The Piazza XN is a car from Isuzu, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Giugiaro-styled 3 door coupé body style.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.9 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 118 bhp (120 PS/88 kW) at 5800 rpm and 162 Nm (119 lbft/16.5 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual 'box transfers the power to the wheels.
The Isuzu Piazza XN weighs a quoted 1115 kg at the kerb.
It is said to be able to manage 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 | 1115 kg | 2458 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 58% front | ||
| 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 | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS net) |
120 PS (118 bhp) (88 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS net) |
162 Nm (119 ft·lb) (16.5 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS net) |
45.1 kW/litre 61.4 ps/litre 60.5 bhp/litre 0.99 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS net) |
83.12 Nm/litre
1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1044.5 kPa (151.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6500 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 107.3 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 78.92 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 105.83 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.67 kg/kW 21.17 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.84 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.58 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 162712 | ||
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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 XN added 2007-10-10. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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