This vehicle has a 2 door roadster type body with a front positioned engine driving through the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 3 litre turbocharged 6 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 335 bhp (340 PS/250 kW) at 5000-6500 rpm and 500 N·m (369 lb·ft/51 kgm) at 1600-4500 rpm respectively.
Power is transferred to the wheels through an 8 speed automatic transmission.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1160 kg.
Maximum speed quoted is 267 km/h, which is 166 mph, officially quoted fuel consumption figures are 12.7/7.5/6.6/7.4/7.9 l/100km low/medium/high/extra-high/combined WLTP, and carbon dioxide emissions are 170.0 g/km.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2520 mm | 99.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1492 mm | 58.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1492 mm | 58.7 inches | |
| Length | 3910 mm | 153.9 inches | |
| Width | 1745 mm | 68.7 inches | |
| Height | 1280 mm | 50.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 135 mm | 5.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.55 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1160 kg | 2557 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 46 litres | 10.1 [12.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | B58 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2998 cc (182.949 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 82 × 94.6 mm
3.23 × 3.72 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.87 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 340 PS (335 bhp) (250 kW) at 5000-6500 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 500 Nm (369 ft·lb) (51 kgm) at 1600-4500 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 83.3 kW/litre 113.3 ps/litre 111.7 bhp/litre 1.83 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
166.78 Nm/litre
2.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2095.8 kPa (304 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.67 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | 1 twin-scroll turbocharger | ||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 267 km/h (166 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 292.81 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.29 PS/kg 215.35 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 kW/kg 288.79 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.29 bhp/kg 0.13 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.64 kg/kW 7.76 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 12.7/7.5/6.6/7.4/7.9 l/100km low/medium/high/extra-high/combined WLTP | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 12.7/7.5/6.6/7.4/7.9 l/100km WLTP | ||
| km/litre | 7.9/13.3/15.2/13.5/12.7 km/l WLTP | ||
| UK MPG | 22.2/37.7/42.8/38.2/35.8 UK MPG WLTP | ||
| US MPG | 18.5/31.4/35.6/31.8/29.8 US MPG WLTP | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 170.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| 180.00 g/km WLTP | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | H | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | G | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 8½ x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8½ x 19 | ||
| Tyres front | Cooper Avon ZZ5 225/40 R18 92Y | ||
| Tyres rear | Cooper Avon ZZ5 245/40 R18 97Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 315 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 294 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.64 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.81 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 597707 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 25.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
2019 Morgan Plus Six added 2019-07-05. Last modified 2023-02-03. |
|||