The 518d Touring is a rear wheel drive estate/station wagon motor car with a front mounted engine, produced by BMW.
It forms part of BMW's F11 family of cars.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 141 bhp (143 PS/105 kW) at 4000 rpm and 360 Nm (266 lbft/36.7 kgm) at 1750 rpm respectively.
An 8 speed automatic transmission supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1805 kg.
Top quoted speed is 205 km/h (127 mph), stated fuel consumption figures are 5.7/4.4/4.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 129.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2968 mm | 116.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1600 mm | 63 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1626 mm | 64 inches | |
| Length | 4907 mm | 193.2 inches | |
| Width | 1860 mm | 73.2 inches | |
| Height | 1462 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 141 mm | 5.6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.65 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1805 kg | 3979 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | 2.35 m² | ||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1995 cc (121.742 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 90 mm
3.31 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 143 PS (141 bhp) (105 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 360 Nm (266 ft·lb) (36.7 kgm) at 1750 rpm |
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| Specific output | 52.7 kW/litre 71.7 ps/litre 70.7 bhp/litre 1.16 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
180.45 Nm/litre
2.18 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 16.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | common rail direct diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2267.6 kPa (328.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 498.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 10 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 31.6 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 205 km/h (127 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 79.2 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 58.25 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 78.12 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 17.17 kg/kW 28.68 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 5.7/4.4/4.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 5.7/4.4/4.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 17.5/22.7/20.4 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 49.6/64.2/57.6 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 41.3/53.5/48.0 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 129.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | D | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | A | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 8J x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8J x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/55 R 17 97W | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/55 R 17 97W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 330 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 330 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.67 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.08 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 337216 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | F11 | ||
| RAC rating | 17.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2013 BMW 518d Touring Automatic added 2013-05-19. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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