The Tiger is a road car from Messerschmitt, with rear wheel drive, a rear located engine and a coupé body style.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 0.4 litre, two stroke 2 cylinder. This unit produces 19.5 bhp (19.8 PS/14.5 kW) of power.
This power is delivered to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Its quoted weight at the kerb is 300 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 0 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 1890 mm | 74.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1110 mm | 43.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1039 mm | 40.9 inches | |
| Length | 2860 mm | 112.6 inches | |
| Width | 1270 mm | 50 inches | |
| Height | |||
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.51 | ||
| Kerb weight | 300 kg | 661 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Fichtel & Sachs | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 2 | ||
| Capacity | 0.4 litre 400 cc (24.409 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | |||
| Bore/stroke ratio | |||
| Valve gear | two stroke (TS)
0 valves per cylinder 0 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 19.8 PS (19.5 bhp) (14.5 kW) |
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| maximum torque | |||
| Specific output | 36.4 kW/litre 49.4 ps/litre 48.8 bhp/litre 0.8 bhp/cu in |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Air | ||
| Unitary capacity | 200 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 65.9 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 48.47 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 65 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 20.63 kg/kW 34.46 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 | rear | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 4.40-10 | ||
| Tyres rear | 4.40-10 | ||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 136301 | ||
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| RAC rating | |||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Messerschmitt Tiger added 2005-12-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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