ultimate sleeper car

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Drakkon

Drakkon

Diamond Member
Aug 14, 2001
8,401
1
0
i think sleeper care also entails something that could pass you on the road and you would think of it as just another grocery getter. like it wouldnt have hude rear wings, large hood intakes, and big buzzy dual exhausts. It looks like a regular car, but under the hood its a monster
 
O

otispunkmeyer

Lifer
Jun 14, 2003
10,442
0
0
Originally posted by: Azndude51
How much would one of those Carltons go for today?
Click to expand...


well £48,000 new, which was a bad idea during the recession lol

ive found one on ebay for £10,800

which considering the cars age, 12 years at the youngest, is still a fair chunk of cash. but damn its a fast car. its a brute. its rareness is probably the reason for the price.
 
O

otispunkmeyer

Lifer
Jun 14, 2003
10,442
0
0
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
Originally posted by: Azndude51
How much would one of those Carltons go for today?
Click to expand...


well £48,000 new, which was a bad idea during the recession lol

ive found one on ebay for £10,800

which considering the cars age, 12 years at the youngest, is still a fair chunk of cash. but damn its a fast car. its a brute. its rareness is probably the reason for the price.
Click to expand...


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lotus-Carlton-Ome...ryZ43114QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


that ones actually an opel omega, opel are what vauxhalls are called in the rest of europe. has a better name omega > carlton. same car jus left hand drive. this one was sold in germany before being brought to england. there are only 250 lotus carltons, so getting a carlton puts you in an exclusive club.
 
AdamK47

AdamK47

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
15,820
3,619
136
The 04 GTOs without the hood scoops look like true sleeper cars. You can even order an 06 GTO with the hood scoop delete option so that the front end looks like an 04.
 
J

jagec

Lifer
Apr 30, 2004
24,442
6
81
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
that ones actually an opel omega, opel are what vauxhalls are called in the rest of europe.
Click to expand...

AKA General Motors :)
 
O

otispunkmeyer

Lifer
Jun 14, 2003
10,442
0
0
Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
that ones actually an opel omega, opel are what vauxhalls are called in the rest of europe.
Click to expand...

AKA General Motors :)
Click to expand...


yeah they own them all right, but vauxhalls are pretty good now a days, very well built, and even the lowly 1.2litre corsa's are very gutsy in terms of performance.

GM dont seem to have dabbled in them 2 much, vauxhall/opel have been left to get on with things their way
 
O

otispunkmeyer

Lifer
Jun 14, 2003
10,442
0
0
Originally posted by: AdamK47 3DS
The 04 GTOs without the hood scoops look like true sleeper cars. You can even order an 06 GTO with the hood scoop delete option so that the front end looks like an 04.
Click to expand...


i was actually thinkin of this earlier

vauxhall monaro VXR (the 6litre one) in all black, without the hood scoops. would look sorted
 
JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
74,586
986
126
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
This is up there on the list of ultimate sleepers.
Click to expand...



Definition of a sleeper is something most people, car guys included, will not know as being a fast car. Most know a Subaru WRX STI to be fast, thus it can hardly be called a "sleeper"
Click to expand...

Did you actually click on the link and read the article? Yeah, I didn't think so. :roll:
 
R

RayH

Senior member
Jun 30, 2000
963
1
81
I've always wondered if the Carltons shared any engine components with the GNX.

Anytime 4-door sleeper is mentioned, you need to put a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 on the list.
 
J

jagec

Lifer
Apr 30, 2004
24,442
6
81
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
yeah they own them all right, but vauxhalls are pretty good now a days, very well built, and even the lowly 1.2litre corsa's are very gutsy in terms of performance.

GM dont seem to have dabbled in them 2 much, vauxhall/opel have been left to get on with things their way
Click to expand...

They do funny things like selling the Corsa under the Chevy badge in Latin America, though.
 
Specop 007

Specop 007

Diamond Member
Jan 31, 2005
9,454
0
0
The ultimate sleeper is a diesel pickup that runs 11's in the 1/4 mile.

THAT is a sleeper. No one thinks of pickups as fast, especially a diesel!
 
F

fbrdphreak

Lifer
Apr 17, 2004
17,555
1
0
Originally posted by: funboy42
Back in my teen years. This was the sleeper car to have and I did own one.

Mine was sliver 78 with a stock 305 v8 shoved under the hood of that light car. Even stock there wasnt many cars that could keep up with it and got lots of laughs at the lights trying to race some one and then I would laugh when I took them from the light and kept going ;)
Click to expand...
Haha, Marlin's got one of those sitting in his garage waiting for some TLC
 
slag

slag

Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
10,473
81
101
My vote would go to the dodge omni glh turbo

That car was wicked fast.
 
NutBucket

NutBucket

Lifer
Aug 30, 2000
27,154
635
126
T

thedarkwolf

Diamond Member
Oct 13, 1999
9,034
127
106
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
This is up there on the list of ultimate sleepers.
Click to expand...



Definition of a sleeper is something most people, car guys included, will not know as being a fast car. Most know a Subaru WRX STI to be fast, thus it can hardly be called a "sleeper"
Click to expand...

Did you actually click on the link and read the article? Yeah, I didn't think so. :roll:
Click to expand...

Thats about as bad as people with plain mustangs that think they have a sleeper. If you loose the monster hood scoop maybe you could say thats a sleeper but with it I am atleast going to think its a WRX and those are modded all the freaking time.

I own one of the ulitmate sleepers an 89 turbo caravan that has just about finished an engine rebuild.
 
O

Ornery

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
20,022
17
81
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: NutBucket

GNX FTW.
Click to expand...
The Buick T-Types were sleepers. The GNX was much more in your face. The T-types had the same underpinnings as the GNX w/ the standard Regal trim.

The ultimate sleeper would be a 1995 Buick Roadmaster wagon w/ Impala SS suspension parts and a Lingenfelter 383. Not even the cops would see you coming.
Click to expand...
The Buick GS, known as the "Gran Sleeper". No spoilers or any other flash to give away the fact that a 455ci torque monster is under the hood.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom