The Leopard XV is a rear wheel drive saloon car with a front located engine, manufactured by Nissan.
It forms part of Nissan's Y33 model range.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 3 litre turbocharged 6 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 266 bhp (270 PS/198 kW) at 6000 rpm and 368 N·m (271 lb·ft/37.5 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels compliments of a 4 speed automatic set of gears.
It weighs a claimed 1580 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Japanese (JDM) domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2800 mm | 110.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1495 mm | 58.9 inches | |
| Length | 4895 mm | 192.7 inches | |
| Width | 1765 mm | 69.5 inches | |
| Height | 1425 mm | 56.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 145 mm | 5.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1580 kg | 3483 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Nissan | ||
| Engine code | VQ30DET | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2987 cc (182.278 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 93 × 73.3 mm
3.66 × 2.89 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.27 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS net) |
270 PS (266 bhp) (198 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS net) |
368 Nm (271 ft·lb) (37.5 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS net) |
66.4 kW/litre 90.3 ps/litre 89.1 bhp/litre 1.46 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS net) |
123.2 Nm/litre
1.49 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Nissan ECCS fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1548.2 kPa (224.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 497.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| 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 170.69 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 125.54 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 168.35 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.97 kg/kW 13.31 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | 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 | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 215/55 R 16 91V | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/55 R 16 91V | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.92 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 658141 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | E-JHY33 | ||
| Model family | Y33 | ||
| RAC rating | 32.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Nissan Leopard XV added 2020-03-28. Last modified 2020-03-28. |
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