This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.8 litres. For this model it develops power and torque figures of 125 bhp (127 PS/93 kW) at 6000 rpm and 147 Nm (108 lbft/15 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
The Kia Spectra weighs a stated 1180 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2560 mm | 100.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 4475 mm | 176.2 inches | |
| Width | 1699 mm | 66.9 inches | |
| Height | 1410 mm | 55.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 155 mm | 6.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1180 kg | 2601 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | |||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1793 cc (109.416 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 87 mm
3.19 × 3.43 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 127 PS (125 bhp) (93 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 147 Nm (108 ft·lb) (15 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 52 kW/litre 70.7 ps/litre 69.7 bhp/litre 1.14 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
81.99 Nm/litre
0.99 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1030.3 kPa (149.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 448.25 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 107.4 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 78.99 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 105.93 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.66 kg/kW 21.15 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 22/32 US MPG EPA city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 10.7/7.4 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 9.4/13.6 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 26.4/38.4 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 22.0/32.0 US MPG city/highway | ||
| 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 | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P185/65 R 14 82H | ||
| Tyres rear | P185/65 R 14 82H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
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| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 254441 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2001 Kia Spectra Automatic added 2011-08-26. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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