The Story of the Uncatchable Car - The 40RA Lotus Carlton

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Ram raids, excessive speed, and nudity. This story dives into the mystery of the 40RA Lotus Carlton, a stolen super sleeper that carried out a string of brazen robberies, taunted police, and then disappeared...
Videos to learn more:
Oscar's Garage Interview - • Exclusive Interview Wi...
Oscar's Video - • The Real Story of 40RA...
Hagerty's Video - • The Lotus Carlton / Om...
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@Prime.Era. 26 дней назад

40RA is a British icon

@christophertownley6734 24 дня назад

It's a story.

@chrisevaggelou8473 23 дня назад

At the time I was in primary school in the north west of England. As kids it was a legend and a excuse to recreate and role play with our toy cars.

@MamLewis 26 дней назад

I think one of the biggest factors to the Carlton's ability to escape the cops was the poor quality of UK cop cars. Most coppers at the time were issued Austin/Rover Metros, a hatchback with less than 70hp and a top speed of 90mph (if you're lucky). And a high speed pursuit car would more than likely be a Rover SD1 which, while having a V8, could only make 150hp. I today's terms, imagine if a 911 turbo was as easy to steal as a KIA, and all the cops had Nissan Leafs.

@markjones4457 26 дней назад

I remember being in my mates Subaru back then, and out running the police Metro. Happy days!

@griffins750 26 дней назад

More like a BMW M5 CS or Dodge Charger Hellcat, or CTSV Blackwing but yeah pretty accurate.

@drogenfeld 25 дней назад

By all means, a modern Porsche is incredibly easy to hijack just as any other modern car.

@MamLewis 25 дней назад

@@drogenfeld I mean more in the way that the KIA was able to be started using a USB cable, rather than by hijacking the key-less signal, or however thieves steal modern cars.

@drogenfeld 25 дней назад

@@MamLewis I'd argue replicating the key remote signal is easier than getting into the car another way and starting it via USB. In reality I'd say most cars are easy to steal regardless of age or level of technology. It's just that what car it is, where you park it etc are factors that heavily impact wether it'll be targeted or not.

@clix7925 26 дней назад

Dying laughing at dude getting ripped out for the other driver at 10:17

@piuthemagicman 26 дней назад

That's a well spread meme, finally found the source 😎 But same, laughed my arse off 🤣

@iambryan1234 22 дня назад

YEET

@hybridAbsol 26 дней назад

its amazing how the Mid Night club never bought one for themselves

@Udon74 26 дней назад

Sometimes importing vehicles is frustrating

@hybridAbsol 25 дней назад

@@Udon74 true but im sure the Carlton Turbo isnt so expensive to begin with, wished we could see one battling the ABR 280Z and that maroon 930 Turbo

@PURENT 25 дней назад

They made very few of these and there would be little point to buy this very specific low quantity import when they could just buy Skyline Sedans and swap the RB26 in.

@hybridAbsol 25 дней назад

@@PURENT 😭

@laupstad 20 дней назад

@@PURENT Yet they were racing tuned Porsches and even 70's Trans Am's instead.

@FCT8306onTwoWheels 26 дней назад

Rest in peace to that 40RA Lotus Carlton that got totaled, big time closure for me knowing about it. My biggest memory of the car is seeing on in a two page spread in a Rallycourse book from the 90's

@skylined5534 23 дня назад

Glad to hear that 40RA is back where it belongs though, on a Lotus Carlton 😊

@BHX-qq6ix 26 дней назад

This has to be the best hunter moon video yet. Best British car ever

@MaverickPhantom 26 дней назад

Best common affordable car from Brits, though I don't think that's the case any longer.

@BHX-qq6ix 26 дней назад

@@MaverickPhantom nah not the lotus Carlton isn’t common nobody drives around in them

@MaverickPhantom 26 дней назад

@@BHX-qq6ix not "common" in that sense, as they were limited in production numbers, but common in the sense of a common folk - higher middle class.

