This car has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.8 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 115 bhp (117 PS/86 kW) at 5500 rpm and 161 Nm (119 lbft/16.4 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual transmission supplies the power to the driven wheels.
The Mitsubishi Carisma weighs a claimed 1165 kg at the kerb.
Maximum claimed speed is 200 km/h or 124 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2550 mm | 100.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1455 mm | 57.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1475 mm | 58.1 inches | |
| Length | 4435 mm | 174.6 inches | |
| Width | 1695 mm | 66.7 inches | |
| Height | 1405 mm | 55.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.74 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1165 kg | 2568 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 60 litres | 13.2 [15.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mitsubishi | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1834 cc (111.918 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 89 mm
3.19 × 3.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.91 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
117 PS (115 bhp) (86 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
161 Nm (119 ft·lb) (16.4 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
46.8 kW/litre 63.6 ps/litre 62.7 bhp/litre 1.03 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
87.79 Nm/litre
1.06 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1103.2 kPa (160 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 458.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 6.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 10.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 30.9 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 17.4 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 200 km/h (124 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 100.08 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 73.61 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 98.71 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.59 kg/kW 22.69 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| 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 | 3.200 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.TA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.79 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.07 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 29271 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Mitsubishi Carisma added 1996-03-30. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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