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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | |||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2159 | 85 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1143 | 45 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Lengte | 3797 | 149.5 | |
| Breedte | 1562 | 61.5 | |
| Hoogte | 1390 | 54.7 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 162 | 6.4 | |
| 1.76 | |||
| Gewicht | 839 kg | 1850 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 39.8 litres | 8.8 [10.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | BMC | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 73 × 88.9 mm
2.87 × 3.5 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 0.82 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 8 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (Gross) |
52 PS (51 bhp) (38 kW) bij 4250 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (Gross) |
110 Nm (81 ft·lb) (11.2 kgm) bij 2000 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.3:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Ze carb | ||
| 928.3 kPa (134.6 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 372.25 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.CS. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.SE. | ||
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| Velgmaat achter | |||
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| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 4.22 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 63239 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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