The BMW M Coupé is a 2 door coupé-bodied car with a front located engine driving through the rear wheels.
The BMW M Coupé belongs to the E37 range of cars from BMW.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 3.2 litre, double overhead camshaft 6 cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder. This powerplant produces 240 bhp (243 PS/179 kW) of power at 6000 rpm, and maximum torque of 320 N·m (236 lb·ft/32.6 kgm) at 3800 rpm.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual transmission.
The BMW M Coupé weighs a quoted 1420 kg at the kerb.
The BMW M Coupé is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 220 km/h (137 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2459 | 96.8 | |
| Voies AV | 1422 | 56 | |
| Voies AR | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Longueur | 4025 | 158.5 | |
| Largeur | 1740 | 68.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1280 | 50.4 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.64 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1420 kg | 3131 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 51 litres | 11.2 [13.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | 0.37 | ||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMW | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.2 litre 3201 cc (195.337 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 85.4 × 91 mm
3.36 × 3.58 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.94 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 24 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 243 PS (240 bhp) (179 kW) à 6000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 320 Nm (236 ft·lb) (32.6 kgm) à 3800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 55.9 kW/litre 76 ps/litre 75 bhp/litre 1.23 bhp/cu in |
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99.97 Nm/litre
1.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1256.2 kPa (182.2 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 533.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.1 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 220 km/h (137 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 171.36 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 126.03 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 169.01 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.93 kg/kW 13.25 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| 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 | 3.200 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 7½J x 17 | ||
| Roues AR | 9J x 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 225/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 245/40 ZR 17 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 315 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 312 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.23 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 338778 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| E37 | |||
| RAC rating | 27.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1998 BMW M Coupé (1999) added 2013-06-12. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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