Vauxhall Carlton
The Vauxhall Carlton is a car of the upper middle class, the Vauxhall until the spring of 1994 offered by the end of 1978 in the UK.
- 2.1 engine range
- 2.2 Special Lotus version
Carlton Mark I (1978-1986)
Vauxhall Carlton Mark I (1978-1982)
The first Vauxhall Carlton was introduced in late 1978 as a replacement for the Vauxhall VX. It was based on the contemporary Opel Rekord, but had the typical Vauxhall " Droopsnoot " ( lowered between the headlights front end ) and therefore no standard grille. The cars were available as a sedan or station wagon with rear-wheel drive and a large, comfortable interior (initially only in " L" equipment) available. The drive was a four-cylinder engine with 2.0 liter displacement and carburetor which gave adequate performance of the car and was characterized by smoothness and economy.
There were some interesting extras, such as central locking, alloy wheels and electric windows, which was exceptional for a large-scale model in the late 1970s.
There have also been extended and more powerful models, which were based on the Carlton and the record. Directly above it was the Vauxhall Viceroy - placed, and about the Vauxhall Royale - - almost identical to the Opel Commodore A Opel Senator - and the coupe variants Vauxhall Royale Coupe, or Opel Monza. Of the latter, the Opel versions were also in the UK but more common than its Vauxhall counterparts.
Facelift
In an experiment conducted in late 1982 facelift accounted for Vauxhall typical " Droopsnoot " and the rectangular grille corresponded to that of Opel.
At this time, the marketing of the Opel models in the UK was set since it apart from the emblems, were no more differences to the Opel models. When Facelift more engines were similar to the Rekord E, is introduced: a 1.8 -liter R4 petrol engine and a 2.3 liter diesel engine R4. Also, one led not only to the basic variant "L" as more models, the " GL" and "CD" one.
In 1984, a 2.0-liter R4- injection engine, but was in 1985 replaced by a 2.2 -liter R4- injection engine.
Carlton Mark II (1986-1994)
Vauxhall Carlton Mark II (1986-1994)
Opel decided to call the featured 1986 successor to the Opel Rekord Omega. Vauxhall remained at Carlton.
With its launch in the fall of 1986 won the sister models Vauxhall Carlton Mark II / Opel Omega A, which in turn were available as a sedan or wagon, the car of the year award.
Again, there was an extended version of the Vauxhall Carlton as well as Opel Omega. Both manufacturers they called Senator.
In spring 1994, Vauxhall announced the name Carlton and Opel stayed with the name Omega, which now also received the successor to the Carlton. Apparently they strove at the GM daughters to uniform names for the same or similar models.
Range of engines
New in the engine range of the Carlton Mark II were two six-cylinder engines with 2.6 l and 3.0 l were first, this 12 - valve versions, but later they offered 24 - valve engines, which developed significantly more power and torque. Also used Vauxhall the " Dual Ram " intake manifold under 4,000 min -1 as two 3- cylinder engines ran the engines at 4,000 min-1 but changed the Ansaugprofil and so engine performance significantly increased.
Special Lotus version
In 1990, the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton high performance cars in collaboration with Lotus Cars with 377 bhp (277 kW) out. At Opel Lotus Omega was this version. He had a six-cylinder engine with 3,615 cc displacement and two turbochargers (factory name: C36GET ). The car had a top speed of 283 km / h, making him at that time officially made it the fastest ever built four-seater. It cost £ 48,000, considerably more than twice as much as a standard Carlton. Due to the high price Vauxhall has sold only 440 copies in the UK rather than the planned 1,000. For customers with less deep pockets, there was the 3000 GSi 24V with a maximum speed of almost 240 km / h