecaleni, amavili amakhulu… zonke izinto ze-Omega zibonakala zikhuthaza umqhubi ukuba aphulukane nephepha-mvume lokuqhuba: “ewe… ndivavanye kwaye uya kubona ukuba yintoni na. Ndiyakwazi!"
Ngaphakathi, ikhabhinethi nayo yachukumiseka kodwa ngendlela elumke ngakumbi. Izihlalo ezibonelelwa nguRecaro, ivili lokuqhuba ezemidlalo kunye nespeedometer ephumelele isidanga ukuya kuma-300 km/h. Kwakungasekho yimfuneko.
Ngamafutshane, imodeli eyayinokwenzeka kuphela ngelo xesha. Ixesha apho ukuchaneka kwezopolitiko kwakungekabi sisikolo kwaye "amaqela amancinane anengxolo" ayenokufaneleka ngokokubaluleka kwawo. Namhlanje ayisenjalo...
Ngokukhanya kwanamhlanje, iLotus Omega ingaxabisa into efana ne-120 000 yee-euro. Iiyunithi ze-950 kuphela zaveliswa (iiyunithi ze-90 zahlala zingaveliswanga) kunye nesiqingatha seminyaka elishumi elinesibini edlulileyo kwakungekho nzima ukufumana enye yezi kopi ezithengiswayo ngaphantsi kwe-17 000 ye-euro. Namhlanje akunakwenzeka ukufumana i-Lotus Omega ngeli xabiso, ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso ii-classics eziye zabandezeleka kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
Ngaba oyena mncinane sele esiqondile isizathu sokuba isihloko? Ewe, iLotus Omega ingatya nayiphi na i-BMW M5 kwisidlo sakusasa. Njengoko babedla ngokuthi ngeentsuku zam zesikolo… kwaye “akukho maqhakuva”!
Ndifuna ukufunda amabali amaninzi anje