The Mitsubishi Mirage Asti 1500 is a front wheel drive road car, with the motor located in the front, and a 2 door coupé body.
It is part of Mitsubishi's E-CA3A family of cars.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 1.5 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 113 bhp (115 PS/84 kW) at 6000 rpm and 135 N·m (100 lb·ft/13.8 kgm) at 5000 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual transmission.
Its quoted weight at the kerb is 960 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2440 mm | 96.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1450 mm | 57.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1460 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Length | 4225 mm | 166.3 inches | |
| Width | 1680 mm | 66.1 inches | |
| Height | 1370 mm | 53.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 150 mm | 5.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 960 kg | 2116 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mitsubishi | ||
| Engine code | 4G91 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1497 cc (91.353 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 78.4 × 77.5 mm
3.09 × 3.05 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.01 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS net) |
115 PS (113 bhp) (84 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS net) |
135 Nm (100 ft·lb) (13.8 kgm) at 5000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS net) |
56.3 kW/litre 76.5 ps/litre 75.5 bhp/litre 1.24 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS net) |
90.18 Nm/litre
1.09 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1133.2 kPa (164.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| 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 119.34 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 87.78 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 117.71 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.39 kg/kW 19.03 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultLi. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 175/70 R 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 175/70 R 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.78 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.02 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 189101 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | DNXM | ||
| Model family | E-CA3A | ||
| RAC rating | 15.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1993 Mitsubishi Mirage Asti 1500 added 2008-09-29. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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