The BMW 550i is a rear wheel drive automobile, with its engine placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon bodyshell.
The 550i is part of BMW's E60 family of cars.
Powering the BMW 550i is a double overhead camshaft, 4.8 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 360 bhp (365 PS/268 kW) at 6300 rpm and 488 N·m (360 lb·ft/49.8 kgm) at 3400 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 6 speed automatic transmission.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1800 kg.
Its maximum speed quoted is 241 km/h or 150 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2888 | 113.7 | |
| Vía delantera | 1557 | 61.3 | |
| Vía trasera | 1580 | 62.2 | |
| Longitud | 4854 | 191.1 | |
| Ancho | 1847 | 72.7 | |
| Altura | 1468 | 57.8 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.68 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1800 kg | 3968 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 51.7% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | 0.29 | ||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | BMW | ||
| Código de motor | N62 B4801 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.8 litre 4799 cc (292.853 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 93 × 88.3 mm
3.66 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.05 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 32 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 365 PS (360 bhp) (268 kW) a 6300 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 488 Nm (360 ft·lb) (49.8 kgm) a 3400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 55.9 kW/litre 76.1 ps/litre 75 bhp/litre 1.23 bhp/cu in |
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101.69 Nm/litre
1.23 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 10.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | EFi | ||
| 1277.8 kPa (185.3 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 599.88 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.6 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 241 km/h (150 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 202.78 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 149.14 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 kW/kg 200 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.71 kg/kW 11.2 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 8.0 X 17 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 8.0 x 17 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 225/50 R 17 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 225/50 R 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 348 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 345 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 0.69 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.38 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 158246 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | |||
| E60 | |||
| RAC rating | 42.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 BMW 550i Automatic (2008) added 2007-05-16. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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