I-90 yenkulungwane yokugqibela igcwele iimoto ezinkulu. Phakathi kwezi, kukho ezinye ezivelele ngakumbi kunabanye, ezifana ne Lotus Omega . Iphuhliswe ngokwesiseko se-Opel Omega ezolileyo (okanye iVauxhall Carlton eNgilani), iLotus Omega yayiyi "mzingeli" wokwenene weBMW M5.
Kodwa makhe sibone, phantsi kwebhonethi kwakukho a I-3.6 l bi-turbo inline six-cylinder, ekwaziyo ukuzisa i-382 hp kunye ne-568 Nm yetorque eyayinxulunyaniswa ne-gearbox enesantya ezintandathu. Konke oku kuvumele iLotus Omega ukuba ifikelele ku-0 ukuya kwi-100 km/h nge-4.9s ize ifikelele kwesona santya siphezulu siyi-283 km/h.
Zizonke, zaveliswa kuphela 950 iiyunithi le saloon ibalaseleyo eyanceda ukuba ibe yenye yeeunicorns zeemoto kwiminyaka yoo-90. Ngenxa yoku kunqabile, ukubonakala kweeyunithi ezintathu ezithengiswa kwifandesi enye phantse kunqabile njengokubona ukukhanya kwelanga.
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IiLotus Carlton ezimbini kunye neLotus Omega enye
Phakathi kwemizekelo emithathu yento eyaba “yeyona saloon ikhawulezayo emhlabeni”, emibini ihambelana nenguqulelo yesiNgesi (iLotus Carlton ngasekunene drive), eyesithathu iyimodeli emiselwe lonke elaseYurophu, iLotus Omega, ephuma imodeli ye-Opel kunye nevili lokuqhuba “kwindawo eyiyo”.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu apha
I-Lotus Omega ibuyele kwi-1991 kwaye iyona endala kunazo zonke ezintathu, ibe enye ye-415 eveliswe kwimarike yaseJamani. Ekuqaleni ithengwe eJamani, le kopi yathunyelwa e-UK ngo-2017 kwaye ifikelele kwi-64,000 km. Ngokuphathelele ixabiso, oku kuphakathi kwe 35 amawaka kunye 40 amawaka eeponti (phakathi kwama-40 amawaka kunye nama-45 amawaka eeuro).
Kwezintathu zeLotus Omega ezithengiswayo kule fandesi, inye kuphela eneneni… yiOmega. Ezinye ezimbini yinguqulelo yaseBritane, iLotus Carlton.
Ummeli wokuqala waseBritani yiLotus Carlton yowe-1992 kwaye ihambe kuphela iimayile ezingama-41,960 (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-67,500) kwiminyaka yayo engama-27 yobomi. Ngelo xesha yayinabanikazi abathathu kwaye, ngaphandle kwe-muffler yensimbi engenasici, iyimvelaphi ngokupheleleyo, kunye nomthengisi obala ukuyithengisa ngexabiso phakathi 65 amawaka kunye 75 amawaka eeponti (phakathi kwama-74 amawaka kunye nama-86 amawaka eeuro).
Ngokuphantse kube ngama-67,500 eekhilomitha ezigutyungelwe ukusukela ngo-1992, le Lotus Carlton yeyona ibiza kakhulu kwezi zintathu.
Ekugqibeleni, iLotus Carlton ka-1993, nangona iye yakutshanje, ikwayeyona ihambe iikhilomitha ezininzi, kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-99 amawaka (malunga ne-160 000 km). Nangona isekwimeko entle, umgama ophakamileyo uwenza ukuba ibe yeyona modeli ifikelelekayo yabathathu, kunye nendlu yefandesi eyalatha kwixabiso phakathi 28 amawaka kunye 32 amawaka eeponti (phakathi kwama-32 amawaka kunye nama-37 amawaka eeuro).
Umzekelo ka-1993 wawusetyenziswa njengemoto yemihla ngemihla de kwaba ngunyaka ka-2000 (asikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa simmonele umniniyo…).