Omega (US car brand)

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Apollo 5000 GT (almost identical to the Omega GT)

Omega was an American automobile brand.

description

From 1966 to 1967, the Suspensions International Corporation from Charlotte , North Carolina manufactured the vehicles. The company was founded by Steve Wilder , who was formerly the technical editor of Car and Driver magazine . Genser-Foreman from New York City continued production from 1967 to 1969 .

vehicles

The Omega GT was a two-door coupé with a chassis and GRP body similar to the Griffith 400 . After Griffith Motors could no longer keep itself on the market in 1967, Suspensions International took over the business. The new engine for the Omega was a Ford -V8 cc with 4736 displacement and an output of 200 bhp (149 kW) at 4,400 min -1 . On request, there was also the more powerful engine with 271 bhp (202 kW) at 6,000 min -1 .

The following year, the 4.7-liter V8 engine had only 195 bhp (145 kW) at 4,600 min -1 . Alternatively, there was a V8 engine of Lincoln with 5517 cc and 154 hp (115 kW) at 3600 min -1 or a Ford V8 with 4949 cc and 210 hp (156 kW) at 4600 min -1 .

After 1968, the same car that had previously existed in Italy as the Apollo GT was continued to be built at Costruzione Automobili Intermeccanica with European engines. Oldsmobile bought the name "Omega" from Wilder for use in its own models.

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1148. (English)
  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)