Citroën BX16 Break Athena is a car that has a 5 door estate/station wagon body style with a front mounted engine delivering its power to the front wheels.
Power is produced by a single overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 87 bhp (88 PS/65 kW) at 6000 rpm and 128 N·m (94 lb·ft/13.1 kgm) at 2700 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Claimed kerb weight is 996 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2655 mm | 104.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1420 mm | 55.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1364 mm | 53.7 inches | |
| Length | 4399 mm | 173.2 inches | |
| Width | 1682 mm | 66.2 inches | |
| Height | 1431 mm | 56.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.66 | ||
| Kerb weight | 996 kg | 2196 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 52 litres | 11.4 [13.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Peugeot | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1580 cc (96.418 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 83 × 73 mm
3.27 × 2.87 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.14 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (CEE) |
88 PS (87 bhp) (65 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (CEE) |
128 Nm (94 ft·lb) (13.1 kgm) at 2700 rpm |
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| Specific output (CEE) |
41.1 kW/litre 55.8 ps/litre 55.1 bhp/litre 0.9 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (CEE) |
81.01 Nm/litre
0.98 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.26:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1018 kPa (147.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 395 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 14.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 88.56 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 65.14 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 87.35 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.35 kg/kW 25.64 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 5.9/8.1/9.7 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 5.9/8.1/9.7 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| km/litre | 16.9/12.3/10.3 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| UK MPG | 47.9/34.9/29.1 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| US MPG | 39.9/29.0/24.2 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| 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 | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 165/70 R 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 165/70 R 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.76 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.19 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 156453 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 17.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1992 Citroën BX16 Break Athena added 2007-04-26. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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