i had a lotus carlton for 3 years 3.7 twin turbos 377bhp in brg. crap inside just like a 1.8/20l carlton.it wasn,t eye watering fast or or quick of the mark.but was very oldschool powerful.and not forgotting it,s a full size saloon huge boot and lots of room in the cabin.the looks are great handles very well it was setup by lotus. not surprised a modded vectra turbo beat it but one thing in the lotus ,s farover is i heard of from the lotus carlton club was tweaked to 672bhp rejigged under pinnings and eats bmw m3 for beakfast and the odd super car. but all in all i would buy one again but hard to find a good i paid 22.500 that was 6years ago.