The 3200 CS Coupé is a road car from BMW, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a Bertone-styled 2 door coupé body style.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 3.2 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) at 5600 rpm and 240 N·m (177 lb·ft/24.5 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 1500 kg.
It is said to be able to achieve a maxiumum speed of 200 km/h which is 124 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | Bertone | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2835 mm | 111.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1330 mm | 52.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1416 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Length | 4380 mm | 172.4 inches | |
| Width | 1720 mm | 67.7 inches | |
| Height | 1460 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.54 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1500 kg | 3307 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75 litres | 16.5 [19.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.2 litre 3169 cc (193.384 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 82 × 75 mm
3.23 × 2.95 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.09 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 240 Nm (177 ft·lb) (24.5 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
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| Specific output | 37.6 kW/litre 51.2 ps/litre 50.5 bhp/litre 0.83 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
75.73 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | alloy block & heds | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 Ze 36 NDIX carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 951.7 kPa (138 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 396.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 14 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 200 km/h (124 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 108.15 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 79.54 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 106.67 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.57 kg/kW 21 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 12.00 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.TB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.TB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 185 HR 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185 HR 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 267 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 284 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.89 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 56419 | ||
| Production total | 538 | ||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 33.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1962 BMW 3200 CS Coupé added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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