This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 128 bhp (130 PS/95 kW) at 5400 rpm and 178 Nm (131 lbft/18.2 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual transmission.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1140 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 185 km/h (115 mph), officially quoted fuel consumption figures are 6.6/8.9/12.6 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban per ECE.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2510 mm | 98.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1365 mm | 53.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1360 mm | 53.5 inches | |
| Length | 4385 mm | 172.6 inches | |
| Width | 1640 mm | 64.6 inches | |
| Height | 1430 mm | 56.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 140 mm | 5.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1140 kg | 2513 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 49 litres | 10.8 [12.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1962 cc (119.729 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 88.5 mm
3.31 × 3.48 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.95 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
130 PS (128 bhp) (95 kW) at 5400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
178 Nm (131 ft·lb) (18.2 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
48.6 kW/litre 66.1 ps/litre 65.2 bhp/litre 1.07 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
90.72 Nm/litre
1.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 Solex C 40 ADDHE/16 carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1140.1 kPa (165.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 490.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 30.5 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 185 km/h (115 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 113.84 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 83.73 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 112.28 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.94 kg/kW 19.95 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 6.6/8.9/12.6 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban per ECE | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 6.6/8.9/12.6 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| km/litre | 15.2/11.2/7.9 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| UK MPG | 42.8/31.7/22.4 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| US MPG | 35.6/26.4/18.7 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/70 HR 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/70 HR 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | 261 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 250 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.78 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.82 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 609829 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 17.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1981 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2.0 added 2019-10-05. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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