This vehicle has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet type body with a front mounted engine driving through all four wheels.
The Mercedes-AMG C 43 4MATIC Cabriolet is part of Mercedes-Benz's A 205 series of cars.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 362 bhp (367 PS/270 kW) at 5500-6200 rpm and 520 Nm (384 lbft/53 kgm) at 2000-4200 rpm respectively.
The power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 9 speed automatic gearbox.
The quoted kerb weight is 1795 kg.
It is said to be able to attain a maxiumum speed of 250 km/h or 155 mph, claimed fuel consumption figures are 11.0/6.7/8.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 190.0 g/km.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 2+2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2840 mm | 111.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1578 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1554 mm | 61.2 inches | |
| Length | 4696 mm | 184.9 inches | |
| Width | 1877 mm | 73.9 inches | |
| Height | 1408 mm | 55.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.65 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1795 kg | 3957 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 66 litres | 14.5 [17.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 88 × 82.1 mm
3.46 × 3.23 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.07 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 367 PS (362 bhp) (270 kW) at 5500-6200 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 520 Nm (384 ft·lb) (53 kgm) at 2000-4200 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 90.1 kW/litre 122.5 ps/litre 120.8 bhp/litre 1.98 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
173.56 Nm/litre
2.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2181.1 kPa (316.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 204.47 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 150.39 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 kW/kg 201.67 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.65 kg/kW 11.11 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 11.0/6.7/8.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 11.0/6.7/8.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 9.1/14.9/12.0 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 25.7/42.2/34.0 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 21.4/35.1/28.3 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 190.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | J | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | D | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7½J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8½J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/45 ZR 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 245/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 360 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 320 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 9 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.6 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.07 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 487619 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | A 205 | ||
| RAC rating | 28.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
2016 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C 43 4MATIC Cabriolet added 2016-06-04. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
|||
