Mercury Sable GS is an automobile that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 3 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 145 bhp (147 PS/108 kW) at 5250 rpm and 230 N·m (170 lb·ft/23.5 kgm) at 3250 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels through a 4 speed automatic transmission.
The stated kerb weight is 1512 kg.
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 | 2756 mm | 108.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1565 mm | 61.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1560 mm | 61.4 inches | |
| Length | 5072 mm | 199.7 inches | |
| Width | 1854 mm | 73 inches | |
| Height | 1407 mm | 55.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 137 mm | 5.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.84 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1512 kg | 3333 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.317 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | 99U | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2986 cc (182.217 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 80 mm
3.5 × 3.15 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
147 PS (145 bhp) (108 kW) at 5250 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
230 Nm (170 ft·lb) (23.5 kgm) at 3250 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
36.2 kW/litre 49.2 ps/litre 48.6 bhp/litre 0.8 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
77.03 Nm/litre
0.93 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.17:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Ford EEC-IV fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 967.9 kPa (140.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 497.67 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 97.23 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 71.51 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 95.9 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.98 kg/kW 23.36 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 20/27 US MPG EPA city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 11.8/8.7 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 8.5/11.5 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 24.0/32.4 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 20.0/27.0 US MPG city/highway | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6.0J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6.0J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | P205/65 R 15 92T | ||
| Tyres rear | P205/65 R 15 92T | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 274 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 225 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.77 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 825836 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 54 | ||
| RAC rating | 29.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1997 Mercury Sable GS added 2025-02-14. Last modified 2025-02-14. |
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