This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body styled by Friedrich Geiger with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The Mercedes-Benz 300 D belongs to the W 123 range of cars from Mercedes-Benz.
Powering the Mercedes-Benz 300 D is a single overhead camshaft, 3 litre naturally aspirated 5 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 79 bhp (80 PS/59 kW) at 4000 rpm and 172 N·m (127 lb·ft/17.5 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
The power is delivered to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 1445 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 148 km/h (92 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | Friedrich Geiger | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2795 mm | 110 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1488 mm | 58.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1445 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Length | 4725 mm | 186 inches | |
| Width | 1786 mm | 70.3 inches | |
| Height | 1438 mm | 56.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.69 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1445 kg | 3186 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 65 litres | 14.3 [17.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Engine code | OM 617 D 30 / 617.912 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 5 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 3005 cc (183.376 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 91 × 92.4 mm
3.58 × 3.64 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.98 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 10 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 80 PS (79 bhp) (59 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 172 Nm (127 ft·lb) (17.5 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output | 19.6 kW/litre 26.7 ps/litre 26.3 bhp/litre 0.43 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
57.24 Nm/litre
0.69 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 21.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch diesel injection pump | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 719.3 kPa (104.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 6 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 601 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal D. | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 | 148 km/h (92 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 55.43 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 40.77 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 54.67 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 24.53 kg/kW 40.97 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.STA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.46 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 64416 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | W 123 | ||
| RAC rating | 25.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Mercedes-Benz 300 D added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-06-19. |
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