This car has a 3 door hatchback body style with a front located engine supplying power to the front wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 104 bhp (105 PS/78 kW) at 5800 rpm and 143 N·m (105 lb·ft/14.6 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
It weighs a claimed 1275 kg at the kerb.
Maximum speed claimed is 185 km/h or 115 mph, stated fuel consumption is 9.2/5.5/7.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 167.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2610 mm | 102.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1495 mm | 58.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1485 mm | 58.5 inches | |
| Length | 4340 mm | 170.9 inches | |
| Width | 1735 mm | 68.3 inches | |
| Height | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 160 mm | 6.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.66 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1275 kg | 2811 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.33 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Kia | ||
| Engine code | G4ED | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1599 cc (97.577 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 76.5 × 87 mm
3.01 × 3.43 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.88 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 105 PS (104 bhp) (78 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 143 Nm (105 ft·lb) (14.6 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 48.5 kW/litre 65.9 ps/litre 65 bhp/litre 1.07 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
89.43 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | MPi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1123.8 kPa (163 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 399.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 11 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 185 km/h (115 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 82.7 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 60.83 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 81.57 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.44 kg/kW 27.46 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 9.2/5.5/7.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.2/5.5/7.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 10.9/18.2/14.3 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 30.7/51.4/40.4 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 25.6/42.8/33.6 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 167.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | H | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS. | ||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6J x 15 ET43 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6J x 15 ET43 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/65 R 15 88H | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/65 R 15 88H | ||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | 275 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 258 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.84 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.06 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 130625 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2004 Kia Cerato 1.6 Hatchback added 2005-07-02. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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