The Opel Omega was in itself a fairly stately appearance, but that certainly applied to the thicker versions. You often don’t see it anymore, but this one is still there!
Even the traditional middle segment of the bread-and-butter brands is now dying, let alone the upper middle class. Models such as the Ford Scorpio, Citroën XM and this Opel Omega are relics from a clearly different period. They could count on quite a bit of admiration in their time, if only for their size and allure compared to the other types of those brands. Especially within a ‘sober brand’ like Opel, the Omega was a wonderful splurge, especially if you had one that was extra spacious in its stuff and had a six-cylinder in the nose. That applies to this copy, which was spotted by Techzle forum member A Brandhorst. Thanks for sharing!
There are several features that indicate that this Omega probably attracted quite a bit of attention from the neighborhood when its first owner put it on the doorstep. Painted bumpers, chrome accents, a rear spoiler, a glass roof, mud flaps and the characteristic alloy wheels: all things that make it clear that this is a well-endowed Omega. It certainly is, because we are dealing here with the 2.6i. It had the smallest six-in-line in the nose, good for 150 hp and a 0-100 sprint in 9.8 seconds. That is not impressive by today’s standards, but at the time you could certainly still make a splash with the top speed of 215 km/h. If you really wanted to be fast, you could still sign up for the 3.0 or the 3000 in 1992. Those types had – as the names say – a 3.0 liter six-cylinder engine, respectively good for 200 and 204 hp power and a top speed of 235 km/h. Anyway, then there was always the Lotus …
In short, this 2.6i was not the absolute top of the Omega range, but it is still one that has just that little bit more charisma than ‘just an Omega’. Nice to see that it is still there and with such a generous parking policy it will probably also be nicely free of dents and scratches.