Nissan Sentra is a car that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine delivering power to the front wheels.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 1.8 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 130 bhp (132 PS/97 kW) at 6000 rpm and 174 N·m (128 lb·ft/17.7 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels through a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1280 kg.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2700 mm | 106.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1529 mm | 60.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1529 mm | 60.2 inches | |
| Length | 4625 mm | 182.1 inches | |
| Width | 1760 mm | 69.3 inches | |
| Height | 1496 mm | 58.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 163 mm | 6.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1280 kg | 2822 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 59.4% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Nissan | ||
| Engine code | MRA8DE | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1798 cc (109.721 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79.7 × 90.1 mm
3.14 × 3.55 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.88 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 174 Nm (128 ft·lb) (17.7 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
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| Specific output | 53.9 kW/litre 73.3 ps/litre 72.3 bhp/litre 1.18 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
96.77 Nm/litre
1.17 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast aluminum block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SMPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1216.1 kPa (176.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6400 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 449.5 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 102.97 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 75.74 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 101.56 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.2 kg/kW 22.06 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 27/36/30 US MPG EPA city/highway/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 8.7/6.5/7.8 l/100km city/highway/combined | ||
| km/litre | 11.5/15.3/12.8 km/l city/highway/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 32.4/43.2/36.0 UK MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| US MPG | 27.0/36.0/30.0 US MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| 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 | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.300 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 205/60 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/60 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.77 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.93 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 288123 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2012 Nissan Sentra (2013) added 2012-10-27. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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