Austin Mini Cooper is a car that has a 2 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine supplying power to the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1 litres. It produces power and torque figures of 55 bhp (56 PS/41 kW) at 5800 rpm and 77 Nm (57 lbft/7.9 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual 'box.
With a stated weight at the kerb of 640 kg, the Austin Mini Cooper can dispense with the 0-60 mph benchmark sprint in 14.8 seconds and the quarter mile from rest in 20 seconds.
The Austin Mini Cooper is said to be able to achieve a maxiumum speed of 146 km/h (91 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2032 mm | 80 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1232 mm | 48.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1168 mm | 46 inches | |
| Length | 3086 mm | 121.5 inches | |
| Width | 1410 mm | 55.5 inches | |
| Height | 1327 mm | 52.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.52 | ||
| Kerb weight | 640 kg | 1411 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 61% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 25 litres | 5.5 [6.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMC | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1 litre 998 cc (60.902 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 64.58 × 76.2 mm
2.54 × 3 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (net) |
56 PS (55 bhp) (41 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (net) |
77 Nm (57 ft·lb) (7.9 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (net) |
41.1 kW/litre 55.9 ps/litre 55.1 bhp/litre 0.9 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (net) |
77.15 Nm/litre
0.93 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 SU HS2 carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 969.5 kPa (140.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 249.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 9.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 14.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 20 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 146 km/h (91 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 87.13 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 64.08 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.94 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.6 kg/kW 26.07 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.300 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.W.RS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TA.RS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | Dunlop SP41 145-10 | ||
| Tyres rear | Dunlop SP41 145-10 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 178 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 178 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.77 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 188309 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 10.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1965 Austin Mini Cooper added 2008-09-23. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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