The Mercury Grand Marquis LS is a 4 door saloon style car with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.6 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 215 bhp (218 PS/160 kW) at 4500 rpm and 373 Nm (275 lbft/38 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic transmission.
With a claimed weight at the kerb of 1777 kg, the Mercury Grand Marquis LS performs the 0-60 mph sprint in 8.2 seconds and the quarter mile from rest in 16 seconds.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2913 mm | 114.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1610 mm | 63.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1659 mm | 65.3 inches | |
| Length | 5382 mm | 211.9 inches | |
| Width | 1989 mm | 78.3 inches | |
| Height | 1443 mm | 56.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 203 mm | 8 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.85 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1777 kg | 3918 lb | |
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| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 4.6 litre 4601 cc (280.77 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 90.2 × 90 mm
3.55 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 218 PS (215 bhp) (160 kW) at 4500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 373 Nm (275 ft·lb) (38 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 34.8 kW/litre 47.4 ps/litre 46.7 bhp/litre 0.77 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
81.07 Nm/litre
0.98 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1018.7 kPa (147.8 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 575.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 8.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16 s
@ 85.9 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 122.67 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 90.22 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 120.99 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.08 kg/kW 18.51 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.CS.TA.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7 x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7 x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/60 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/60 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 315 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 282 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 3.71 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 124498 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 40.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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Mercury Grand Marquis LS added 2004-12-19. Last modified 2013-03-04. |
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