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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | |||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2350 | 92.5 | |
| Voies AV | 1257 | 49.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1257 | 49.5 | |
| Longueur | 4045 | 159.3 | |
| Largeur | 1556 | 61.3 | |
| Hauteur | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 965 kg | 2127 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| 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 | 65.5 × 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 | 51 PS (50 bhp) (37 kW) à 4800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 84 Nm (62 ft·lb) (8.6 kgm) à 2400 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 7.2:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 879.6 kPa (127.6 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 | 16.3 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 23.2 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| 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 | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | |||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 5.14 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50336 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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