The Lucerne V8 is a car from Buick, with front wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 4.6 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 275 bhp (279 PS/205 kW) at 5600 rpm and 407 N·m (300 lb·ft/41.5 kgm) at 4400 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
It weighs a quoted 1820 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2934 mm | 115.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1599 mm | 63 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1590 mm | 62.6 inches | |
| Length | 5182 mm | 204 inches | |
| Width | 1880 mm | 74 inches | |
| Height | 1473 mm | 58 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1820 kg | 4012 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | Northstar LD8 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 4.6 litre 4565 cc (278.573 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 93 × 84 mm
3.66 × 3.31 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 279 PS (275 bhp) (205 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 407 Nm (300 ft·lb) (41.5 kgm) at 4400 rpm |
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| Specific output | 44.9 kW/litre 61.1 ps/litre 60.2 bhp/litre 0.99 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
89.16 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SPFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1120.4 kPa (162.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6500 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 570.63 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 153.2 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 112.67 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 151.1 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.88 kg/kW 14.82 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.STA.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P245/50 R 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | P245/50 R 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | 323 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 292 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.68 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.11 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 131054 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 42.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2005 Buick Lucerne V8 added 2005-07-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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