This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine delivering power to the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2.3 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 100 bhp (101 PS/75 kW) at 4400 rpm and 176 Nm (130 lbft/17.9 kgm) at 2600 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1200 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 | 2537 mm | 99.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1394 mm | 54.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1463 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Length | 4496 mm | 177 inches | |
| Width | 1735 mm | 68.3 inches | |
| Height | 1344 mm | 52.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 129 mm | 5.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1200 kg | 2646 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 58.3 litres | 12.8 [15.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | 99S | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.3 litre 2307 cc (140.782 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 93.5 × 84 mm
3.68 × 3.31 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
101 PS (100 bhp) (75 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
176 Nm (130 ft·lb) (17.9 kgm) at 2600 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
32.3 kW/litre 43.9 ps/litre 43.3 bhp/litre 0.71 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
76.29 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | MPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 958.7 kPa (139 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 576.75 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 84.49 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 62.14 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 83.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.09 kg/kW 26.88 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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 | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | P185/70 R 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | P185/70 R 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 234 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.77 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 856262 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 21.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1990 Mercury Topaz LS added 2026-06-06. Last modified 2026-06-06. |
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