Lotus Carlton

Lotus carlton for sale the decision to build a racing version of a lotus carlton was taken in 1996.

Lotus carlton. With the largest range of second hand vauxhall lotus carlton cars across the uk find the right car for you. It s a lotus tuned version of vauxhall s carlton sedan also known as the opel omega heavily upgraded to perform on par with. I used to be the proud owner of lotus omega the non uk version number 128 and number 195 and most recently lotus carlton 926. This 1992 lotus carlton sedan was imported to the usa in 1999 and is said to be fully registered and road legal.

These monsters were outfitted with twin garrett turbochargers and were good for an impressive 377 hp and 419 ft lbs torque and were matched with the same 6 speed zf transmission found in the corvette zr1. Still the fastest productionsaloon car in the world lotus type 104. At around that time i had become fascinated by a race that i had read about in an american hot rod magazine during a stateside holiday. The exterior changes were minimal with the addition.

The resulting vauxhall lotus carlton called the type 104 in lotus speak was for several years the world s fastest four door automobile. Find vauxhall lotus carlton used cars for sale on auto trader today. Used 2011 lotus evora coupe 2 2 for sale 43 988 18 329 miles with sport package leather seats navigation system se package technology package bluetooth premium wheels backup camera premium package m sport package. If you re not familiar with the lotus carlton here s a refresher.

The lotus carlton also called vauxhall lotus carlton lotus omega and opel lotus omega is a vauxhall carlton opel omega a saloon upgraded by lotus in order to be able to reach speeds up to 285 km h 177 mph with acceleration to equal contemporary sports cars like all lotus vehicles it was given a type designation type 104 in this case. At a time when fast four door saloons were the preserve of bmw and mercedes this vauxhall derived supercar arrived on.