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[Pmacca2000]

Morning,
I've been looking into weather the Omega is Likely to become a classic after conversations with insurance companies led me to understand that any Vauxhall can be recognised as a classic after it's 20th birthday, I've been getting steadily increasing positive feed back about my CD and a couple of mates have suggested I show her in the summer as a future classic.

Going on line there seem to be two sites offering data on how rare my car is, the DVLA backed "how many left" sated my 2.5 CD Automatic is 1 of 15 taxed and there were some 30 SORN if memory serves.
However there also Omega CDs listed without engine type i.e. 2.2 or 2.6.

How rare is my car by contrast stated in the region of 28 Omega 2.5CD V6 automatics  are currently taxed and these are in fact the most common models on the road.

[Tick Tock]

You've only got to go on the bay, gurmtree, and autotrada to see with the amount available that they're not exactly rare.

Finding one that may still be good in a few years time is another matter, as the tin worm has started to get hold of the majority of them.

By all means, if yours looks okay, then show it as a potential future classic, as they are reducing in numbers and not an everyday sight...... not that most people would give them a second glance! 

[Pmacca2000]

there are over 3000 omegas taxed around the U.K. The majority seem to be CD spec although numbers vary depending on the site your on.
Of that the majority on used sites are 2.2 petrol, 2.2 DTi and 2.6V6s.

I was advised to show my CD because they are becoming less common for the reasons you've said and I guess that's one reason I have one of 15 left

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A few years ago there was around 100 Omega for sale on Autotrader at any one time.

Today the number is 22.

 

[Pmacca2000]

Looking like it won't be long before they stand out in a crowd then!
I can see it being another senator, fondly remembered and only one on eBay

[Doctor Gollum]

Consider also the time  of year and that many Omega owners have two or three and no intention of selling anytime soon/clinging to them for dear life*

*delete as appropriate 

[BazaJT]

There was a really,really rare one on the bay the other day[it might still be there for all I know] it was an estate advertised as Omega GLS V6 2198cc.A 2.2 V6 must be a rarity surely

[Steve Brookman]

I remember when I had my first one in around 2001 there were no end on the caravan sites used for towing the tin-tents.
When I used my last one to tow-about 6 years ago-I was the only Omega owner.

Steve

[TheBoy]

Those "how many left" sites are so woefully inaccurate as to be pointless. Omega CDs are still very common.

[Zirfeld]

Hi all

The Omega B will became a modern classic like the Omega A / Senator B before. But first the "last MOT vehicles" have to die out.

The situation here in Germany is, that most of all remaining Omegas are daily drivers with a long list of pent up maintenance. Real good cars are rare and meanwhile expensive, specially the PFL .

That is a good reason to hold and restore an Omega B. So I do on my Omegas.

Rolf

[Nick W]

Hi all

The Omega B will became a modern classic like the Omega A / Senator B before. But first the "last MOT vehicles" have to die out.

The situation here in Germany is, that most of all remaining Omegas are daily drivers with a long list of pent up maintenance. Real good cars are rare and meanwhile expensive, specially the PFL .

That is a good reason to hold and restore an Omega B. So I do on my Omegas.

Rolf

The Senator/Carlton is a modern classic, in that when you see one you're reminded how common they used to be. Just like Talbot Alpines(for example), which were on every street.


Omega Bs in the UK are in the same condition as the ones you see in Germany: even a good one isn't worth much, and they've been cheap for so long now that most of them are overdue many of the expensive jobs. They have no image to make them desirable enough to justify a £500 bill which you could easily reach. That means that an MOT failure will end the car's life.

[Zirfeld]

Hi Nick

Exactly! An Omega is not worth to take it to an professional workshop. That is the point. If you decide to hold the car, there is one thing you first have to do: learning! So I had to organize it in another way. All by myself! None of my Omegas ever saw a workshop inside since being in my hand. Never failed at MOT, getting better every year!

Cheap solution to get a perfect car over the years. It works, but much to do...

Rolf

[Pmacca2000]

According to how many left ? the  2.2 petrol isn't listed.
They have 2.5 V6 auto and manual, TD automatic / manual, CD, CD automatic and duel fule so it's hard to calculate.
The CD model is one of the common ones but the engine and gearbox choices are what make mine a rare car according to the figures on that site

[Doctor Gollum]

And why it's so inaccurate

2.2 petrol CD auto saloons out number the rest of the range 2:1, and half were Star Silver

[Zirfeld]

oh...

We talk only about the 2.2?

My choice was the 2.0 / 16V. It is easy to repair and spare parts are much cheaper. 210 km/h are real enough for me...
By the way not Star Silver. The Caravan is dark green metallic (djunglegreen), sedan is dark blue metallic (polarblue)

Rolf