{"id":44871,"date":"2025-05-01T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=44871"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:02:12","slug":"lotus-carlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/lotus-carlton\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Carlton: Vauxhall’s Muscle-Bound Everyman Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launched in 1991, the Lotus Carlton\u00a0caused something of a Tabloid Panic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a ‘Killer Family Car’ – so went the tale. Class prejudice was riven through the sentiment. Plenty of Porsche, Ferrari \u2013 even BMW M5s of the time were able to push out toward the 170MPH mark. But because this was a Vauxhall – darling of the blue collar classes – the kneejerk story was that it’s very existence was somehow immoral.<\/p>\n

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This was, of course, a four-door banger and came without limiters or traction control.<\/p>\n

So it was a hooligan. But some of the best muscle cars in automotive history shared that dashing, irresponsible image.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t