The 380 VRX is a road car from Mitsubishi, with front wheel drive, a front located engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
It forms part of Mitsubishi's PS41 range of cars.
Its 6 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 3.8 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 235 bhp (238 PS/175 kW) at 5250 rpm and 343 Nm (253 lbft/35 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
The Mitsubishi 380 VRX weighs a claimed 1630 kg at the kerb.
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 | 2750 mm | 108.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1570 mm | 61.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1570 mm | 61.8 inches | |
| Length | 4855 mm | 191.1 inches | |
| Width | 1840 mm | 72.4 inches | |
| Height | 1480 mm | 58.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 162 mm | 6.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1630 kg | 3594 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 67 litres | 14.7 [17.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mitsubishi | ||
| Engine code | 6G75 | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.8 litre 3828 cc (233.599 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 95 × 90 mm
3.74 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.06 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 238 PS (235 bhp) (175 kW) at 5250 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 343 Nm (253 ft·lb) (35 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 45.8 kW/litre 62.2 ps/litre 61.4 bhp/litre 1.01 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
89.6 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminium heads | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1126 kPa (163.3 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 638 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 146.18 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 107.51 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 144.17 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.3 kg/kW 15.54 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
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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 | I.MS.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.Multi.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7.0 x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7.0 x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 215/55 R 17 93V | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/55 R 17 93V | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 294 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 302 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.8 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.11 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 137533 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | PS41 | ||
| RAC rating | 33.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2005 Mitsubishi 380 VRX added 2006-01-19. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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