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[Andy B]

Diamond? I've got Dip   Fancy a change I've got 3 Carlies at the mo

Oooops! Just testing! I meant Diplomat!      
A change? An Omega is newer but not neccessarily better. More toys in the Elites than you might have had in the Carltons, A/C that works, cruise that's more likely to work.

[doz]

Working A/C hmmmmmmm

[Andy B]

Working A/C hmmmmmmm

OK. A/C that's more likely to work, and it's already running on R134a so you don't need to convert from R12 or get the bull$hit off all the A/C experts who want to 'drop in' Rsomething else into your system.

[Martin_1962]

I ran a 2.0 auto for nearly 4 years, it was a good car, but was a bit sluggish, but then it wasn't bad.

I have driven a few cars so

Carlton 1.8i auto (DEF)
Carlton 2.0 auto (high compression) (DEF)
Omega 2.0 auto (prefacelifts)
Senator 2.5 auto (F)

1.8i slowest by a long way
Omega a little slower off the line but at road speeds is quicker.

The 2.5 auto Senator - slower than the Carlton 2.0s!! The boat anchor engine is too heavy and not revvy.

My current 2.6V6 is similar in performance to the 12v 3l straight sixes.

GUAG list of big Vauxhall autos I have driven
[C]arlton enator,

• mega

1.8 C
1.8i C

2.5 S (a slug which should never have lefted Russelheim)
2.0 O
2.0 C

2.6 O           \ Pretty similar, torque & heavy engine vs lighter engine, and a bit revvier
3.0 (12) S    /

3.0 O

Not driven 2.6 or 3.0 24V, nor 3.2V6

So my advice is buy by condition, I'd guess that the 2.2 and 2.5 would drop between the 2.0 Carlton and the next pair - 2.6V6 seems noticably torquier than 2.5V6

[TheBoy]

I'd say 2.5 - the 2.0 is a little too underpowered to the point of economy suffers as you're always driving harder.