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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2830 | 111.4 | |
| Voies AV | 1512 | 59.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1526 | 60.1 | |
| Longueur | 4775 | 188 | |
| Largeur | 1800 | 70.9 | |
| Hauteur | 1435 | 56.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 140 | 5.5 | |
| 1.69 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1710 kg | 3770 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 53% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | 0.31 | ||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMW | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.4 litre 4398 cc (268.382 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 92 × 82.7 mm
3.62 × 3.26 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.11 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 32 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
286 PS (282 bhp) (210 kW) à 5700 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
420 Nm (310 ft·lb) (42.8 kgm) à 3900 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1200.1 kPa (174.1 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 549.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 6.4 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | 26.3 s | ||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | 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 | ||
| Emissions de CO₂ | 298.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| 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 | 3.700 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.40 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 7J x 16 | ||
| Roues AR | 7J x 16 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.79 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.81 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 29304 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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