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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2521 | 99.3 | |
| Voies AV | 1245 | 49 | |
| Voies AR | 1245 | 49 | |
| Longueur | 4128 | 162.5 | |
| Largeur | 1562 | 61.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1562 | 61.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 178 | 7 | |
| 1.64 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1020 kg | 2249 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 54.6 litres | 12 [14.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Austin | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.2 litre 1200 cc (73.228 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 65.48 × 89 mm
2.58 × 3.5 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.74 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Net) |
42.6 PS (42 bhp) (31.3 kW) à 4500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Net) |
78 Nm (58 ft·lb) (8 kgm) à 2400 tr/mn |
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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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(Net) |
65 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 7.2:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ze carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 816.8 kPa (118.5 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 300 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 11.00 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 781 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 5.10 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50303 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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