The Mercury Topaz GS is a front wheel drive road car, with the engine placed in the front, and a 2 door saloon (sedan) body.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.3 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 98 bhp (99 PS/73 kW) at 4400 rpm and 168 Nm (124 lbft/17.1 kgm) at 2200 rpm respectively.
This power is transmitted to the wheels via a 5 speed manual transmission.
The stated kerb weight is 1155 kg.
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