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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2830 | 111.4 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1512 | 59.5 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1526 | 60.1 | |
| Lengte | 4775 | 188 | |
| Breedte | 1800 | 70.9 | |
| Hoogte | 1435 | 56.5 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 140 | 5.5 | |
| 1.69 | |||
| Gewicht | 1710 kg | 3770 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 53% front | ||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | 0.31 | ||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | BMW | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 4.4 litre 4398 cc (268.382 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 92 × 82.7 mm
3.62 × 3.26 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.11 | ||
| Distributie | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Kleppen per cilinder 32 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (DIN) |
286 PS (282 bhp) (210 kW) bij 5700 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (DIN) |
420 Nm (310 ft·lb) (42.8 kgm) bij 3900 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 10:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | EFi | ||
| 1200.1 kPa (174.1 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 549.75 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 6.4 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | 26.3 s | ||
| Max. snelheid | 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | 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 | ||
| CO2 Emissies | 298.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | 3.700 | ||
| Draaicirkel | 11.40 m | ||
| Wielophanging voor | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | I.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | 7J x 16 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 7J x 16 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.79 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 2.81 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 29304 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| Model familie | 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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