Corgi
VA14001
Vauxhall Carlton Mk2 2.6L,
South Wales Police

1:43 Scale 

Like a great many other police forces South Wales Police ran Senators in both marked and unmarked roles. However, their fleet management looked at the Carlton in 1993 thinking it might perform that role for considerably less outlay than the costly upmarket Senator. Thus the manual Carlton, modelled here, was supplied by the local Cardiff Vauxhall dealer and was based at the Traffic Division in Butetown Cardiff (now closed). However it came without the police specification modified suspension that traffic division officers so admired in the Senator and its 2.6-litre engine did not deliver the same level of effortless power as the Senator’s 3-litre. It was because of these issues that the Carlton was eventually replaced by the Senator.