The Buick Century Special Wagon is an estate/station wagon with 5 doors and a front mounted powerplant which supplies the power to the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.2 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 120 bhp (122 PS/89 kW) at 5200 rpm and 176 Nm (130 lbft/17.9 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic transmission.
It weighs a claimed 1420 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2664 mm | 104.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1491 mm | 58.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1440 mm | 56.7 inches | |
| Length | 4849 mm | 190.9 inches | |
| Width | 1763 mm | 69.4 inches | |
| Height | 1377 mm | 54.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.82 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1420 kg | 3131 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 62.5 litres | 13.7 [16.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.2 litre 2190 cc (133.642 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 88 mm
3.5 × 3.46 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.01 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) at 5200 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 176 Nm (130 ft·lb) (17.9 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 40.9 kW/litre 55.6 ps/litre 54.8 bhp/litre 0.9 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
80.37 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | SMPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1009.9 kPa (146.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 547.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 85.68 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.02 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 84.51 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.87 kg/kW 26.51 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P185/75 R 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | P185/75 R 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 2.97 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 713427 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 19.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Buick Century Special Wagon added 2021-01-02. Last modified 2021-01-02. |
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