The 520 is a motor vehicle from BMW, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Paul Bracq-styled 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
The 520 is part of BMW's E12 range of cars.
Powering the BMW 520 is a single overhead camshaft, 2 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 120.5 bhp (122 PS/90 kW) at 6000 rpm and 160 N·m (118 lb·ft/16.3 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
The quoted kerb weight is 1330 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 174 km/h (108 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | Paul Bracq | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2636 | 103.8 | |
| Voies AV | 1422 | 56 | |
| Voies AR | 1466 | 57.7 | |
| Longueur | 4620 | 181.9 | |
| Largeur | 1690 | 66.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1425 | 56.1 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.75 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1330 kg | 2932 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMW | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2 litre 1991 cc (121.498 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 80 × 66 mm
3.15 × 2.6 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.21 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
122 PS (120.5 bhp) (90 kW) à 6000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
160 Nm (118 ft·lb) (16.3 kgm) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
45.1 kW/litre 61.4 ps/litre 60.5 bhp/litre 0.99 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
80.36 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9.2:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Solex 4A1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1009.9 kPa (146.5 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 7 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 331.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 15.7 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | 36.9 s | ||
| Vitesse | 174 km/h (108 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 91.86 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 67.56 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 90.6 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.8 kg/kW 24.72 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 | 5½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Roues AR | 5½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 175 R 14 88S | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 175 R 14 88S | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 280 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 250 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.90 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 271315 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| E12 | |||
| RAC rating | 23.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1981 BMW 520 Automatic added 2012-05-22. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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