This automobile has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
It forms part of BMW's E39 model range.
The BMW 540i's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 4.4 litre, double overhead camshaft 8 cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder. This unit develops 282 bhp (286 PS/210 kW) of power at 5700 rpm, and maximum torque of 420 N·m (310 lb·ft/42.8 kgm) at 3900 rpm.
This power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 5 speed automatic gearbox.
The BMW 540i weighs a claimed 1710 kg at the kerb.
It is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 250 km/h, or 155 mph, stated fuel consumption figures are 19.2/8.7/12.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 298.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2830 | 111.4 | |
| Vía delantera | 1512 | 59.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1526 | 60.1 | |
| Longitud | 4775 | 188 | |
| Ancho | 1800 | 70.9 | |
| Altura | 1435 | 56.5 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 140 | 5.5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.69 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1710 kg | 3770 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 53% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | 0.31 | ||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | BMW | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.4 litre 4398 cc (268.382 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 92 × 82.7 mm
3.62 × 3.26 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.11 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 32 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
286 PS (282 bhp) (210 kW) a 5700 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
420 Nm (310 ft·lb) (42.8 kgm) a 3900 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
47.8 kW/litre 65 ps/litre 64.1 bhp/litre 1.05 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
95.5 Nm/litre
1.15 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 10:1 | ||
| Alimentación | EFi | ||
| 1200.1 kPa (174.1 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 549.75 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 6.4 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | 26.3 s | ||
| Velocidad máxima | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 167.2 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 122.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 164.91 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.13 kg/kW 13.58 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | 19.2/8.7/12.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 19.2/8.7/12.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 5.2/11.5/8.0 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 14.7/32.5/22.6 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 12.3/27.0/18.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Emisiones de CO2 | 298.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.700 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.40 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 7J x 16 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 7J x 16 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 0.79 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.81 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 29304 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| E39 | |||
| RAC rating | 42.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 BMW 540i Automatic added 1996-09-03. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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