The Bitter Type III is a 2 door coupé style road car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 6 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 201 bhp (204 PS/150 kW) at 6000 rpm and 270 Nm (199 lbft/27.5 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
Power is transferred to the wheels through a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Its claimed kerb weight is 1525 kg.
Maximum stated speed is 240 km/h (149 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2380 | 93.7 | |
| Voies AV | 1480 | 58.3 | |
| Voies AR | 1500 | 59.1 | |
| Longueur | 4450 | 175.2 | |
| Largeur | 1765 | 69.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1395 | 54.9 | |
| Garde au sol | 140 | 5.5 | |
| 1.87 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1525 kg | 3362 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 75 litres | 16.5 [19.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Opel | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3 litre 2969 cc (181.179 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 95 × 69.8 mm
3.74 × 2.75 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.36 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
204 PS (201 bhp) (150 kW) à 6000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
270 Nm (199 ft·lb) (27.5 kgm) à 3600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
50.5 kW/litre 68.6 ps/litre 67.7 bhp/litre 1.11 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
90.94 Nm/litre
1.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10:1 | ||
| Carburant | Bo Motronic fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1142.8 kPa (165.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 7 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 494.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 7.6 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 240 km/h (149 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 133.64 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 98.29 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 131.8 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.17 kg/kW 17 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 | 10.80 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.MS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.STA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.81 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.70 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 31427 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 33.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1990 Bitter Type III added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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