The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupé is a rear wheel drive motor car, with its engine positioned in the front, and a 2 door coupé body.
The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupé is one of the 6C range of cars from Cadillac.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 6 litres. For this model it produces power and torque figures of 140 bhp (142 PS/104 kW) at 3800 rpm and 359 Nm (265 lbft/36.6 kgm) at 1400 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1907 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3085 mm | 121.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1568 mm | 61.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1542 mm | 60.7 inches | |
| Length | 5614 mm | 221 inches | |
| Width | 1915 mm | 75.4 inches | |
| Height | 1387 mm | 54.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.82 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1907 kg | 4204 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 93.2 litres | 20.5 [24.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Cadillac | ||
| Engine code | L62 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 6 litre 6036 cc (368.339 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 96.52 × 103.12 mm
3.8 × 4.06 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.94 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (net) |
142 PS (140 bhp) (104 kW) at 3800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (net) |
359 Nm (265 ft·lb) (36.6 kgm) at 1400 rpm |
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| Specific output (net) |
17.3 kW/litre 23.5 ps/litre 23.2 bhp/litre 0.38 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (net) |
59.48 Nm/litre
0.72 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 747.4 kPa (108.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 754.5 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 74.43 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 54.74 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 73.41 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.27 kg/kW 30.51 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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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | P215/75 R 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | P215/75 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.41 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 649484 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | B47 | ||
| Model family | 6C | ||
| RAC rating | 46.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupé added 2020-03-07. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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