A few years back, I thought this was the Dodge Charger Hellcat of its day. Now that Stellantis (FCA) took Opel away from GM, I was right. An American transmission inside of a German sedan, rather than vice versa though..
Opel Lotus Omega/Carlton specs
| Car type | 4-door saloon |
| Curb weight | 1653-1704 kg (3644-3757 lbs) |
| Introduced | 1989 |
| Origin country | United Kingdom |
| Gas mileage | 19.3 l/100 km (12 mpg US / 15 mpg UK) |
| Views | 30.5k |
| Submitted by | Wads |
Lap times
Performance
| 0 - 60 kph | 3.0 s |
| 0 - 80 kph | 4.3 s |
| 0 - 100 kph | 5.2 s |
| 0 - 120 kph | 7.0 s |
| 0 - 140 kph | 9.0 s |
| 0 - 160 kph | 11.0 s |
| 0 - 180 kph | 13.7 s |
| 0 - 200 kph | 17.3 s |
| 1000 m | 24.0 s |
| 60 - 100 kph (4) | 5.0 s |
| 80 - 120 kph (5) | 7.2 s |
| Est. 100 - 140 kph | 3.9 s |
| Est. 100 - 200 kph | 12.1 s |
| 0 - 60 mph | 4.8 s |
| 0 - 100 mph | 10.6 s |
| Est. 1/8 mile | 9.4 s @ 92.0 mph |
| 1/4 mile | 13.5 s |
| Top speed | 285 kph (177 mph) |
| Est. max acceleration | 0.59 g (6 m/s²) |
Powertrain specs
| Engine type | Inline 6 |
| Displacement | 3.6 l (221 ci / 3615 cc) |
| Power | 382 ps (377 bhp / 281 kw) |
| Torque | 568 Nm (419 lb-ft) |
| Power / liter | 106 ps (104 hp) |
| Power / weight | 228 ps (225 bhp) / t |
| Torque / weight | 338 Nm (250 lb-ft) / t |
| Efficiency | 20 PS per l/100 km |
| Transmission | 6 |
| Layout | front engine, rear wheel drive |
Interior noise
| Noise @ idle | 54 dB |
| Noise @ 50 kph | 65 dB |
| Noise @ 100 kph | 74 dB |
| Noise @ 130 kph | 76 dB |
| Noise @ 160 kph | 78 dB |
| Noise @ 180 kph | 79 dB |
Lotus Omega/Carlton competition
Georg 11y ago
@RockketPunch
thats not correct, there was the Alpina B10 (hit the market in 1989 and was produced till 1994) which was a 360hp super sedan and the B10 reached in a direct compare 26km/h higher topseed than the Lotus Omega. The B10 lost the crow as the fastest sedan to the 1996 Brabus E V12...other than the unreliable Lotus Omega which was filled up with electronic, electric, engine, transmission and clutch failurs the Alpina B10 was a trouble free reliable car.
Lotus was completely overtaxed by building the Lotus Omega that are the words by a GM/Opel manager after they realised the poor reliability ... and the huge trouble Opel was facing becase of the Lotus Omega... there was a joke in the Lotus Omega owner circle, you need to change your engine/tranny/clutch more often in a Lotus Omega than you need to change the oil in a Astra..
JustinGayBer 11y ago
yah once the owner of the B&B hotel we went to had one of these it was HOT
RocketPunch 14y ago
I recall drooling over this car when I was a kid. That kind of performance for a four door sedan was unheard of back in 89. That was the time before the NSX, and (probably) the fastest car from Japan at that time was a Mazda FC Turbo II with a 0-60 time of 6.5s...LOL.
riice 14y ago
no im not lying those are my 3 brothers users name and we all use the same profile i just happen to use it more than them. so i ONLY use rice as my user name yo.so dont be thinkin you know all the shit before checking you fact and all the info mr fastlaps.
FastestLaps 14y ago
Rice don't be liar. You use several different nicknames (importer23, finder65, Skizz) and that's not allowed.
riice 14y ago
just one, rice im not loged in right now cause im downloadin sumtin so i just put riice..lol
riice 14y ago
thats actually not a bad car itself but i think they should start from scratch ya know complitly new body resembling the 90;s one, just more retro-ish...lol but yeah i do see a resemblance from the vxr8..lol
Georg 14y ago
I have corrected the acceleration numbers to the one that sportauto tested in the early 90´s and renamed it in Opel/Vauxhall Omega/Carlton.. both cars are absloutly identical based on the Opel Omega A beefed up by Lotus.. sold under both brands. The largest part of the production was sold as Lotus Opel Omega. The car still ranks in the top 10 of the fastest production 4 door saloons of all time.
