The Lotus Omega Combines Speed and Practicality for an Ultimate Super-Saloon

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The Lotus Omega Combines Speed and Practicality for an Ultimate Super-Saloon

This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on July 25th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.

 

[TexRex]

Whew! For a second there I thought this was an announcement of a new super-saloon from Lotus.

 

[Aphelion]

I just got really excited... now I am dissapoint

 

[Auditore]

Man...i thought the Omega was coming to GTS,that thumbnail fooled me,thought it was a Scape

 

[GTP_TO Blue]

An old friend in the UK had one of these; though it was badged as the Lotus Carlton. Such a lovely, sporty car.

 

[Auditore]

An old friend in the UK had one of these; though it was badged as the Lotus Carlton. Such a lovely, sporty car.

One of the quirks of Opel/Vauxhall/Chevrolet/Lotus cars,they always come with 2 different names,only recently i discovered the Chevrolet Kaddet also called Vauxhall Astra

 

[AgentBlackDog]

Man...i thought the Omega was coming to GTS,that thumbnail fooled me,thought it was a Scape

So did I...

 

[Dennisch]

Man, I remember when these weren't as widely known among the somewhat car crowd. During a drag race at a German car show it completely blew away the competition and the crowd.

To achieve something like that nowadays you need at least 7-800 hp in a dull turd.

 

[kikie]

Never mind, wrong thread.

 

[Razamataz]

Prime candidate for a remaster in Gran Turismo Sport. I believe this car originally made its debut in GT4?

 

[Famine]

Prime candidate for a remaster in Gran Turismo Sport. I believe this car originally made its debut in GT4?

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/lotus-carlton-premium-1990.298392/

 

[LogiForce]

One of the quirks of Opera/Vauxhall/Chevrolet/Lotus cars,they always come with 2 different names,only recently i discovered the Chevrolet Kaddet also called Vauxhall Astra

Opel Kadett in the rest of Europe.

Aaah, the time when Opel cars were still awesome. Opel Omega, Opel Kadett, Opel Calibra, Opel GT, Opel Mantra.
They just made nice cars with engines that could, and at an affordible price.

I still remember there being talks about GTI vs GSI and which was better. Aaah, the times.

 

[daan]

 

[NFSCARBON1]

One of the quirks of Opel/Vauxhall/Chevrolet/Lotus cars,they always come with 2 different names,only recently i discovered the Chevrolet Kaddet also called Vauxhall Astra

Interestingly in the 90's GM unified the names of the cars to their Opel names (Corsa rather than Nova, Vectra rather than Cavalier, Omega rather than Carlton) but they kept Astra and dropped Kaddett.

 

[KingLich]

this IS also the lotus carlton, correct? I had that on gt4, pretty nice car it is.

 

[Joey D]

Man...i thought the Omega was coming to GTS,that thumbnail fooled me,thought it was a Scape

I mean that was the plan.

 

[Famine]

An old friend in the UK had one of these; though it was badged as the Lotus Carlton. Such a lovely, sporty car.

this IS also the lotus carlton, correct? I had that on gt4, pretty nice car it is.

It's mentioned pretty early on in the article that the Lotus Omega is the Lotus Carlton in the UK, and @Joey D discusses the UK criminal underworld's love of the Carlton a little later on in the piece...

 

[TenEightyOne]

One of the quirks of Opel/Vauxhall/Chevrolet/Lotus cars,they always come with 2 different names,only recently i discovered the Chevrolet Kaddet also called Vauxhall Astra

Indeed, it was until way after this era that the names were combined across Vauxhall/Opel platforms.

For many Brits the Vauxhall Omega will forever be a completely different car from the Vauxhall (and Lotus) Carlton.

 

[RodolphoPNeto]

Here in Brazil, the Omega was badged as a Chevrolet, and to this day is a subject of worship with clubs and meetings. The last one was released in 2010 as the "Fittipaldi Edition" with a nice 3.6L V6.

But nothing (among the Omega models sold here) compares to this Carlton. A true unicorn, i love it.

 

[Tornado]

Having crawled around underneath my car more than a few times now, I'm kind of stunned that they managed to wedge a ZF6 into a regular car not essentially built around it.

 

[Michelin]

Here in Brazil, the Omega was badged as a Chevrolet, and to this day is a subject of worship with clubs and meetings. The last one was released in 2010 as the "Fittipaldi Edition" with a nice 3.6L V6.

But nothing (among the Omega models sold here) compares to this Carlton. A true unicorn, i love it.

The Omegas over here were always good cars. Would love to get my hands on this one thought hehe

 

[05XR8]

This was another of my Mad Max apocalypse dream cars.

At the time, can't remember the magazine, the reviewer noted the Lotus had more torque than a Lamborghini. That's all that stuck with me back then. So sad it never came to the USA.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Here in Brazil, the Omega was badged as a Chevrolet, and to this day is a subject of worship with clubs and meetings. The last one was released in 2010 as the "Fittipaldi Edition" with a nice 3.6L V6.

A 25 year old body released in 2010? Really?

 

[TexRex]

A 25 year old body released in 2010? Really?

Nope.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Nope.

Ah, different car from the one the thread's about

EDIT: If I was a racing legend of Fittipaldi's ilk I'd be absolutely gutted at that being my tribute car!

 

[Tornado]

Ah, different car from the one the thread's about

EDIT: If I was a racing legend of Fittipaldi's ilk I'd be absolutely gutted at that being my tribute car!

At least it wasn't a Catera.

 

[TexRex]

At least it wasn't a Catera.

Oh wait, you said Catera...