Ngubani okhumbula i-Opel Omega? “Omdala kunabo bonke” (angifuni ukubiza noma ubani ngomdala…) uyakhumbula ngempela. Abantu abasha kungenzeka bangazi ukuthi i-Omega iminyaka eminingi “iwuphawu” lwe-Opel.
Kwakuyimodeli enikeza, ngentengo ephansi kakhulu, enye indlela ethembekile kumamodeli avela kumikhiqizo ye-premium yaseJalimane. Noma ubani ofuna imoto efakwe kahle, evulekile edlala ngendlela egculisayo ube ne-Omega njengenketho evumelekile kakhulu. Kodwa akuzona izinguqulo ezinomdlalo ogculisayo esizokhuluma nawe ngazo namuhla… inguqulo eqinile! Shisa amarokhethi futhi uvumele iqembu ukuthi lidlale!
(…) amanye amayunithi ahlolwe abezindaba afinyelela ku-300 km/h!
I-Lotus Omega kwakuyinguqulo "ye-hypermuscled" ye-Omega "eyisicefe". "I-super saloon" ephekwe onjiniyela be-Lotus, futhi ethathe amamodeli asezingeni eliphezulu njenge-BMW M5 (E34) ngokumangala..
I-315 hp yemodeli yaseJalimane ayinakwenza lutho ngokumelene ne- awu 382hp amandla esilo saseJalimane-saseBrithani. Kwaba sengathi ingane yebanga lesi-7 ingena enkingeni nomfundi omkhulu webanga lesi-9. I-M5 ayizange ithole ithuba - futhi yebo, nami ngangiyi-“BMW M5” iminyaka eminingi. Ngikhumbula kahle "isigqi" engasithatha ...
Ebuyela ku-Omega. Lapho yethulwa ngo-1990, i-Lotus Omega yahlwitha ngokushesha isihloko esithi «saloon eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni», futhi ngenani elikhulu! Kodwa ake siqale ekuqaleni...
Kwasukasukela…
…umhlaba ongenawo ubunzima bezomnotho—enye into abasha abangakaze bayizwe. Ngaphandle kweLotus, okuthe kuwo wonke umlando wayo ibilokhu isonqenqemeni lokuqothuka, umhlaba wonke wawuphila ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1980 isikhathi sokukhula okuqinile komnotho. Kwakukhona imali yakho konke. Isikweletu besilula kanjalo nempilo… okusho ukuthi, njenganamuhla. Kodwa hhayi…
Njengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni, inkampani encane yamaNgisi yayisenkingeni enkulu yezomnotho futhi ikhambi ngaleso sikhathi kwaba ukudayiswa kwaGeneral Motors (GM). UMike Kimberly, umqondisi jikelele weLotus, wabona umdondoshiya waseMelika njengozakwethu ofanelekile. Ngaphambilini i-GM yayiphendukele ezinsizeni zobunjiniyela be-Lotus, ngakho-ke kwakuyindaba nje yokujulisa izibopho ezazivele zikhona.
"Izilimi ezimbi" zithi ngokukhuphuka kancane kwengcindezi ye-turbo amandla angakhuphukela ku-500 hp
Ngokusho kwenganekwane, kwakule ndoda efanayo, uMike Kimberly, "owathengisa" abaphathi be-GM umqondo wokwenza "i-super saloon" evela ku-Opel Omega. Ngokuyisisekelo, i-Opel esebenza nokuziphatha kweLotus. Impendulo kumele ibe yinto efana nokuthi "udinga malini?".
Ngidinga okuncane...
“Kuncane engikudingayo,” kumelwe ukuba uMike Kimberly waphendula. Ngokuthi “kancane” kushiwo isisekelo esinempilo se-Opel Omega 3000, imodeli esebenzisa injini engu-3.0 l emgqeni enamasilinda ayisithupha enamandla angu-204. Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Lotus, i-Omega 3000 yayibukeka njengepani yokulala… kodwa ake siqale ngenjini.
I-lotus yandisa ububanzi bamasilinda kanye ne-stroke yamapiston (akhiwe futhi ahlinzekwa ngu-Mahle) ukwandisa ukugudluka ku-3.6 l (enye engu-600 cm3). Kodwa umsebenzi awukapheli lapha. Kwengezwe ama-turbo amabili e-Garrett T25 kanye ne-XXL intercooler. Umphumela waba ngu-382 hp wamandla ku-5200 rpm kanye ne-568 Nm ye-torque ephezulu ku-4200 rpm. - ngama-82% aleli nani asevele atholakala ku-2000 rpm! Ukuze umelane "nokuphonseka" kwalesi sikhukhula samandla, i-crankshaft nayo yaqiniswa.
Izintatheli zamaphephandaba esiNgisi ahlonishwayo zize zacela ukuthi imoto ivalwe emakethe.
Ukuncishiswa kwamandla enjini bekuphethe ugearbox onamagiya ayisithupha weTremec T-56 - ofanayo nalowo owasetshenziswa kwiCorvette ZR-1 - futhi ehambisa amandla emasondweni angemuva kuphela. "Izilimi ezimbi" zithi ngokunyuka kancane kwe-turbo pressure amandla angakhuphukela ku-500 hp - amandla afanayo ne-Porsche 911 GT3 RS yamanje!
Ake sifinyelele izinombolo ezibalulekile?