@MaverickPhantom 26 дней назад

@@BHX-qq6ix the other very uncommon great car from Bits is the McLaren F1, that's extremely unattainable for the common folk.

@Tobi-ln9xr 26 дней назад

It wasn’t British. It was German-American-British…

@ricardo1e93 26 дней назад

If I'm not mistaken, this platform was also used for the Holden VN commodore. That is the platform of the base Vauxhall/Opel Omega.

@jeroenorriens2590 25 дней назад

Indeed it was, but with altered front chassis legs to fit a v8, funny aswell the lotus' LSD diff came from the Holden commodore 😅

@StellarGale 22 дня назад

They originally wanted to use Omega platform for Commodore, but didn't like the width of the interior, so they made the car slightly wider, reinforced it for V8 and retained solid rear axle from the previous generation of Commodore, that was based on Opel Rekord E

@unsavoury5461 21 день назад

It looks alot like a vn doesn't it I prefer this tho not as chunky as a vn body

@mr.slaphappy3794 19 дней назад

Nicole...

@Low760 19 дней назад

Correct, but it was more of a base.

@snorkelthump 4 дня назад

Fun fact. The 40RA plates are back on a Lotus Carlton. Saw it not so long ago at Pinvin services , not far from Evesham

@paulvanbruggen2153 12 дней назад

Bought my Lotus Omega 552 in 1992 … and after 32 years , I’m still very happy with my precious…

@SlowlysModels 26 дней назад

He lives! Great to see you covering more awesome stories!

@wildhogOW 12 дней назад

There's a couple of these in Finland. Both have Opel badges on them. It's super funny when people are looking at them like "Woah, sick Omega bro".

@Tape_Time 26 дней назад

Gotta love throwing in all the clips from Shopping, absolutely adore that film.

@JamesField 10 дней назад

Great, well researched vid. A guy I used to work with knew Richard personally. They grew up near each other somewhere around Pershore near Evesham, IIRC. I want to say Wyre Piddle, but I'm not certain. I remember him telling me the story after hearing it first hand in the pub. Many years later, a petrolhead friend started working at Evesham Micros. She was blown away when I told her the story. One minor correction: Evesham is pronounced Evehshum (although many locals seem to say Ayshum). I've always known it as Evescum due to its massive drug problem, although it's actually a very pretty town.

@foxtrot1770 26 дней назад

The European mind cannot comprehend cheap powerful cars.

@don_k20 26 дней назад

Nah, it's an UK issue only

@sickbozzer 25 дней назад

It wasn’t that, but the fact that the police used Austin metros which had a top speed of 90mph. Most police cars at the time could get nowhere near a lotus Carlton, which combined with the accessible price made it a genuine issue for police and therefore parliament.

@hybridAbsol 25 дней назад

@@don_k20 yup, its filled with cowards

@hybridAbsol 25 дней назад

@@sickbozzer as i mentioned, they're weasels

@sickbozzer 25 дней назад

@@hybridAbsol what?

@DarkenedMortal 26 дней назад

Welcome back Hunter's Moon!! Glad to see you finally covered this story, such an icon! Both 40 RA and especially the Lotus Carlton itself! It's still crazy to think that not one of the original gang members that stole 40 RA all those years ago were still never identified or caught. And it is sad that while the original 40 RA was scrapped, it's great to see both it's legacy, and the Lotus Carlton's legacy still live on today! Plus Richard himself still driving a Carlton similar to his original one as well, and retelling his story too! Amazing content as always, I look forward to your work so much, keep it up!

@philtucker1224 6 дней назад

Anything old with a genuine Lotus version badge on it is worth a fortune nowadays. I had the honour of meeting Colin Chapman when I was a race/rally apprentice back in the early seventies.

@mattsmith6514 25 дней назад

Brilliant! I remember suggesting this story in a comment on one of your videos a year ago and I have absolutely not been disappointed! Great work!

