The Piazza XG is a passenger car from Isuzu, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Giugiaro-styled 3 door coupé body style.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.9 litres. For this model it produces power and torque figures of 133 bhp (135 PS/99 kW) at 6800 rpm and 167 Nm (123 lbft/17 kgm) at 5000 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual transmission delivers the power to the driven wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1155 kg.
It is claimed to achieve a top speed of 180 km/h (112 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | Giugiaro | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2440 mm | 96.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1340 mm | 52.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1349 mm | 53.1 inches | |
| Length | 4310 mm | 169.7 inches | |
| Width | 1650 mm | 65 inches | |
| Height | 1300 mm | 51.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 155 mm | 6.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1155 kg | 2546 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 58 litres | 12.8 [15.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.36 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Isuzu | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.9 litre 1949 cc (118.935 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 87 × 82 mm
3.43 × 3.23 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.06 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS net) |
135 PS (133 bhp) (99 kW) at 6800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS net) |
167 Nm (123 ft·lb) (17 kgm) at 5000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS net) |
50.9 kW/litre 69.2 ps/litre 68.2 bhp/litre 1.12 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS net) |
85.68 Nm/litre
1.04 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1076.7 kPa (156.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6800 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 487.25 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 | 180 km/h (112 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 116.75 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 85.87 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 115.15 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.65 kg/kW 19.45 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.W.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.PR.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5.5 x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5.5 x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.84 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.58 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 162602 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 18.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1985 Isuzu Piazza XG added 2007-10-10. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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