The Honda Ballade 1.5 Elegance is a front wheel drive automobile, with its motor mounted in the front, and a 4 door sedan/saloon bodyshell.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.5 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 119 bhp (121 PS/89 kW) at 6600 rpm and 145 Nm (107 lbft/14.8 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels by means of a continuously variable gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1143 kg.
Full specs
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Applicable to the South African domestic market(s). | ||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2600 mm | 102.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1495 mm | 58.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1484 mm | 58.4 inches | |
| Length | 4593 mm | 180.8 inches | |
| Width | 1748 mm | 68.8 inches | |
| Height | 1467 mm | 57.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 137 mm | 5.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1143 kg | 2520 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 40 litres | 8.8 [10.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1498 cc (91.414 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 73 × 89.5 mm
2.87 × 3.52 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.82 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 121 PS (119 bhp) (89 kW) at 6600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 145 Nm (107 ft·lb) (14.8 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 59.2 kW/litre 80.5 ps/litre 79.4 bhp/litre 1.3 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
96.8 Nm/litre
1.17 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.6:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1216.4 kPa (176.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 105.56 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 77.64 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 104.11 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.88 kg/kW 21.52 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 131.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | E | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | D | ||
| 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 | 6J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/55 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/55 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | continuously variable transmission | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 807510 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 13.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2024 Honda Ballade 1.5 Elegance added 2024-07-02. Last modified 2024-07-02. |
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