The Carlton's origin was the Opel Rekord / Opel Omega - the Rekord had also been used as a basis for the Holden Commodore in Australia which used a Chevrolet V8.

As a replacement for the Lotus Carlton, Opel attempted to put the Chevrolet V8 into the Omega-B but couldn't get satisfactory cooling - ironic as the Aussies coped fine in higher temperatures - so we never got the Opel/Vauxhall Omega V8 - that was a pity.

Holden did send the Monaro here as a Vauxhall - effectively the Omega V8 - so it could be done.

Edited by RT on 08/12/2016 at 20:30