Omega Reflection/Tourer

"Combining Vauxhall's brilliant 2.5i V6 multi-valve ECOTEC engine with Advanced Chassi Technology (ACT), Reflection represents executive motoring with a sporting touch."

"Consuming miles almost as effortlessly as it swallows loads, Omega Tourer combines traditional estate car practicality with a strong sporting bias."

Eligible models:    2.5i V6 petrol

The specifications are taken from the 1998 edition 2 Omega brochure.

Interior Features

Seats

• Energy cloth seat trim
• Driver's seat with tilt and lumbar adjustment
• Front passenger's seat with tilt and lumbar adjustment
• Driver's seat with electrical height adjustment
• Front passenger's seat with electrical height adjustment
• Front seat centre armrest
• Front passenger's seat with fold-flat facility
• 60/40 split-folding rear seat with fold-down centre armrest (Tourer)
• 60/40 split-folding rear seat with fold-down centre armrest with load -through facility (Reflection)

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 five-speed fan and illuminated controls
• Variable side-to-side interior temperature settings
• Interior pollen filter and air recirculation system
• 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

• CAR 400 stereo radio/cassette player with 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 (Reflection)
• Flexible roof-mounted radio aerial (Tourer)
• Factory-fit telephone wiring loom
• Trafficmaster Oracle

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

• Graphite-effect inserts on 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 (Tourer)
• Vertical load-restraining net (Tourer)
• Load area floor rubbing strips (Tourer)
• 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

Model Availability

Safety

• Electronic anti-lock braking system (ABS)
• Traction control with two-way intervention
• Driver's full size airbag
• Front passenger's full size airbag
• 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 front and outer rear seatbelts
• 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 seat head restraints (foldable on Tourer)
• 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 system with power siren

Mechanical

• Five-speed manual gearbox
• Speed-sensitive power assisted steering
• Switchable traction control with two-way intervention
• Three-way closed-loop catalytic converters

Exterior Lighting

• Lights-on audible warning
• Elipsoid DE headlights
• Electric headlight beam levelling
• Twin reversing and twin rear fog lights
• High-level LED centre brake light
• Hazard warning lights and side repeat indicators
• Integrated front fog lights
• Dark-style tail lights

Exterior Styling

• Chrome-plated inserts to side-protection mouldings and front/rear bumpers
• Flush fitting door handles
• Body colour bumpers (front only on Tourer)
• Body colour rear spoiler

Wheels & Tyres

• 7J x 16 alloy wheels (steel spare) and lockable wheel bolts
• 225/55 R 16 ultra low profile tyres

Additional Exterior Features

• Green-tinted glass with windscreen shadeband
• Electrically operated front windows with one-touch facility
• Electrically operated rear windows with one-touch facility
• Electrically operated tilt/slide glass sunroof with multipoistion pre-select facility and interior blind
• Roof rails (Tourer)
• 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

Colours and Trims

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

Options and Prices

The following options & prices have been taken from the price lists published on 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 all models. Hydraulic, asbestos-free, single clutch plate.

Four-speed automatic transmission: Extra cost option on all 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.

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

V6 120 amp alternator

V6 66 Ah maintenance-free battery

Boot Capacity (VDA method)

* to glass line

Performance & Fuel Economy

Weights & Towing Data

Wheels

7J x 16 alloy wheels with locking wheel bolts

Tyres

225/55 R 16 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

CAR 400 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
• Maximum output 7W per channel
• Eight speakers
• Automatic loudness
• 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