This car has a 2 door coupé type body styled by Friedrich Geiger with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
The Mercedes-Benz 500 SLC belongs to the C 107 model family from Mercedes-Benz.
Power is produced by a single overhead camshaft, 5 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 237 bhp (240 PS/177 kW) at 5000 rpm and 402 N·m (296 lb·ft/41 kgm) at 3200 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed automatic transmission supplies the power to the driven wheels.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1515 kg.
Top claimed speed is 225 km/h, which equates to 140 mph, stated fuel consumption figures are 10.9/13.2/20.7 l/100km 90km/h / 120km/h / urban.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | Friedrich Geiger | ||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2815 | 110.8 | |
| Vía delantera | 1452 | 57.2 | |
| Vía trasera | 1440 | 56.7 | |
| Longitud | 4750 | 187 | |
| Ancho | 1790 | 70.5 | |
| Altura | 1330 | 52.4 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.69 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1515 kg | 3340 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Código de motor | M 117 E 50/117.960 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5 litre 4973 cc (303.471 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 96.5 × 85 mm
3.8 × 3.35 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.14 | ||
| Distribución | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 240 PS (237 bhp) (177 kW) a 5000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 402 Nm (296 ft·lb) (41 kgm) a 3200 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 35.5 kW/litre 48.3 ps/litre 47.7 bhp/litre 0.78 bhp/cu in |
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80.84 Nm/litre
0.98 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.8:1 | ||
| Alimentación | Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection | ||
| 1015.8 kPa (147.3 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 621.63 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 7.8 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 225 km/h (140 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 158.61 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 116.65 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 156.44 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.57 kg/kW 14.32 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | 10.9/13.2/20.7 l/100km 90km/h / 120km/h / urban | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 10.9/13.2/20.7 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| km/litre | 9.2/7.6/4.8 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| UK MPG | 25.9/21.4/13.6 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| US MPG | 21.6/17.8/11.4 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.300 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.60 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | TBAx.CS.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 6½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 6½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 205/70 VR 14 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 205/70 VR 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 278 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.72 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 84997 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | C 107 E 50/107.026 | ||
| C 107 | |||
| RAC rating | 46.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1980 Mercedes-Benz 500 SLC added 2001-07-26. Last modified 2025-05-25. |
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