This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine that delivers power to the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.6 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 106 bhp (107 PS/79 kW) at 6200 rpm and 140 Nm (103 lbft/14.3 kgm) at 4600 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual transmission.
The Honda Civic LX weighs a quoted 1083 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2620 mm | 103.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1476 mm | 58.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1476 mm | 58.1 inches | |
| Length | 4448 mm | 175.1 inches | |
| Width | 1704 mm | 67.1 inches | |
| Height | 1389 mm | 54.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1083 kg | 2388 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 45.1 litres | 9.9 [11.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1590 cc (97.028 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 75 × 90 mm
2.95 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
107 PS (106 bhp) (79 kW) at 6200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
140 Nm (103 ft·lb) (14.3 kgm) at 4600 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
49.7 kW/litre 67.6 ps/litre 66.7 bhp/litre 1.09 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
88.05 Nm/litre
1.06 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.4:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Honda PGM-Fi fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1106.5 kPa (160.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 397.5 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 99.24 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 72.99 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 97.88 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.7 kg/kW 22.89 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| 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 | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P185/65 R 14 85S | ||
| Tyres rear | P185/65 R 14 85S | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 4.06 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 173668 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1998 Honda Civic LX added 2008-04-11. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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