This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 0.9 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 34 bhp (34.5 PS/25.4 kW) at 4750 rpm and 68 Nm (50 lbft/6.9 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
This power is delivered to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 761 kg.
It is claimed to manage a top speed of 113 km/h which is 70 mph.
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 | 2121 | 83.5 | |
| Voies AV | 1216 | 47.9 | |
| Voies AR | 1194 | 47 | |
| Longueur | 3664 | 144.3 | |
| Largeur | 1508 | 59.4 | |
| Hauteur | 1441 | 56.7 | |
| Garde au sol | 164 | 6.5 | |
| 1.73 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 761 kg | 1678 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 26.1 litres | 5.7 [6.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMC | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 0.9 litre 948 cc (57.851 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 62.9 × 76.2 mm
2.48 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.83 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
34.5 PS (34 bhp) (25.4 kW) à 4750 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
68 Nm (50 ft·lb) (6.9 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
26.7 kW/litre 36.4 ps/litre 35.9 bhp/litre 0.59 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
71.73 Nm/litre
0.87 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ze carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 901.4 kPa (130.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 237 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 19.5 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 24.5 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 113 km/h (70 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 45.3 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 PS/kg 33.32 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.03 kW/kg 44.68 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 30.02 kg/kW 50.14 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 | 2.500 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.90 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 | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.55 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50457 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 9.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1958 Austin A40 Farina I added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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