This automobile has a 2 door coupé type body with a mid mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 2.2 litre turbocharged 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 300 bhp (304 PS/224 kW) at 6400 rpm and 380 N·m (280 lb·ft/38.8 kgm) at 4100 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual set of gears.
It weighs a stated 1315 kg at the kerb.
Its maximum speed claimed is 266 km/h or 165 mph.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2438 | 96 | |
| Voies AV | 1529 | 60.2 | |
| Voies AR | 1544 | 60.8 | |
| Longueur | 4369 | 172 | |
| Largeur | 1867 | 73.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1151 | 45.3 | |
| Garde au sol | 104 | 4.1 | |
| 1.79 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1315 kg | 2899 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 47% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 73.1 litres | 16.1 [19.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| turbocharged petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Lotus | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2.2 litre 2174 cc (132.666 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 95.3 × 76.2 mm
3.75 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.25 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAEnet) |
304 PS (300 bhp) (224 kW) à 6400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAEnet) |
380 Nm (280 ft·lb) (38.8 kgm) à 4100 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAEnet) |
102.9 kW/litre 139.9 ps/litre 138 bhp/litre 2.26 bhp/cu in |
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(SAEnet) |
174.79 Nm/litre
2.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8:1 | ||
| Carburant | Fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2196.5 kPa (318.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 543.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 3.7 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 4.7 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 11.6 s | ||
| 0-400m | 13.3 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 266 km/h (165 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 231.31 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 PS/kg 170.12 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 228.14 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.88 kg/kW 9.82 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | mid | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.100 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.60 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.U<ransLi.TrailA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 2819 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.82 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.89 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 32142 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 22.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Lotus Esprit S4 S added 1996-03-30. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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