This car has a 2 door coupé type body with a mid located engine driving through the rear wheels.
The Lotus Europa Twin Cam's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 1.6 litre, double overhead camshaft 4 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This powerplant develops 105 bhp (106 PS/78 kW) of power at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 146 N·m (108 lb·ft/14.9 kgm) at 4000 rpm.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 737 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 195 km/h or 121 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2311 | 91 | |
| Voies AV | 1346 | 53 | |
| Voies AR | 1346 | 53 | |
| Longueur | 3994 | 157.2 | |
| Largeur | 1638 | 64.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1067 | 42 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.73 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 737 kg | 1625 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 57 litres | 12.5 [15.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | 0.29 | ||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Lotus | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.6 litre 1558 cc (95.075 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 82.57 × 72.75 mm
3.25 × 2.86 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.13 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE) |
106 PS (105 bhp) (78 kW) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE) |
146 Nm (108 ft·lb) (14.9 kgm) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
50.3 kW/litre 68.3 ps/litre 67.4 bhp/litre 1.1 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE) |
93.71 Nm/litre
1.13 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 De carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1177.6 kPa (170.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 389.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 5.3 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 7.7 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 23.3 s | ||
| 0-400m | 15.7 s | ||
| 0-1000m | 29.9 s | ||
| Vitesse | 195 km/h (121 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 144.45 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 106.24 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 142.47 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.41 kg/kW 15.72 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.FLDS.LLi.TRA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1.03 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.56 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 72039 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 16.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1970 Lotus Europa Twin Cam added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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