Ngamandla amahhashi acishe abe ngu-400—yisho ngokuzwakalayo: cishe amandla amahhashi angamakhulu amane! — iLotus Omega kwakungenye yezimoto ezishesha kakhulu ezazingathengwa ngemali ngo-1990. Namuhla, ngisho ne-Audi RS3 inalawo mandla, kodwa… kwehlukile.
Ngawo wonke lawa mandla, iLotus Omega ithathe amakhilomitha angu-4.9 nje ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h yafinyelela ku-283 km/h — amanye amayunithi ezindaba asezandleni zezintatheli afinyelele ku-300 km/h! Kodwa masinamathele enanini “elisemthethweni” futhi sibuyisele izinto endaweni efanele. Imoto enkulu efana ne-Lamborghini Countach 5000QV ithathe nje u-0.2s(!) ngaphansi kuka-0-100 km/h. Ngamanye amazwi, ngomshayeli onekhono ngemuva kwesondo, iLotus yazifaka engozini yokuthumela iLamborghini ekuqaleni!
ngokushesha kakhulu
Lezi zinombolo beziningi kangangokuthi zanikeza i-Lotus ne-Opel ingoma yokubhikisha.Izintatheli zamanye amaphephandaba ahlonishwayo aseBrithani zize zacela ukuthi imoto ivalwe emakethe - mhlawumbe zona lezi zintatheli ezifinyelela ku-300 km/h. Ephalamende lamaNgisi kwaze kwadingidwa ukuthi ngeke yini kube yingozi ukudedelwa kwemoto enjalo izule emigwaqeni yomphakathi. Izicelo zenziwa nokuthi iLotus inciphise isivinini esikhulu se-Omega. Uphawu lwenza izindlebe zomaka… shaya izandla, shaya izandla!
Kwakuwukusakazwa okuhle kakhulu i-Lotus Omega eyayingaba nakho! Inqwaba yabafana...
Dynamics eziphezulu
Ngazo zonke izinhloso, naphezu kokuthi izalwe ngaphansi komklamo we-Opel, le Omega yayiyiLotus egcwele. Futhi njenganoma iyiphi i-Lotus "elungile", yayinokuguquguquka okubhekiselayo - ngisho nanamuhla ashukumisayo angenye yezinsika zeLotus (lokho kanye nokuntuleka kwemali… kodwa kubukeka sengathi i-Geely izosiza).
Sekushiwo lokho, indlu yaseBrithani ihlomise i-Lotus Omega ngezinto ezinhle kakhulu ezazitholakala emakethe. Futhi uma isisekelo sase sivele sisihle… saba ngcono nakakhulu!
'Ku-organ bank' yomkhiqizo waseJalimane, i-Lotus yathatha uhlelo lokumiswa lokuzimisa lokuzilinganisa lwe-Opel Senator ye-axle yangemuva - ifulegi le-Opel ngaleso sikhathi. I-Lotus Omega iphinde yathola izibambisi zokushaqeka ezilungisekayo (umthwalo nokulayisha kuqala) kanye neziphethu eziqinile. Konke ukuze i-chassis ikwazi ukuphatha kangcono amandla nokusheshisa kwe-lateral. Ama-brake caliper (anamapistons amane) ahlinzekwe yi-AP Racing, anga amadiski angu-330 mm. Izinyathelo ezigcwalise amehlo (namarimu) ngeminyaka yawo-90s.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
amahle ngaphakathi nangaphandle
Ukubukeka kwangaphandle kwe-Lotus Omega kufane kakhulu nobunjiniyela bayo bobudemoni. Ekuhlaziyeni kwami amamodeli amasha, angithandi ukuzibophezela ekucabangeni okukhulu mayelana nokuklama, njengoba lapha - wonke umuntu unokunambitheka kwakhe ... - kodwa lena isivele iphumelele izivivinyo ezinzima kakhulu: isikhathi!
Umbala omnyama womsebenzi womzimba, umoya otholakala kubhonethi, iziketi ezisemaceleni, amasondo amakhulu... zonke izici ze-Omega zibonakala zikhuthaza umshayeli ukuba alahlekelwe yizincwadi zokushayela: “yebo… ngivivinye futhi uzobona ukuthi yini Ngiyakwazi!"
Ngaphakathi, ikhabethe nalo lahlaba umxhwele kodwa ngendlela ehlakaniphe kakhulu. Izihlalo ezihlinzekwa ngu-Recaro, isiteringi sezemidlalo kanye ne-speedometer eneziqu ezifika ku-300 km/h. Kwakungasekho okudingekayo.
Ngamafuphi, imodeli eyayingenzeka kuphela ngaleso sikhathi. Isikhathi lapho ukulunga kwezepolitiki kwakungakabi yisikole futhi "iqembu elincane elinomsindo" lalinokufaneleka ngokulingana nokubaluleka kwakho. Namhlanje akusenjalo...
Ngokukhanya kwanamuhla, i-Lotus Omega ingabiza okuthile okufana ne-120 000 euros. Amayunithi angama-950 kuphela akhiqizwa (amayunithi angama-90 ahlala engakhiqiziwe) futhi eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nambili edlule kwakungenzima ukuthola enye yalawa makhophi athengiswa ngaphansi kwe-17 000 euros. Namuhla cishe akunakwenzeka ukuthola i-Lotus Omega yale ntengo, ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamanani ama-classics abewaphatha kabi eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Ingabe omncane usezwile ukuthi kungani isihloko? Ngempela, i-Lotus Omega ingadla noma iyiphi i-BMW M5 ngesidlo sasekuseni. Njengoba babevame ukusho ezinsukwini zami zesikole… futhi “azikho izinduna”!
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