This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to all four wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 5 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3.7 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 276 bhp (280 PS/206 kW) at 6000 rpm and 360 Nm (266 lbft/36.7 kgm) at 3750 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels by means of a 6 speed automatic transmission.
Stated kerb weight is 1770 kg.
Top claimed speed is 250 km/h (155 mph), officially stated fuel consumption is 17.1/8.6/11.7 l/100km urban/extra-urban/overall, and carbon dioxide emissions are 281.0 g/km.
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 | 2944 mm | 115.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1629 mm | 64.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1615 mm | 63.6 inches | |
| Length | 5051 mm | 198.9 inches | |
| Width | 1894 mm | 74.6 inches | |
| Height | 1444 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.72 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1770 kg | 3902 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.27 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.31 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.62 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Audi | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.7 litre 3697 cc (225.605 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84.5 × 82.4 mm
3.33 × 3.24 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.03 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
5 valves per cylinder 40 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 280 PS (276 bhp) (206 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 360 Nm (266 ft·lb) (36.7 kgm) at 3750 rpm |
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| Specific output | 55.7 kW/litre 75.7 ps/litre 74.7 bhp/litre 1.22 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
97.38 Nm/litre
1.18 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo Motronic ME 7.1.1 fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1223.7 kPa (177.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 462.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 5.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 158.1 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 116.28 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 155.93 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.6 kg/kW 14.37 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 17.1/8.6/11.7 l/100km urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 17.1/8.6/11.7 l/100km urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| km/litre | 5.8/11.6/8.5 km/l urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| UK MPG | 16.5/32.8/24.1 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| US MPG | 13.8/27.4/20.1 US MPG urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 281.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | M | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 12.10 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.4Li.DW.ARB.AS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TzLi.W.ARB.AS. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8J x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8J x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 235/55 R 17 99Y | ||
| Tyres rear | 235/55 R 17 99Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.54 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 97196 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 35.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2002 Audi A8 3.7 quattro added 2002-07-11. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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