@NiceCakeMix 25 дней назад

I bought a computer from Richard at his Eversham computers store in 1998. It was a P3 450 with a 12gig hard drive. Nothing as quick as his Lotus Carlton though.

@AndyK.1 12 дней назад

I remember his store by the bridge in Evesham. 1989? Purchased a Star dot matrix printer. 😂

@dobo2232 25 дней назад

Thank you for covering this story it is such an iconic story.

@kenxiong6830 21 день назад

Thanks for the video. What an amazing car. Always love hearing everyone’s take on this story

@anyrandom_1884 26 дней назад

i love all of your videos man. this one was so interesting i remember learning about the lotus carlton in 337 speed's video about uncatchable cars. anyways, this video, the pikes peak hill climb and the cannonball run videos are probably your finest works yet. keep it up 👍

@ImDavidJames 23 дня назад

I’m never disappointed with your work. Great video yet again

@6mlts 26 дней назад

weirdly enough, that green kona electric was the daily driver of one of the teachers at my school. i saw that thing every day for over a year just parked up in the car park

@zayedwakarshaan2453 26 дней назад

One of my favorite story. Finally you covered thanks

@danepearce7175 26 дней назад

As a New Zealander I am a well acquainted with ram raiding

@SportyMabamba 23 дня назад

You and the Welsh 😂

@CoopaCoop 24 дня назад

Such a great channel. Should easily hit 100k in the next few weeks

@HeyaM8 26 дней назад

HE IS BACK LETS GOO Love your videos man keep posting your content is so enjoyable

@_portsmyth 16 дней назад

This is the type of content that I come here for. I had the privilege of seeing a Lotus Carlton in real life in the 90s and instantly fell in love. It looked like something your Nan would have driven, but with just enough spice that if you know, you know. BTW, Evesham is pronounced Eve-Shum, not Eve's ham (that did make me chuckle).

@vince_nevermind1159 25 дней назад

Man I love your content, love to see all the work going on that to provide us a good story with correct info and coherent video with it ! Can't wait for the next episode.

@quayinlock 14 дней назад

This was sick! I've seen the Hagerty video before but this was a great spin on the cars history. Looking forward to browsing your channel 👌

@mach1mustangguy992 26 дней назад

very cool he got to put the 40 RA tags on another one!

@crazykidksyt2848 26 дней назад

always an amazing treat when hunter uploads!

@philtucker1224 6 дней назад

Very good! Thank you for sharing!

@dregomangaming6384 24 дня назад

You’ve done it again! Great video! I love these videos! So keep it up!

@PriusTurbo 22 дня назад

Excellent telling! Much enjoyable! Many thank yous!

@stuartkennedy4202 8 дней назад

Outstanding car outstanding presentation. Loved the car back then and still today.

@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo 26 дней назад

One of the first ever super saloons, can't wait to watch this. ❤

@Gunny426HemiPlymouth 26 дней назад

Been counting the days until I heard your rendition of this story 💪 thanks man!

@vic_cafc 22 дня назад

Nicely told I remember first hearing about this car when I was a kid, it was on Grand Turismo too.

@hammadbrohi8482 26 дней назад

The wait was worth it great video

@tomaszaugustyn7880 23 дня назад

The content that You create is unique! It's like archeology on urban legends brought back to life and to a wide range public!!! Looking forward to Your next videos! And again KUDOS!!!

@vvNKRSofficial 25 дней назад

Richard Austin sounds like a legend

@TheStevegrainger 22 дня назад

When I got married in 2011 .one of the wedding cars was 40 RA. Then on a Jaguar XJ. Loaned from Richard Austin.

@Mark72121 17 дней назад

Great video mate really enjoyed it, look forward to your next one

@aaronkong2433 26 дней назад

always wanted to know more about these, great to see

@ericv2247 26 дней назад

Great content as always.

@jayrave4 21 день назад

Fantastic video - 40 RA is the stuff of legend!

