This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine supplying power to the front wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 3.4 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 235 bhp (238 PS/175 kW) at 6100 rpm and 312 N·m (230 lb·ft/31.8 kgm) at 4800 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic 'box.
Stated kerb weight is 1592 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 225 km/h or 140 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 | 2756 | 108.5 | |
| Voies AV | 1565 | 61.6 | |
| Voies AR | 1560 | 61.4 | |
| Longueur | 5037 | 198.3 | |
| Largeur | 1857 | 73.1 | |
| Hauteur | 1415 | 55.7 | |
| Garde au sol | 152 | 6 | |
| 1.83 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1592 kg | 3510 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 66% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford/Yamaha | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 60° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.4 litre 3392 cc (206.993 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 82.4 × 79.5 mm
3.24 × 3.13 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.04 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 32 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAEnet) |
238 PS (235 bhp) (175 kW) à 6100 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAEnet) |
312 Nm (230 ft·lb) (31.8 kgm) à 4800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAEnet) |
51.7 kW/litre 70.2 ps/litre 69.3 bhp/litre 1.14 bhp/cu in |
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(SAEnet) |
91.98 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10:1 | ||
| Carburant | SqPFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1155.9 kPa (167.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | 6800 tr/mn | ||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 424 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 5.5 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 7.4 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 19.2 s | ||
| 0-400m | 15.7 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 225 km/h (140 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 149.66 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 110.08 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 147.61 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.08 kg/kW 15.17 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Traction | front wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.800 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.80 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.MS.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TrailLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 6½ x 16 | ||
| Roues AR | 6½ x 16 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P225/55 ZR 16 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P225/55 ZR 16 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 295 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 257 mm | ||
| Braked area | 2606 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.69 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.77 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 22055 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 33.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Ford Taurus SHO added 1996-11-24. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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