Vauxhall Omega MV6

"Powered by Vauxhall's advanced 210PS V6 quad-cam 3.0 litre engine, the Omega MV6 provides an exhilarating release from daily pressures."

Eligible models:    2.6i V6 petrol, 3.0i V6 petrol, 3.2i V6 petrol.

On 6th October 1997 a new model was launched in the Omega range. For nearly four years there was a hole in the Omega range, there were those drivers who wanted the performance of the 3.0i litre Elite but did not want to pay Elite prices. In the previous Carlton/Senator range drivers had a choice, the sporty GSi 3000 or the luxurious Senator. The Omega MV6 was launched as the spiritual successor to the Carlton GSi 3000. The MV6 has the advantage that it caters for wider audience than its predecessor in that it is available in both 4-door saloon and estate versions and it also carries a lower price tag than the GSi did in 1994.

Interior Features

Seats

• Varsity cloth seat trim
• Sports front seats with extendable cushions
• Driver's seat with tilt and lumbar adjustment
• Driver's seat with electrical height adjustment
• Front passenger's seat with electrical height adjustment
• Electrically heated front seats
• Front seat centre armrest
• Stowage pockets on front seat backs
• 60/40 split-folding rear seat with fold-down centre armrest (estate)
• 60/40 split-folding rear seat with fold-down centre armrest with load -through facility (saloon)

Facia, Instruments and Controls

• Rev counter, trip odometer and instrument light panel dimmer
• Multi-function display showing digital clock, date, audio information and outside air temperature
• Driver information centre with multi-function check control warning panel and trip computer
• Automatic self-correcting RDS-time clock
• Leather-covered four-spoke steering wheel

Heating and Ventilation

• Air blend heater with nine-speed fan and illuminated controls
• Variable side-to-side interior temperature settings
• Interior pollen filter and air recirculation system
• Electronic climate control incorporating air-conditioning (CFC-free)
• Adjustable face-level air vents and front side window demist vents
• Rear passenger compartment heating ducts
• Centre console mounted rear passenger ventilation outlets

Audio Equipment

• CCRT 700 stereo radio/cassette player with integrated phone, six-disc CD autochanger and eight speakers
• Radio data system (RDS EON) with Traffic Programme
• Remote audio display in instrument panel
• Remote audio controls on steering wheel
• Rear screen radio aerial with signal amplifier (saloon)
• Flexible roof-mounted radio aerial (estate)

Interior Lighting

• Interior courtesy light operated by front and rear door switches
• Interior courtesy light with delay fade
• Rear reading lights
• Illuminated glovebox and load area

Additional Interior Features

• Carbon fibre-effect inserts on centre facia panel, doors and gear lever surround
• Lockable glovebox and driver's side storage box
• Front and rear assist handles, armrests, coat hooks and front door pockets
• Twin sun visors incorporating illuminated driver's and front passenger's vanity mirrors with covers
• Retractable load compartment cover (estate)
• Vertical load-restraining net (estate)
• Load area floor rubbing strips (estate)
• Colour-keyed velour carpet
• Spare wheel storage for tool kit
• Front cigar lighter and ashtray
• Rear passenger compartment centre console with cigar lighter

Exterior Features

Safety

• Electronic anti-lock braking system (ABS 5.3)
• Traction control with two-way intervention
• Driver's full size airbag
• Front passenger's full size airbag
• Front seat side impact airbags
• Twin side-impact door bars
• 'Pyrotechnic' front body-lock seatbelt pre-tensioner system
• Front and outer rear seat belt web clamps
• Height-adjustable front and rear outer seat belts
• Centre three point inertia-reel rear seatbelt
• Safety auto-reverse for electrically operated windows and sunroof
• Electronic park brake/shift lock on models with automatic transmission
• Anti-submarining ramps in all seats
• Fully adjustable padded front seat head restraints
• Three padded rear head restraints
• Laminated windscreen
• Reinforced passenger safety cell and deformation zones front and rear
• Plastic seamless fuel tank

