LOTUS CARLTON!!!!!

[jimGTS]

spotted the weekend, LHD, never seen one before......
certainly had some road presense, not sure if it had the stock kit, but the rear end looked massive, and the tyres were huge/wide......
wanted a blat wit it, lol, but cameras were around....

looked ace......
and super RARE!

[paul_h]

by this am guessing you mean a lotus carlton?

if so they are awseome

3.6 straight 6 twin turbo 400hp-ish and 170mph

very quick family car lol

[nitric4k]

headcover owns one of them lotus ones

[jimGTS]

yep the lotus jobby.....

[revturbo]

by this am guessing you mean a lotus carlton?

if so they are awseome

3.6 straight 6 twin turbo 400hp-ish and 170mph

very quick family car lol

and weigh as much as your house!

anyone know what they hit 60 in?

[jimGTS]

i found 0-60 of 5.2 and 4.8......
377bhp.....
1658kg's....
1/4= 13.5.....

[ICEMAN]

Quite a car. They only made a few hundred all in Imperial Green. Would like to see one take on a Supra

[ICEMAN]

headcover owns one of them lotus ones

Headcovers Looks ace. I was looking at a pic of it the other day. Great example

[revturbo]

i found 0-60 of 5.2 and 4.8......
377bhp.....
1658kg's....
1/4= 13.5.....

4.8 would be impressive.....for such a heavy car

[Andy]

I got taken out in a lotus Carlton a few years ago , standard uk spec TT Supra a bit quicker up to about 60/70 after that forget it.
The Carlton's top end acceleration is stunning the guy driving put his foot down at 80 and it takes off and pushes you back in the seat , next thing your doing 160.
Having said that I would still rather have my MR2 or a Supra

[poser]

There's a black one knocking around in Coventry, actually. See it quite a bit. As amazing as it might be it's still, y'know, a saloon...

[Spittinflames]

There's a black one knocking around in Coventry, actually. See it quite a bit. As amazing as it might be it's still, y'know, a saloon...

Watch out for the gsi imposters...... Lotus carltons are extremley rare.

[EarL]

Reports when they were new were they would do 0 - 60 - 0 in 8.5 seconds.

Read that again. That's zero to 60 and back to zero again in 8.5 seconds.

Try it...

[philster_d]

OO a chellenge, the MK3 does have good brakes

And maybe a parachute for good measure

[EarL]

OO a chellenge, the MK3 does have good brakes

And maybe a parachute for good measure

...then take into account the Lotus Carlton's weight compared to the MkIII.

[Charged]

There's a black one knocking around in Coventry, actually. See it quite a bit. As amazing as it might be it's still, y'know, a saloon...

As far as I know they only came in one colour... that dark green.

Amazing cars, probably one of my favourites ever made, I have a framed picture on my wall (sad I know!)

The story goes that the Police were issued with The Carlton GSI when they were first made, then shortly after Lotus produced their version of the carlton which was obviosuly a lot faster. The Police were annoyed and tried to ban them for being too fast.

I always see the same one each year at Harpenden and Croxley Green classic car shows. A very rare beast. And a beast in its own right, not to be compared to anything else IMO, especially not a MR2... completley different kettles of fishys

[ENSMR2]

There's a black one knocking around in Coventry, actually. See it quite a bit. As amazing as it might be it's still, y'know, a saloon...

As far as I know they only came in one colour... that dark green.

Amazing cars, probably one of my favourites ever made, I have a framed picture on my wall (sad I know!)

The story goes that the Police were issued with The Carlton GSI when they were first made, then shortly after Lotus produced their version of the carlton which was obviosuly a lot faster. The Police were annoyed and tried to ban them for being too fast.

I always see the same one each year at Harpenden and Croxley Green classic car shows. A very rare beast. And a beast in its own right, not to be compared to anything else IMO, especially not a MR2... completley different kettles of fishys

I've seen black and green,

They've always got a stand at the Enfield Pageant

[Charged]

I quote from a random link:
"Lotus basically took the Carlton, added a rear boot spoiler, air intakes on the bonnet, Lotus badges, and souped up the engine. It turned the 3.0 inline-6 into a monster twin turbocharged 3.6 liter inline-6 making 377 hp at 5,200 rpm. The car came in only one colour; Imperial Green - a colour which looked like black except under very bright lights.

General Motors originally had a sales target of 1,100 units, but only managed 950 (320 Vauxhalls and 630 Opels). This was due to the early 1990s recession, not many could afford a £48,000 car"

[ENSMR2]

I quote from a random link:
"Lotus basically took the Carlton, added a rear boot spoiler, air intakes on the bonnet, Lotus badges, and souped up the engine. It turned the 3.0 inline-6 into a monster twin turbocharged 3.6 liter inline-6 making 377 hp at 5,200 rpm. The car came in only one colour; Imperial Green - a colour which looked like black except under very bright lights.

General Motors originally had a sales target of 1,100 units, but only managed 950 (320 Vauxhalls and 630 Opels). This was due to the early 1990s recession, not many could afford a £48,000 car"

They must have been green then

[greglebon]

Wow..the Lotus Carlton...

I'll never forget in the early 90's, I was driving up the A24 one Sunday morning, and at the end of a mile-or-so-long stretch of (almost deserted) road as I approached a roundabout braking from 70-ish, I happened to glance in my mirror and saw a car in the distance....

I literally only had time to change down a gear before this Carlton passed me VERY rapidly: he MUST have been flat out to cover that ground in that short space of time.....

I'll always remember that descreet yellow badge on the back....

Along with the Escort Cossie, one of the 90's legends.....