This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Checker Marathon is an overhead valve, 4.1 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 110 bhp (112 PS/82 kW) at 3800 rpm and 257 N·m (190 lb·ft/26.2 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Its stated kerb weight is 1707 kg.
The Checker Marathon is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 145 km/h which is 90 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3048 | 120 | |
| Voies AV | 1637 | 64.4 | |
| Voies AR | 1608 | 63.3 | |
| Longueur | 5201 | 204.8 | |
| Largeur | 1930 | 76 | |
| Hauteur | 1590 | 62.6 | |
| Garde au sol | 190 | 7.5 | |
| 1.71 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1707 kg | 3763 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 82 litres | 18 [21.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | |||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.1 litre 4097 cc (250.014 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 98.3 × 89.7 mm
3.87 × 3.53 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.1 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
112 PS (110 bhp) (82 kW) à 3800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
257 Nm (190 ft·lb) (26.2 kgm) à 1600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
20 kW/litre 27.2 ps/litre 26.8 bhp/litre 0.44 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
62.73 Nm/litre
0.76 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.1:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ro carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 788.3 kPa (114.3 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 7 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 682.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 145 km/h (90 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 65.34 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 48.05 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 64.44 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 20.81 kg/kW 34.76 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.460 | ||
| Turning circle | 13.20 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 2417 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.07 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44517 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 35.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Checker Marathon added 1997-04-28. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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