The Metropolitan 1500 Hardtop is a saloon (sedan) style road car with a front located engine driving through the rear wheels.
The Metropolitan 1500 Hardtop's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 1.5 litre, overhead valve 4 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This powerplant produces 51 bhp (52 PS/38 kW) of power at 4250 rpm, and maximum torque of 110 N·m (81 lb·ft/11.2 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
Power is delivered to the wheels through a 3 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 839 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | |||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2159 | 85 | |
| Voies AV | 1143 | 45 | |
| Voies AR | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Longueur | 3797 | 149.5 | |
| Largeur | 1562 | 61.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1390 | 54.7 | |
| Garde au sol | 162 | 6.4 | |
| 1.76 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 839 kg | 1850 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 39.8 litres | 8.8 [10.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMC | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 73 × 88.9 mm
2.87 × 3.5 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.82 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
52 PS (51 bhp) (38 kW) à 4250 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
110 Nm (81 ft·lb) (11.2 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
25.5 kW/litre 34.7 ps/litre 34.3 bhp/litre 0.56 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
73.88 Nm/litre
0.89 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ze carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 928.3 kPa (134.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 372.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
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| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 61.63 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 45.33 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 60.79 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 22.06 kg/kW 36.85 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.22 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 63239 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 13.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1955 Metropolitan 1500 Hardtop added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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