The Buick Park Avenue Ultra is a front wheel drive car, with its engine placed in the front, and a 4 door sedan/saloon bodyshell.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve supercharged engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 3.8 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 240 bhp (243 PS/179 kW) at 5200 rpm and 380 Nm (280 lbft/38.8 kgm) at 3200 rpm respectively.
The power is delivered to the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
The Buick Park Avenue Ultra weighs a claimed 1740 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2891 mm | 113.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1593 mm | 62.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1582 mm | 62.3 inches | |
| Length | 5253 mm | 206.8 inches | |
| Width | 1897 mm | 74.7 inches | |
| Height | 1458 mm | 57.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 140 mm | 5.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.82 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1740 kg | 3836 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70.1 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | supercharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.8 litre 3791 cc (231.341 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 96.5 × 86.4 mm
3.8 × 3.4 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.12 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAEnet) |
243 PS (240 bhp) (179 kW) at 5200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAEnet) |
380 Nm (280 ft·lb) (38.8 kgm) at 3200 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAEnet) |
47.2 kW/litre 64.2 ps/litre 63.3 bhp/litre 1.04 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAEnet) |
100.24 Nm/litre
1.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SPFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1259.6 kPa (182.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 631.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | S/Charged | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 7.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 15.6 s
@ 89.8 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 139.85 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 102.86 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 137.93 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.72 kg/kW 16.24 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 | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS.MS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6.5 x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6.5 x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/60 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/60 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 300 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 277 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 2.93 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 124916 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 34.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Buick Park Avenue Ultra added 2004-12-19. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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