Opel Omega Evo 500

The Opel Omega Evo 500 was a sporting version of the upper-middle-class Opel Omega A, produced by General Motors under the German Opel brand from 1991 to 1993, with 500 examples built. The tuner Irmscher built it on the Omega 3000 24V after Lotus began making the Lotus Omega, and exactly 500 were needed so that the car could race in the DTM touring car series. It had widened round wheel arches, 18 inch wheels, bumper spoilers and a two-part rear spoiler whose upper part extended at higher speeds. Its modified three litre 24-valve six-cylinder engine gave 230 PS (169 kilowatts), enough for 249 kilometres per hour, and 36 cars received a four litre engine of 272 PS. Empty mass was 1465 kilograms. In the DTM its best result was sixth place, but it did better in endurance racing, with fourth place in the 24-hour race in 1992 and a Nürburgring lap record by Volker Strycek.