This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front positioned engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 1.2 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 42 bhp (42.6 PS/31.3 kW) of power at 4500 rpm, and maximum torque of 78 N·m (58 lb·ft/8 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual 'box.
It weighs a claimed 1020 kg at the kerb.
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 | 2521 mm | 99.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1245 mm | 49 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1245 mm | 49 inches | |
| Length | 4128 mm | 162.5 inches | |
| Width | 1562 mm | 61.5 inches | |
| Height | 1562 mm | 61.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 178 mm | 7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.64 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1020 kg | 2249 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 54.6 litres | 12 [14.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Austin | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.2 litre 1200 cc (73.228 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 65.48 × 89 mm
2.58 × 3.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.74 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (Net) |
42.6 PS (42 bhp) (31.3 kW) at 4500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (Net) |
78 Nm (58 ft·lb) (8 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (Net) |
26.1 kW/litre 35.5 ps/litre 35 bhp/litre 0.57 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (Net) |
65 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 7.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ze carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 816.8 kPa (118.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 300 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 | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 41.75 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 PS/kg 30.71 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.03 kW/kg 41.18 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 32.57 kg/kW 54.4 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 11.00 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 781 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 5.10 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50303 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 10.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1954 Austin A40 Cambridge added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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