Lotus Carlton

The Lotus Omega is a sports sedan, the car manufacturer Lotus that has been developed based on the Opel Omega A Lotus and mounted in a small series of 988 copies in the UK. The body was manufactured in Rüsselsheim main plant of the company Opel and transported to the UK. The 3 -liter engine ( C30SE ) was also supplied by Opel and worked at Lotus. In Germany 393 vehicles of the type has been approved.

The vehicle was unveiled in 1991 and was considered by the Alpina B10 Biturbo (291 km / h) as the fastest production sedan in the world. However, the Alpina B10 Biturbo exceeded the Lotus Omega only on the top speed. Both the acceleration as well as the elasticity values ​​of the Lotus Omega was the faster vehicle. In Germany, was expelled from the Lotus Omega Opel dealer network. Its original price was DM 125,000 (now about 99,000 EUR ).

Technology

The six-cylinder engine with four valves per cylinder has a displacement of 3.6 liters and achieved by charging with two parallel turbochargers, an output of 277 kW ( 377 hp) ( C36GET ). The maximum torque is 557 Nm. The power is transmitted via a ZF transmission, which was also used in the Corvette C4. The sixth gear has extremely long and thus interpreted as saving gear, which reduces fuel consumption at high speeds due to the lower speed.

The Lotus Omega accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 5.4 seconds, its top speed is 283 km / h However, the vehicle was measured with performance of up to 4.9 seconds to 100 km / h and 17.3 s at 200 km / h

Other than the engine, the chassis of Lotus has been revised. The braking system comes from AP. This originally from Opel Omega body was changed to technical changes in accordance with fender flares, bulky bumpers, air vents in the bonnet and a large rear spoiler. You will look different than the base model. Each of the vehicles built was one of the model numbers starting at 001.

In Britain, the Lotus Omega was offered as a Lotus Carlton as the Opel Omega was sold there as the Vauxhall Carlton.

Problems

The Lotus Omega was not free from technical defects which made ​​the car very unreliable. Vehicle buyers were thrilled at the idea and the appearance of the vehicle though, their Omegas, however, were frustrated by the frequent failures and associated workshop visits. The car suffered among other things, problems with electricity and electronics, the clutch, the transmission or the engine.