The Austin A40 Sports is a rear wheel drive vehicle, with the engine placed in the front, and a convertible/cabriolet body.
The 1.2 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, overhead valve, 4 cylinder unit that develops 50 bhp (51 PS/37 kW) of power at 4800 rpm, and maximum torque of 84 N·m (62 lb·ft/8.6 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
Quoted kerb weight is 965 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 127 km/h (79 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2+2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Número de puertas | |||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2350 | 92.5 | |
| Vía delantera | 1257 | 49.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1257 | 49.5 | |
| Longitud | 4045 | 159.3 | |
| Ancho | 1556 | 61.3 | |
| Altura | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.72 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 965 kg | 2127 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Austin | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 1.2 litre 1200 cc (73.228 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 65.5 × 89 mm
2.58 × 3.5 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.74 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 8 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 51 PS (50 bhp) (37 kW) a 4800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 84 Nm (62 ft·lb) (8.6 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 31.1 kW/litre 42.2 ps/litre 41.7 bhp/litre 0.68 bhp/cu in |
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70 Nm/litre
0.85 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 7.2:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 2 SU carbs | ||
| 879.6 kPa (127.6 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 300 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | 16.3 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 23.2 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 127 km/h (79 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 52.53 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 PS/kg 38.64 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 51.81 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 25.88 kg/kW 43.23 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | |||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 5.14 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50336 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 10.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1950 Austin A40 Sports added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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