Thanks for that comment... I thought I might share the pics etc with my fellow CT members seen as it is a distant cousin of the VL from the UK. My parents had one of these when we still lived in England in the early 80's 2 litre 4 cylinder! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by 2HRD4U you should remove this car from this site, it dont belong here its history of the whole family, its the great grandad of the vl

Years ago Lotus got hold of this car and twin turbo'ed it and whacked a body kit on it, looked ok for it's time when it first came out. Went like the clappers back then too.

Fuck me, looks like a Citroen fucked a VC!

haha i only just noticed this thread my missus's parents were telling me they had one of these when they still lived in england.they really are ugly though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f4k...eature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f4kW6MYFU&feature=related) looks like a vl from the front...

woah thats the ugliest **** iv seen its like commo crossed with a aa cordia enough to make ya sick lol has anyone seen the 2 door vh's gettin around in adelaide? whats the deal with them?. just curious that is all

But wait, there's more! And its worse!! Na, actually, I take that back, they're about on par...both hell ugly.

Lotus Carlton... Twin Turbo... Specs: 3.6i 24V (3615cc) Cat generating 377 PS (281kW) @ 5200 rpm and 419.0 lb.ft. (568Nm) of torque @ 4200 rpm. 6-cylinder, dual overhead camshaft, 24 valve alloy cylinder head, twin turbo intake system, hydraulic tappets, 12 crankshaft counterbalance weights and twin thermostatically controlled engine oil coolers. Two Garrett T25 turbochargers providing to 0.7bar boost. Delco distributorless engine management system. Activated charcoal evaporation control canister. Two metallic monolith 3-way catlytic converters and Lambda sensor. Compression ratio 8.2:1. From a Lotus Carlton web site: The Lotus Carlton was a Vauxhall Carlton saloon modified by Lotus into a 176+mph Supercar. Like all Lotus vehicles, it was given a type designation (Type 104 in this case). The car was only sold in one colour, Imperial Green, a very dark green that in anything but direct light appears black & this covers its bespoke Lotus designed bodykit. Other Lotus modifications included an upgraded engine, which was stroked from the standard Vauxhall 3L 6 cylinder, used in the GSi, to a capacity of 3615 cc. Lotus then added twin Garrett T25 turbochargers to give 377 hp (557 N�m). A six-speed manual ZF transmission from a Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 was used to transfer this power to the rear wheels. The car was capable of 0-60 mph in 4.8seconds and had massive 12.5 in (330 mm) AP ventilated disc brakes with AP racing callipers all round so it could still stop with all its new-found power. As well as being sold as the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton in the UK, it was sold in Europe as the Opel Lotus Omega. Production of the Lotus Carlton began in 1990, four years after the original Carlton went on sale. General Motors (the parent company) had hoped to build 1,100 cars in total, but due to the recession of the early 1990s, the �48,000 cars were not selling as well & production stopped at Lotus in December 1992. Only 950 were completed, 284 Vauxhalls Carlton's & 666 Opel Omega's, 150 short of the original target. The car is now readily recognised as having classic car status which was no doubt in part helped by the adverse publicity surrounding the car at its launch. This was primarily due to its high top speed & its ability to comfortably seat 4 passengers plus luggage. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

the last one is preety ok, id much rather a vlct though.

...wow

There was one of the Lotus Carlton's for sale on Carsales.com.au for a while around the 90-100K mark, in the add I think he said theres only 1 or 2 in Australia. It held the recored of fastest saloon for a while as well im pretty sure.

lotus carlton is based on the vn-vs commodore, well i should say our commodore is based off that anyway

Doesnt look very VS ish.. lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1AUVvAYMY Enjoy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Lol the TT one isnt to bad, the first one at the top looks like a vc hard.

Heres some Daewoos, Vauxhalls, and Opels for you all! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVgyxGEIQzg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9L9r...eature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9L9rtZn9RM&feature=related) it runs a bmw v8 tho

Holden never designed anything but just copied from others those years, at least now they are manufacturing their own cars instead of re badging them like the flop toyota lexcen.