The Buick Century Limited is a front wheel drive automobile, with the engine placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
Its 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3.1 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) at 5200 rpm and 251 Nm (185 lbft/25.6 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed automatic 'box supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Its claimed weight at the kerb is 1513 kg.
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 | 2769 | 109 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1575 | 62 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1552 | 61.1 | |
| Lengte | 4943 | 194.6 | |
| Breedte | 1847 | 72.7 | |
| Hoogte | 1438 | 56.6 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.79 | |||
| Gewicht | 1513 kg | 3336 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 66.3 litres | 14.6 [17.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | GM | ||
| Motor nummer | L82 | ||
| Aantal cilinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 3.1 litre 3135 cc (191.309 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 89 × 84 mm
3.5 × 3.31 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.06 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 12 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen | 162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) bij 5200 t/min |
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| Max. koppel | 251 Nm (185 ft·lb) (25.6 kgm) bij 4000 t/min |
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| Specific output | 38.1 kW/litre 51.7 ps/litre 51 bhp/litre 0.84 bhp/cu in |
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80.06 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | |||
| Brandstofsysteem | SMPFI | ||
| 1006.1 kPa (145.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 522.5 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 107.22 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 78.86 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 105.75 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.68 kg/kW 21.18 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | transverse | ||
| Aandrijving | front wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | 6 x 15 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 6 x 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | P205/70 R 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | P205/70 R 15 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/Dr-S-ABS | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.7 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.29 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 713768 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| RAC rating | 29.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1998 Buick Century Limited added 2021-01-02. Last modified 2021-01-02. |
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