@ChatterboxFM 26 дней назад

*Supercars existing since the 50s* British Gov: 😴 *Obtainable super-saloon comes to market* British Gov: CERTAINLY NOT.

@TinyBearTim 26 дней назад

Well I can’t say that they are wrong look at American police getting terrorised by hellcats

@piuthemagicman 26 дней назад

@@TinyBearTimF the police 😉

@beanmw96 26 дней назад

@@TinyBearTimby blacks in hellcats*

@EmoDKTsuchiya 25 дней назад

😂

@ValentineC137 25 дней назад

@@beanmw96 Cool it with the racist remarks

@somerandoonline5852 26 дней назад

We have missed your videos. Really happy to see you used Oscar's garage video as a source of data

@scottmoreland8747 20 дней назад

I remember suggesting this a while back when asking for suggestions. You definitely did the story justice 👍🏼

@scottmoreland8747 20 дней назад

As for further suggestions I’m all out. Maybe the gumball rally? Monte Carlo rally? Don’t really fit in with your ‘underground’ theme I guess

@davidbarringham7992 18 дней назад

I feel privileged to have seen one of these cars ‘in the flesh’ several years ago near Nottingham.

@sarah-ws2tg 12 дней назад

Thanks for posting…great video on a great car👍👍

@MahadShahzad08 26 дней назад

Dude i missed your is video. They truly are inspirational and incredible.

@jeffb5192 25 дней назад

its ALWAYS a good day when Hunter's Moon uploads a video! Be it stories that im familiar with, or completely obscure to people in the USA (The Belgrade Phantom for example), its always an entertaining video

@afilleduptaco 26 дней назад

Ayy I asked for this a while ago! Thanks for doing it mate.

@speedhunter7156 26 дней назад

Ive heard some of the stories or the Carlton but now hearing where those myths come from makes it more interesting

@qv81 9 дней назад

I was fascinated by this car since I heard about it. This is the best video i saw.

@limplover5058 26 дней назад

Hands down best RU-vid channel

@woowaptibam5253 26 дней назад

Great job on this video!! I've heard a few versions of the infamous 40 RA but never any of the back story about the owner!

@chrisring6690 10 дней назад

There's a full interview with the owner on here

@UXXV 25 дней назад

Thank you. Awesome video

@AdeyThatCapriGuy 23 дня назад

Ah yes, remember this well, the car Rowan Atkinson got for his 40th birthday! That time he strapped a armchair to the roof to pick up diy supplies was a classic

@nikodemrak9867 26 дней назад

Cool video more please. You doing great job. 👍

@razorsz195 9 дней назад

If he ever takes that 40 RA carlton to the Nurburgring, he needs to get in contact with Misha Caroudin to put down the lap time that icon deserves!

@gabr13l24 9 дней назад

My man has covered japanese, american, russian, german, italian and british car culture and counting, absolute legend

@taylordoleman8787 9 дней назад

That’s a weirdly wholesome end to an iconic story🤌🏼

@lavar1057 22 дня назад

Another awesome video keep up the good work

@CLA82529 9 дней назад

Never thought I'd get a closure to this story.

@hemichanga8939 26 дней назад

You're back!

@fredschriks8554 26 дней назад

Great video Sir.

@nigelgraves8784 2 дня назад

Best video on 40RA out there.

@bfab7036 2 дня назад

I had a 1993 Vauxhall Carlton. The 2.5l v6 automatic. Not the Lotus but the pedigree was in the dna. It was a monster. Completely unassuming in white and it did 0-60 in sub 8 seconds. I loved it.

@mrrolandlawrence 4 дня назад

wow that takes me back. i recall a friend telling me who had a carlton, that lotus had toyed with a calibre and the top speed of that was going to be 206mph - however the aero of the calibre meant the front went rather light and was not really a nice car to drive so fast. so the idea was scrubbed.

@Nikolayski1337 21 день назад

Hunter's Moon uploads - smile appears! Thanks again!

