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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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2756 | 108.5 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1565 | 61.6 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1560 | 61.4 | |
| Lengte | 5037 | 198.3 | |
| Breedte | 1857 | 73.1 | |
| Hoogte | 1415 | 55.7 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 152 | 6 | |
| 1.83 | |||
| Gewicht | 1592 kg | 3510 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 66% front | ||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Ford/Yamaha | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 60° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 3.4 litre 3392 cc (206.993 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 82.4 × 79.5 mm
3.24 × 3.13 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.04 | ||
| Distributie | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Kleppen per cilinder 32 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (SAEnet) |
238 PS (235 bhp) (175 kW) bij 6100 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (SAEnet) |
312 Nm (230 ft·lb) (31.8 kgm) bij 4800 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 10:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | SqPFi | ||
| 1155.9 kPa (167.6 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | 6800 t/min | ||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 424 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 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 | |||
| Max. snelheid | 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | transverse | ||
| Aandrijving | front wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | 2.800 | ||
| Draaicirkel | 11.80 m | ||
| Wielophanging voor | I.MS.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | I.TrailLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | 6½ x 16 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 6½ x 16 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | P225/55 ZR 16 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | P225/55 ZR 16 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 295 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 257 mm | ||
| Braked area | 2606 cm2 | ||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.69 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.77 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 22055 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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