This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The BMW 730i is one of the E38 range of cars from BMW.
Its 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 215 bhp (218 PS/160 kW) at 5800 rpm and 290 Nm (214 lbft/29.6 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed automatic gearbox delivers the power to the driven wheels.
Having a stated weight at the kerb of 1830 kg, the BMW 730i can dispense with the 0-60 mph yardstick in 10.3 seconds and the standing quarter mile in 17.8 seconds.
Maximum speed claimed is 225 km/h or 140 mph, officially stated fuel consumption is 7.4/8.9/15.1 l/100km 90km/h / 120km/h / urban.
Full specs
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2930 mm | 115.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1552 mm | 61.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1568 mm | 61.7 inches | |
| Length | 4984 mm | 196.2 inches | |
| Width | 1862 mm | 73.3 inches | |
| Height | 1435 mm | 56.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1830 kg | 4034 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 51% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 85 litres | 18.7 [22.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.3 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2997 cc (182.888 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 67.6 mm
3.31 × 2.66 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.24 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
218 PS (215 bhp) (160 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
290 Nm (214 ft·lb) (29.6 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
53.5 kW/litre 72.7 ps/litre 71.7 bhp/litre 1.18 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
96.76 Nm/litre
1.17 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | all alloy | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch DME 3.3 fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1216 kPa (176.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374.63 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 7.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 10.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 26 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 17.8 s
@ 83 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 31.6 s
@ 172 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 225 km/h (140 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 119.12 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 87.61 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 117.49 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.41 kg/kW 19.07 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 7.4/8.9/15.1 l/100km 90km/h / 120km/h / urban | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 7.4/8.9/15.1 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| km/litre | 13.5/11.2/6.6 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| UK MPG | 38.2/31.7/18.7 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| US MPG | 31.8/26.4/15.6 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.400 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.60 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.5Li.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7½ x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7½ x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | Michelin Pilot CX 215/65 WR 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | Michelin Pilot CX 215/50 WR 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 316 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 324 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.74 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.23 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 24937 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | E38 | ||
| RAC rating | 35.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1994 BMW 730i Automatic added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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