Security

• Security code protection, remote display and detachable front panel for audio equipment
• Remote control central locking (doors, electrically operated windows, sunroof, boot/tailgate and fuel flap)
• Security deadlocks on driver's and passenger's doors with remote control operation
• Electronic engine deadlock immobiliser
• Free-wheeling driver's door lock
• Free-wheeling tailgate/boot lid lock
• Remote control ultrasonic security alarm with power siren

Mechanical

• Five-speed manual gearbox
• Speed-sensitive power assisted steering
• Three-way closed-loop catalytic converters

Exterior Lighting

• Lights-on audible warning
• Xenon headlights with dynamic beam levelling
• Twin reversing and twin rear fog lights
• High-level LED centre brake light
• Hazard warning lights and side repeat indicators
• Integral front fog lights
• Dark-style tail lights
• High pressure headlight washers

Exterior Styling

• Chrome-plated inserts to side-protection mouldings and front/rear bumpers
• Flush fitting door handles
• Body colour bumpers (front only on estate)
• Body colour rear spoiler
• Body colour door mirror housings
• Twin exhaust tail pipes

Wheels & Tyres

• 7½J x 17 Twin Spoke alloy wheels with 'anthracite' finish centres (steel spare) and locking wheel bolts
• 235/45 R 17 ultra-low profile tyres

Additional Exterior Features

• Green-tinted glass with windscreen shadeband
• Electrically operated front and rear windows with one-touch facility
• Electrically operated slide/tilt sunroof with multi-position pre-select facility and interior blind
• Roof rails (estate)
• Heated rear window with automatic timed cut-off
• Intermittent rear window wash/wipe (estate)
• Twin electrically adjustable/heated door mirrors (wide angle on driver's side)
• Twin-jet windscreen washer nozzles and two-speed windscreen wipers plus variable intermittent and flick-wipe
• Heated twin jet windscreen washer nozzles
• Two-tone horn
• Two-coat metallic paint
• Two-coat pearlescent paint

Colours and Trims

The following exterior colours and interior trim combinations were available on the Omega MV6 in 1998.

Options and Prices

The following options & prices have been taken from the price lists published on 21/11/97 and 20/10/98.

Vehicle prices (on the road):

Option & prices (inc. VAT):

Technical Specifications

Engine

Transmission

• Rear wheel drive

Five-speed manual transmission: Standard on Omega MV6 models. Hydraulic, asbestos-free, single clutch plate.

Four-speed automatic transmission: Extra-cost option on Omega MV6 models. Electronically controlled, with load-sensing adaptive shift patterns for improved economy and driveability plus Economy, Sport and Winter driving modes and electronic park brake/shift lock. Fluid drive with torque converter and lock-up on third and fourth ratios eliminating wasteful slip.

• Switchable traction control with two-way intervention

Suspension

Front: Independent. MacPherson struts with twin-tube gas-pressure dampers and coil springs. Anti-roll bar. Silicon filled hydrobushes. Negative scrub radius.

Rear: Independent. Multi-link suspension system with twin-tube telescopic gas pressure dampers. Anti-roll bar.

• Automatic self-levelling rear suspension available at extra cost

Brakes

Dual circuit, servo assisted.

Front: 296mm diameter self adjusting ventilated disc brakes

Rear: 286mm diameter self adjusting disc brakes

Asbestos-free brake pads. Handbrake-on and low brake fluid warning light. Front brake pad wear warning light. Plastic coated brake pipes. Electronic antilock braking system (ABS).

Electrics

120 amp alternator

66 Ah maintenance-free battery

Boot Capacity (VDA method)

* to glass line

Performance & Fuel Economy

Weights & Towing Data

Wheels

7½J x 17 spoked alloy wheels with anthracite finish centres and locking wheel bolts

Tyres

235/45 WR 17 ultra-low profile tyres

Fuel Capacities

16.5 Imperial Gallons (75 litres)

Steering

ZF Servotronic speed sensitive power assisted recirculating ball system.

Energy absorbing steering column.

3.0 turns lock-to-lock.