@kings3803 День назад

What a car. A friends dad had one when we where kids. Thst would definitely be one you would have to have in the collection

@longbowfta 14 дней назад

900 hp, 0 to 60 in 2.78 seconds and a top speed of 256 kph, no mention of the range or possible flammability issues.

@iElementGraphics 26 дней назад

NO WAY, so happy to hear Panda Coast in this video, curious if you also found it from a certain BakersTuts Skate video as well? Didn't know anyone even knows this song exists

@DeolTheBeast 19 дней назад

legendary car in the UK, great researched piece

@Low760 19 дней назад

I'm glad you used the correct Commodore they used the lsd from. We did have an lsd in the vq statesman v8 up to 200kw in hsv form. I love the lotus omega, as much as i love the vn group a and zr1.

@clumsygarage1578 26 дней назад

Ayy, I suggested this, although I’m sure I was one of many. Can’t wait for this.

@MineshShah 2 часа назад

Great video of such an iconic car! I prefer them to the equivalent BMW M5. The Lotus Carlton and the Escort Cosworth were both produced in the middle of a recession and both infamous in their ability to provide crazy speed to the masses. But the consequences of them being stolen and used in nefarious activities has both sigmatised and elevated them Such a cool car... Great Content...❤

@JK061996 24 дня назад

I remember the Sintura from Total Immersion Racing, that game was full of obscure cars

@sharpfalcon6196 19 дней назад

Same. I didn't know Sintura was a anagram of Richard Austin, the team's owner.

@6rimR3ap3r 11 дней назад

Friend of my parents had one of those Lotus Omegas. I've seen it once as a kid but I was so young that I can barely remember it aside from the stunning color.

@bowesterlund3719 25 дней назад

This was a good one!

@mrb7559 18 дней назад

The British comedian Jasper carrot owned one until a friend of mine stole it and took me for a joy ride around the area in broad daylight. 155mph on the collector road with 6 people in.

@FMFGUF 17 дней назад

Who had the last laugh - him or them? ;)

@Pusik2908 23 дня назад

Love the new vid! Alwase learn something new

@FirstLast-hz1mp 26 дней назад

Great video as always though I do miss Resonance, We’re finally landing and Head first ;)

@Lactovacilo939 26 дней назад

It really feels like whenever I hear about EU regulations it is always something bad or stupid.

@Steve-gc5nt 26 дней назад

Yep. Too many talking heads with nothing worthwhile to do.

@mackelby1 12 дней назад

It's the sole reason they exist.

@amateurgenius8486 8 дней назад

Made my own version of this in BeamNG as soon as I got the game. What a legendary car.

@thebigbowler 5 дней назад

We asked for it. He delivered ❤

@CensorshipRebel 5 дней назад

God damn, they had a Sierra Cosworth AND a cavalier turbo too?! These boys were on it.

@corbendavies6593 22 дня назад

We need a movie about this story

@piotrkacprzak2861 24 дня назад

Absolutely great content. I always wondered why the owner didnt speak about fate of his car for 30 years but if he would reveal the story much ealier, all this 40RA story would not be such a mystery and because it was a mystery, a lot of people were into this story, we all speculate what happened with the car.

@dazaspc 26 дней назад

A similar era in Australia the ram raids were being done with WRX's.

@wesleybushell3215 25 дней назад

Enjoyable thanks

@Unused_VHS 13 дней назад

Its sad to see only 950 lotus carltons ever made but Im happy that 40RA still remains to this day

@srspower 12 дней назад

I remember working on Evesham Micro PC's in the early noughties when I ran a computer shop. It was local to me but didn't realise how big a company it was or of course the lotus story.

@harry_italya 25 дней назад

Dude I knew about 40 RA but I had no clue it was owned by Austin! His son raced in the BTCC until recent years.

@StellarGale 22 дня назад

Technically Senator B and Omega A are same car underneath, Senator just has different more comfortable interior, different front fascia and extended rear overhang and roof (the trunk piece, front fascia and interior are 100% interchangeable between two)