I-90 yekhulu leminyaka elidlule igcwele izimoto ezinkulu. Phakathi kwalezi, kukhona ezinye ezigqama kakhulu kunabanye, njenge Lotus Omega . Yakhelwe phezu kwesisekelo se-Opel Omega ethule (noma i-Vauxhall Carlton eNgilandi), i-Lotus Omega “yayingumzingeli” wangempela we-BMW M5.
Kodwa ake sibone, ngaphansi kwebhonethi kwakukhona a 3.6 l bi-turbo inline six-cylinder, ekwazi ukuletha u-382 hp kanye ne-torque engu-568 Nm obuhambisana no-gearbox odonsa ngamagiya ayisithupha. Konke lokhu kwenze ukuthi iLotus Omega ifinyelele ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-4.9 futhi ifinyelele ku-283 km/h.
Sekukonke, zakhiqizwa kuphela 950 amayunithi le saloon enkulu eyasiza ukuyenza enye yama-unicorns ezimoto ngawo-90s. Uma kubhekwa lokhu kungavamile, ukubonakala kwamayunithi amathathu adayiswa endalini efanayo cishe akuvamile njengokubona ukusitheka kwelanga.
Nokho, yilokho kanye okuzokwenzeka ngempelasonto ezayo endalini ye-Silverstone Auctions' Race Retro.
AmaLotus Carlton amabili kanye neLotus Omega eyodwa
Phakathi kwezibonelo ezintathu zalokho okwaba “i-saloon eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni”, ezimbili zihambisana nenguqulo yesiNgisi (i-Lotus Carlton engakwesokudla), esesithathu kube imodeli emiselwe lonke elaseYurophu, i-Lotus Omega, ephuma ku- imodeli ye-Opel nesiteringi “endaweni efanele”.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
I-Lotus Omega ihlehlela emuva ku-1991 futhi indala kunazo zonke kulawa amathathu, ingenye yezingu-415 ezikhiqizwe imakethe yaseJalimane. Yathengwa okokuqala eJalimane, le khophi yangeniswa e-UK ngo-2017 futhi isihlanganise amakhilomitha angama-64,000. Ngokuqondene nentengo, lokhu kuphakathi kwe Izinkulungwane ezingama-35 nezingama-40 zamapondo (phakathi kwezinkulungwane ezingama-40 nezingama-45 zama-euro ayizinkulungwane).
Kuma-Omega amathathu e-Lotus adayiswa kule ndali, eyodwa kuphela empeleni...i-Omega. Ezinye ezimbili ziyinguqulo yaseBrithani, iLotus Carlton.
Ummeleli wokuqala waseBrithani yiLotus Carlton yango-1992 futhi usehambe amakhilomitha angama-41,960 kuphela (cishe ama-67,500 km) eminyakeni yayo engama-27 yokuphila. Ngaleso sikhathi yayinabanikazi abathathu futhi, ngaphandle kwe-muffler yensimbi engagqwali, ingeyangempela, lapho umdali ebala ukuyithengisa ngentengo phakathi kwe Izinkulungwane ezingama-65 kanye namaphawundi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-75 (phakathi kwezinkulungwane ezingama-74 nezingama-86 zama-euro ayizinkulungwane).
Njengoba cishe i-67,500 km imbozwe kusukela ngo-1992, le Lotus Carlton iyona ebiza kakhulu kulezi zintathu.
Ekugcineni, iLotus Carlton yango-1993, naphezu kokuba eyakamuva kakhulu, futhi iyona ehlanganise amakhilomitha amaningi, ngamamayela ayizinkulungwane ezingama-99 (cishe i-160 000 km). Nakuba isesimeni esihle, ibanga elide liyenza ibe imodeli efinyeleleka kakhulu yabathathu, kanti indlu yendali ikhomba inani phakathi Izinkulungwane ezingama-28 nezingama-32 zamaphawundi (phakathi kwezinkulungwane ezingama-32 nezingama-37 zama-euro ayizinkulungwane).
Isibonelo sika-1993 sasetshenziswa njengemoto yansuku zonke kwaze kwaba unyaka ka-2000 (ngeke sikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa sibe nomona omncane ngomnikazi wayo…).