This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 4.6 litre capacity. This unit features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It produces 300 bhp (304 PS/224 kW) of power at 6000 rpm, and maximum torque of 400 N·m (295 lb·ft/40.8 kgm) at 4400 rpm.
The power is transmitted to the wheels through a 4 speed automatic transmission.
The Cadillac DeVille DTS weighs a claimed 1836 kg at the kerb.
Maximum quoted speed is 209 km/h, which equates to 130 mph.
Full specs
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2929 mm | 115.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1593 mm | 62.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1577 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Length | 5258 mm | 207 inches | |
| Width | 1890 mm | 74.4 inches | |
| Height | 1440 mm | 56.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 135 mm | 5.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.8 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1836 kg | 4048 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 61% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
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| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| 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 (SAEnet) |
304 PS (300 bhp) (224 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAEnet) |
400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) at 4400 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAEnet) |
49 kW/litre 66.6 ps/litre 65.7 bhp/litre 1.08 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAEnet) |
87.62 Nm/litre
1.06 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1101.1 kPa (159.7 psi) | ||
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| 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 | 7.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16.2 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 209 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 165.67 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 121.85 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 163.4 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.21 kg/kW 13.71 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.250 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.30 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.STA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.68 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.71 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 84084 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 42.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2001 Cadillac DeVille DTS added 2001-07-25. Last modified 2020-03-06. |
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