Lotus Omega

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The Lotus Omega is a high-performance sports sedan developed by Lotus in the early 1990s, renowned for its powerful twin-turbocharged engine and status as one of the fastest four-door cars of its era.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lotus Carlton 1
Lotus Omega canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lotus road car ⓘ
automobile ⓘ
high-performance sports sedan ⓘ
acceleration0To100Kmh around 5.2 seconds ⓘ
acceleration0To60Mph around 5.1 seconds ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lotus Carlton ⓘ
linked to: Lotus Omega
assemblyLocation Hethel, Norfolk, England ⓘ
linked to: Hethel, Norfolk
basedOn Opel Omega ⓘ
Vauxhall Carlton ⓘ
bodyStyle 4-door sedan ⓘ
category performance car ⓘ
sports sedan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
curbWeight around 1,660 kg ⓘ
driveSide left-hand drive in Opel Omega-based versions ⓘ
right-hand drive in Vauxhall Carlton-based versions ⓘ
drivetrain rear-wheel drive ⓘ
engineConfiguration inline-six engine ⓘ
engineDisplacement 3.6 L ⓘ
engineType twin-turbocharged petrol engine ⓘ
era early 1990s ⓘ
frontBrakes ventilated disc brakes ⓘ
fuelType petrol ⓘ
gearboxSupplier ZF Friedrichshafen ⓘ
height approximately 1,435 mm ⓘ
induction twin-turbocharged ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
length approximately 4,740 mm ⓘ
manufacturer Lotus Cars ⓘ
market European market ⓘ
notableFor being one of the fastest four-door cars of its era ⓘ
controversial high top speed for a sedan ⓘ
powerOutput approximately 377 hp ⓘ
around 281 kW ⓘ
productionEnd 1992 ⓘ
productionStart 1990 ⓘ
productionYears 1990–1992 ⓘ
rearBrakes ventilated disc brakes ⓘ
relatedModel Opel Omega 3000 ⓘ
linked to: Opel Omega

Vauxhall Carlton GSi 3000 ⓘ
linked to: Vauxhall Carlton
seatingCapacity 5 ⓘ
suspension Lotus-tuned suspension ⓘ
topSpeed around 176 mph ⓘ
around 283 km/h ⓘ
torqueOutput around 419 lb⋅ft ⓘ
around 568 N⋅m ⓘ
transmission 6-speed manual transmission ⓘ
valvetrain 24-valve DOHC ⓘ
wheelbase approximately 2,730 mm ⓘ
width approximately 1,815 mm ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opel Omega → derivativeModel → Lotus Omega ⓘ
Lotus Omega → alsoKnownAs → Lotus Carlton ⓘ
linked to: Lotus Omega