There are some traitorous dogs here at OOF who have described the performance of the Omega as 'slow by modern standards'......you know who you are.....
What is even worse is that these same traitorous dogs dare to suggest that Vauxhall's finest would be humbled by just about every turbo-diesel on the planet. Balls.
In defence of the mighty Omega I have just run some performance tests on my totally stock 88000 mile MV6.
I have chosen acceleration through the gears between 30 MPH and 70 MPH as this the yardstick that most magazines use........0-60MPH is more about traction an gearing than outright power.
Here goes........My car recorded a 30-70 mph time of 7.9 secs........taking 184.4 metres.
Competitors.....BMW 320D....................................7.6 secs
Jaguar XF 2.2D..............................8.0
Vauxhall Insignia 2.0CDTI 160............8.4
Golf 2.0 TDi....................................8.6
Mazda MX5 2.0................................7.2
Merc C220 CDI.................................8.5
So, in summary, this 20 year old engine even in it's smaller (2.6) form can still cut it with the modern derv drinker.
* performance figures for the smoky belching diesels have been taken from Autocar magazine road tests.