£56,250 (Est: £50,000 - £60,000)
1993 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton #809
Iconic Auctioneers • UK • 9 Nov 2024
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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£56,250 (Est: £50,000 - £60,000)
1993 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton #809
UK • 9 Nov 2024
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1993 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton #809 is a late-production example with a significant amount of work done, including an engine-out rebuild and new components. While the interior shows minor wear, the car comes with its original book pack, tool roll, and exhaust system, making it a highly desirable and well-maintained example.
Condition
7
The car has had an engine-out rebuild, new clutch, timing chain, valve guides, water pump, injectors, and an overhauled twin turbo unit. It also benefits from a new fuel tank and stainless-steel exhaust. The body kit has been professionally removed and painted, and the bonnet has also been painted to tidy up stone chips. The interior, although still all original, does, in some minor places, look a little worn, but the seats and headlining are in very good order. The car is accompanied by its original model-specific book pack, original tool roll, two keys and its original OEM spec exhaust system.
/ 10
4,000 miles
SCC000019N1232428
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
K781 APD
1993
Auction
£56,250 (Est: £50,000 - £60,000)
1993 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton #809
Iconic Auctioneers • UK • 9 Nov 2024
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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Description
The legendary Lotus Carlton is the kind of car that comes along once in a generation.
At a time when really fast four-door saloons were the preserve of BMW and Mercedes, this Vauxhall (the Opel-badged LHD derivative was the Lotus Omega) derived 'super-saloon' arrived on the scene, demolishing the opposition.
Oddly, it wasn't its huge performance or masculine good looks that created the most fuss, but the fact that the Daily Mail was so outraged by its stated top speed of 176mph that it declared it too fast for British roads.
Of course, the Lotus Carlton - or Type 104 to Lotus aficionados - was nothing of the sort and although it shared its major components with a mainstream executive car, its level of development across every aspect of automotive dynamics had resulted in a truly special performance car.
Production of the Lotus Carlton began in 1990, four years after the original Carlton/Omega went on sale.
Vauxhall/Opel had hoped to build 1,100 cars in total, but owing to the rece...
Price Analysis vs Other Lotus Carltons
£13,620
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£53,600
Median Price (Since 2020)
£111,524
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 22nd Jul 2026
Latest MOT mileage:
92,697 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 23rd Jul 2025, 92,697 miles
Passed
On 26th Apr 2024, 92,581 miles
Passed
On 7th Sept 2016, 92,466 miles
Passed
On 25th Aug 2015, 92,117 miles
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