The Chevrolet Malibu LTZ is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style road car with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 3.5 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 217 bhp (220 PS/162 kW) at 5800 rpm and 294 N·m (217 lb·ft/30 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed automatic 'box supplies the power to the wheels.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1495 kg.
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 | 2700 mm | 106.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1524 mm | 60 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1506 mm | 59.3 inches | |
| Length | 4783 mm | 188.3 inches | |
| Width | 1775 mm | 69.9 inches | |
| Height | 1461 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 155 mm | 6.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1495 kg | 3296 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 62% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 61.8 litres | 13.6 [16.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | LZ4 | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.5 litre 3510 cc (214.193 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 99 × 76 mm
3.9 × 2.99 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.3 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 220 PS (217 bhp) (162 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 294 Nm (217 ft·lb) (30 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 46.1 kW/litre 62.7 ps/litre 61.8 bhp/litre 1.01 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
83.76 Nm/litre
1.01 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminum head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1052.6 kPa (152.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6400 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 585 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 147.17 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 108.24 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 145.15 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.24 kg/kW 15.43 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 | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.4Li.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P225/50 R 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | P225/50 R 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 276 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 270 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.68 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.05 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 148720 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 36.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2006 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ (2007) added 2006-11-07. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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