This car has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front located engine supplying power to the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.1 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 59 bhp (60 PS/44 kW) at 5600 rpm and 89 Nm (66 lbft/9.1 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
Stated kerb weight is 945 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 148 km/h, which equates to 92 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2520 mm | 99.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1420 mm | 55.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1370 mm | 53.9 inches | |
| Length | 3960 mm | 155.9 inches | |
| Width | 1680 mm | 66.1 inches | |
| Height | 1410 mm | 55.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 180 mm | 7.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.57 | ||
| Kerb weight | 945 kg | 2083 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 59.4% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 47 litres | 10.3 [12.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Simca | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.1 litre 1118 cc (68.225 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 74 × 65 mm
2.91 × 2.56 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.14 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
60 PS (59 bhp) (44 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
89 Nm (66 ft·lb) (9.1 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
39.4 kW/litre 53.5 ps/litre 52.8 bhp/litre 0.86 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
79.61 Nm/litre
0.96 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.6:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 So carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1000.4 kPa (145.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 279.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 20.7 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 148 km/h (92 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 63.3 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 46.56 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 62.43 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 21.48 kg/kW 35.88 lb/bhp |
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| 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 | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.400 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.20 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.TB.W.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.SwLongTA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1574 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1.08 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.71 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 72809 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 13.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Chrysler Simca Horizon LS added 1996-05-04. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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