The Contessa Classic is a rear wheel drive saloon (sedan) motor car with a front located engine, sold by Hindustan.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 1.8 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 87 bhp (88 PS/65 kW) of power at 5000 rpm, and maximum torque of 136 N·m (100 lb·ft/13.9 kgm) at 3000 rpm.
A 5 speed manual 'box supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Quoted kerb weight is 1140 kg.
It is claimed to achieve a top speed of 160 km/h, or 99 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 | 2665 | 104.9 | |
| Voies AV | 1420 | 55.9 | |
| Voies AR | 1400 | 55.1 | |
| Longueur | 4570 | 179.9 | |
| Largeur | 1700 | 66.9 | |
| Hauteur | 1375 | 54.1 | |
| Garde au sol | 160 | 6.3 | |
| 1.71 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1140 kg | 2513 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 65 litres | 14.3 [17.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Vauxhall | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.8 litre 1818 cc (110.941 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 84 × 82 mm
3.31 × 3.23 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.02 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
88 PS (87 bhp) (65 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
136 Nm (100 ft·lb) (13.9 kgm) à 3000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
35.7 kW/litre 48.5 ps/litre 47.9 bhp/litre 0.78 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
74.81 Nm/litre
0.9 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 940.1 kPa (136.3 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 454.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 160 km/h (99 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 77.38 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 56.91 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 76.32 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 17.57 kg/kW 29.35 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 11.50 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.PR.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.78 | ||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 28094 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 17.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1984 Hindustan Contessa Classic added 1998-12-06. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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