The Nissan Cedric Brougham is a rear wheel drive car, with the engine placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body.
The Cedric Brougham is part of Nissan's Y31 series of cars.
Power is supplied by a single overhead camshaft, 3 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 158 bhp (160 PS/118 kW) at 5200 rpm and 248 N·m (183 lb·ft/25.3 kgm) at 3200 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 4 speed automatic transmission.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1450 kg.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2735 mm | 107.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1440 mm | 56.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1450 mm | 57.1 inches | |
| Length | 4860 mm | 191.3 inches | |
| Width | 1720 mm | 67.7 inches | |
| Height | 1425 mm | 56.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 155 mm | 6.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.78 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1450 kg | 3197 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 72 litres | 15.8 [19] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Nissan | ||
| Engine code | VG30E | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2960 cc (180.63 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 87 × 83 mm
3.43 × 3.27 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.05 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output (JIS net) |
160 PS (158 bhp) (118 kW) at 5200 rpm |
||
| maximum torque (JIS net) |
248 Nm (183 ft·lb) (25.3 kgm) at 3200 rpm |
||
| Specific output (JIS net) |
39.8 kW/litre 54.1 ps/litre 53.4 bhp/litre 0.87 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque (JIS net) |
83.78 Nm/litre
1.01 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Nissan ECCS fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1052.9 kPa (152.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 493.33 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 110.48 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 81.26 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 108.97 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.31 kg/kW 20.56 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 205/65 R 15 93H | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/65 R 15 93H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.70 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 370953 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | PY31XAE | ||
| Model family | Y31 | ||
| RAC rating | 28.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1987 Nissan Cedric Brougham added 2014-09-07. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
|||
