Vauxhall · 1990
Lotus Carlton
Manual · RWD · United Kingdom
AutoIndex value · good UK car
£85,000
Researched from UK sold prices and auction results. How we value cars
Estimated price by condition
Project
£51,000
Restoration candidate
Driver
£85,000
Good usable example
Concours
£127,500
Show standard
Indicative condition bands · not a valuation of a particular car
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About the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
The Lotus Carlton was a Vauxhall Carlton re-engineered and built by Lotus at Hethel, with a 3.6-litre twin-turbo six of 377 bhp and a six-speed manual gearbox, good for 176 mph. 950 were built from 1990 to 1992, including the left-hand-drive Opel Lotus Omega.
What moves the price
- Accident history: many have been crashed, so a straight, unrepaired car is worth more.
- Originality: unmodified cars with their original parts.
- History: specialist servicing on record.
Before you buy, check
- A history check, and signs of crash damage and repair.
- The glassfibre body extensions for damage, ripples and corrosion where they meet the steel; door bottoms, behind the rear doors, the sunroof surround, below both screens, the boot floor and the extra arch supports Lotus added.
- The bell housing, which can fail even in the revised form fitted to later cars.
Facts checked against: Wikipedia · octane-magazine.com · autoexpress.co.uk · classic-trader.com
Vehicle data
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From 1990
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Vauxhall Lotus Carlton: value questions answered
- How much is a Vauxhall Lotus Carlton worth?
- A good, usable UK example of the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton is worth around £85,000 on the AutoIndex index. A project car that needs restoration is nearer £51,000, and a concours-quality example around £127,500. Condition moves the price more than anything else.
- What makes one Lotus Carlton worth more than another?
- Service history and paperwork — complete, stamped, explained
- Mileage against the norm for the model
- Originality — matching numbers, original paint and trim
- Specification — gearbox, colour, factory options
- UK-supplied versus imported
- Is the Lotus Carlton I'm looking at fairly priced?
- Enter its asking price and condition in the price check above. It compares the price with the index for that condition and tells you what to ask the seller about.
- How many Lotus Carlton cars were built?
- Around 950 were built, by our production records.
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