The Mercury Marquis Brougham Hardtop is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style automobile with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 7.5 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 200 bhp (203 PS/149 kW) at 4400 rpm and 442 N·m (326 lb·ft/45.1 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
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 | 3150 mm | 124 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1608 mm | 63.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1633 mm | 64.3 inches | |
| Length | 5710 mm | 224.8 inches | |
| Width | 2014 mm | 79.3 inches | |
| Height | 1379 mm | 54.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 119 mm | 4.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.81 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 83.3 litres | 18.3 [22] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercury | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 7.5 litre 7542 cc (460.241 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 110.79 × 97.79 mm
4.36 × 3.85 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.13 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (net) |
203 PS (200 bhp) (149 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (net) |
442 Nm (326 ft·lb) (45.1 kgm) at 2800 rpm |
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| Specific output (net) |
19.8 kW/litre 26.9 ps/litre 26.5 bhp/litre 0.43 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (net) |
58.61 Nm/litre
0.71 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 736.5 kPa (106.8 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 942.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
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| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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 | 3.990 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5.0J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5.0J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | G78 x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | G78 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 298 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 280 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.75 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 682396 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 57K | ||
| RAC rating | 60.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1972 Mercury Marquis Brougham Hardtop added 2020-06-21. Last modified 2020-06-21. |
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