Turning circle - 10.2m (33.5 ft)

Body

Aerodynamic drag co-efficients:

Saloon - Cd 0.29

Estate - Cd 0.32

All steel body with extensive anti-corrosion protection. Safety crumple zones, front and rear. Rigid passenger safety cell. Concealed windscreen wipers. Flush fitting glass all-round. Flush door handles. Concealed front towing eye. Single two-way key operated locks and ignition. Burst proof door locks. Child-proof rear door locks. Polypropylene front bumper/valance and rear bumper capable of withstanding impacts up to 2.5mph without permanent damage.

Anti-Corrosion Protection

Over 60% use of zinc-coated sheet metal, zinc phosphated bodyshell primered electrostatically (cathodic). All weld seams and joints sealed with special compound. Areas prone to stone damage on underbody coated with stone-impact primer. Anti-corrosion primers used extensively on bonnet, boot lid, tailgate, doors, wings and other panels. Paint finish applied electrostatically. PVC coating applied to wheelarches and other underbody areas. Polymer reinforced anti-corrosion wax pumped into door sills and other underbody cavities. Plastic front wheelarch liners.

Audio

CCR 600 stereo system

General Features

• Steering wheel control functions - search/volume/mode select
• 4 figure security burnt in memory chip
• Remote audio display panel
• Detachable front panel
• Warning LED
• 20 Watts maximum output per channel
• Eight speakers
• Automatic loudness
• Programmable, speed-dependant volume control
• Separate base and treble adjustment
• Fader and balance controls
• Dimmable illumination
• Fault diagnosis facility
• Engraved identification with passport

Tuner features

• Full RDS EON with Traffic programme
• Traffic programme/telephone volume adjustment
• FM, MW, LW
• Automatic search tuning on all wavebands
• Up and down manual tuning functions
• Microprocessor-controlled quartz tuning
• Six station preset buttons
• Autostore function for FM and MW

Cassette player features

• Stereo cassette player
• Cassette programme search
• Fast forward/fast rewind
• Autoreverse function
• Automatic chrome/metal mode selection
• Dolby B noise reduction
• Cassette standby facility
• Radio reception during fast cassette wind

CD changer features

• Boot-mounted six-disc autochanger
• Electronic anti-theft code system
• Direct disc selection
• Disc restart
• Play/standby facility
• Random play facility
• Continuous play facility
• Track up/down facility
• Fast forward/fast rewind (ffw/ffrw)

CCRT 700 stereo system

General Features

• Steering wheel control functions - search/volume/mode select
• 4 figure security burnt in memory chip
• Remote audio display panel
• Detachable front panel
• Warning LED
• 7 Watts maximum output per channel
• Eight speakers
• Automatic loudness
• Programmable, speed-dependant volume control
• Separate base and treble adjustment
• Fader and balance controls
• Dimmable illumination
• Fault diagnosis facility
• Engraved identification with passport

Tuner features

• Full RDS EON with Traffic programme
• Traffic programme/telephone volume adjustment
• FM, MW, LW
• Automatic search tuning on all wavebands
• Up and down manual tuning functions
• Microprocessor-controlled quartz tuning
• Ten station preset buttons
• Autostore function for FM and MW

Cassette player features

• Stereo cassette player
• Cassette programme search
• Fast forward/fast rewind
• Autoreverse function
• Automatic chrome/metal mode selection
• Dolby B noise reduction
• Cassette standby facility
• Radio reception during fast cassette wind

CD changer features

• Boot-mounted six-disc autochanger
• Electronic anti-theft code system
• Direct disc selection
• Disc restart
• Play/standby facility
• Random play facility
• Continuous play facility
• Track up/down facility
• Fast forward/fast rewind (ffw/ffrw)

Telephone features

• GSM phase 2 standard
• Integrated SIM card reader
• Hands free operation
• Interface for external handset
• Emergency call facility without SIM card
• Menu for phone-specific settings
• Voice transmission
• SMS messaging service
• Microphone mute function
• Choice of 12 different display languages
• Call reminder for last 10 incoming calls in absence
• Redialing of last 10 phone numbers
• Multiple calls and conference calls
• Phonebook for SIM card dependent number of entries
• Recall of stored names
• Full editing of stored names or messages