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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2537 | 99.9 | |
| Voies AV | 1394 | 54.9 | |
| Voies AR | 1463 | 57.6 | |
| Longueur | 4496 | 177 | |
| Largeur | 1735 | 68.3 | |
| Hauteur | 1344 | 52.9 | |
| Garde au sol | 129 | 5.1 | |
| 1.77 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1200 kg | 2646 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 58.3 litres | 12.8 [15.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | 99S | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2.3 litre 2307 cc (140.782 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 93.5 × 84 mm
3.68 × 3.31 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.11 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE net) |
101 PS (100 bhp) (75 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE net) |
176 Nm (130 ft·lb) (17.9 kgm) à 2600 tr/mn |
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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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(SAE net) |
76.29 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9:1 | ||
| Carburant | MPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 958.7 kPa (139 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 576.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
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| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Traction | front wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Roues AR | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P185/70 R 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P185/70 R 14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 234 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.77 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.73 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 856262 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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