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[omegod]

Never seen one badged like this...nor with a 7 seat ability??? for £250 it's interesting


http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/158696/1999-vauxhall-omega-tourer-250

[Mr.OmegaMan]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=119022.msg1510728#msg1510728

[05omegav6]

Never seen one badged like this...nor with a 7 seat ability??? for £250 it's interesting


http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/158696/1999-vauxhall-omega-tourer-250

A rare and presumably expensive option on early Omega Bs, was reference to it in one of the irmscher brochures, iirc there's a picture in the thread detailing the development of the Omega B from 1994-2003, loads of pics, info, prototypes, all in German... posted 6-8 months ago perhaps

[Vamps]

7 Seats were available way back when, it was a conversion that we consider on our old 95 Select estate, iirc was about £250 as an after market conversion.......

[Andy B]

I've never needed or considered a 7 seat estate conversion with 2 rear facing 'dicky' seats, but a good number of years ago I saw a US based telly programme re car crashes and the vulnerability of passengers depending on where they sat. The showed 2 crash test dummy kids  (7 to 10yr old) sat in the back of a US 'station wagon' facing to the rear. The car was hit fairly hard on the rear, tailgate opened and the 'kids' fell forward ie towards the rear of the car, just as the car that had hit them was bouncing back to hit them again. This time though the 'kids' were by now half in & out of the back of the car ........ 
I've never fancied the idea since. 

[05omegav6]

I have a '96 Irmscher brochure on its way from Germany, which clearly details the rear facing seat installation...

When it arrives I shall post the pic along with the relevant part number(s) for reference

[BazaJT]

There was a chap with one on the ABS display at Billing[at least he was there on the Sunday]this year.I think it was a 2.6V6 model.

[Vamps]

I've never needed or considered a 7 seat estate conversion with 2 rear facing 'dicky' seats, but a good number of years ago I saw a US based telly programme re car crashes and the vulnerability of passengers depending on where they sat. The showed 2 crash test dummy kids  (7 to 10yr old) sat in the back of a US 'station wagon' facing to the rear. The car was hit fairly hard on the rear, tailgate opened and the 'kids' fell forward ie towards the rear of the car, just as the car that had hit them was bouncing back to hit them again. This time though the 'kids' were by now half in & out of the back of the car ........ 
I've never fancied the idea since. 

Which is pretty much why we did not do it.......

[Keith ABS]

  If I remember correctly, the "Tourer" model was normally a five seater and a up speced GLS
Keith B

[TheBoy]

  If I remember correctly, the "Tourer" model was normally a five seater and a up speced GLS
Keith B

Tourer was the estate version of the limited edition, based spec Select saloon

[TheBoy]

I used to have to sit in the dicky seats in the back of Dad's Citroen DS Safari, but they where side facing.

Was one of the few options back then for 7 seats, and Dad was clearly a fertile old bugger

[Andy B]

I used to have to sit in the dicky seats in the back of Dad's Citroen DS Safari, but they were side facing.

Was one of the few options back then for 7 seats, and Dad was clearly a fertile old bugger

They were a big car in their day ...... I couldn't tell you the last time I ever saw one, even at shows

[05omegav6]

Those rear seats were popular options in Volvo and Merc estates... not sure if they're now illegal in new cars, but certainly the last V70  and E Class offered them as options

Peugeot did things a bit differently, with a forward facing third row, retaining some boot space... a 505 Family estate would give the current Galaxy a run for its money in the '7 people plus luggage' competition.

istr that the 406 was also available as a factory 7 seater

[henryd]

Those rear seats were popular options in Volvo and Merc estates... not sure if they're now illegal in new cars, but certainly the last V70  and E Class offered them as options

Peugeot did things a bit differently, with a forward facing third row, retaining some boot space... a 505 Family estate would give the current Galaxy a run for its money in the '7 people plus luggage' competition.

istr that the 406 was also available as a factory 7 seater

Yup

http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/606371137/peugeot-406-20-lx-family-5dr-sr-7-seater-bargain-family-car-estate.html

[Broomies Mate]

The scaremongering of NCAP got rid of the 3rd row in most cars.