This automobile has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
Powering the Kia K5 LXS 1.6T is a double overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre turbocharged 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 180 bhp (183 PS/134 kW) at 5500 rpm and 265 N·m (195 lb·ft/27 kgm) at 1500-4500 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels compliments of an 8 speed automatic transmission.
The Kia K5 LXS 1.6T weighs a stated 1428 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
|
|
Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2850 mm | 112.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1633 mm | 64.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1641 mm | 64.6 inches | |
| Length | 4905 mm | 193.1 inches | |
| Width | 1859 mm | 73.2 inches | |
| Height | 1445 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 135 mm | 5.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.72 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1428 kg | 3148 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 61% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 59.9 litres | 13.2 [15.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.27 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Kia | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1598 cc (97.516 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 75.6 × 89 mm
2.98 × 3.5 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 183 PS (180 bhp) (134 kW) at 5500 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 265 Nm (195 ft·lb) (27 kgm) at 1500-4500 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 84 kW/litre 114.2 ps/litre 112.6 bhp/litre 1.85 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
165.83 Nm/litre
2 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2083.9 kPa (302.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 399.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| 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 127.8 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 94 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 126.05 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.64 kg/kW 17.77 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 27/37/31 US MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 8.7/6.4/7.6 l/100km city/highway/combined | ||
| km/litre | 11.5/15.7/13.2 km/l city/highway/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 32.4/44.4/37.2 UK MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| US MPG | 27.0/37.0/31.0 US MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| 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 | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.600 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | P205/65 R 16 95H | ||
| Tyres rear | P205/65 R 16 95H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 305 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 284 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.64 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.37 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 687643 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
2021 Kia K5 LXS 1.6T added 2020-07-02. Last modified 2020-07-02. |
|||
