NSU Sports Coupé is an automobile that has a 2 door coupé type body with a rear located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 0.6 litre, single overhead camshaft 2 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. In this application it has an output of 30 bhp (30.4 PS/22.4 kW) of power at 5700 rpm.
The power is supplied to the wheels through a 4 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a stated 516 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2000 mm | 78.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1200 mm | 47.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1200 mm | 47.2 inches | |
| Length | 3626 mm | 142.8 inches | |
| Width | 1448 mm | 57 inches | |
| Height | 1245 mm | 49 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 178 mm | 7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.81 | ||
| Kerb weight | 516 kg | 1138 lb | |
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| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | NSU | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 2 | ||
| Capacity | 0.6 litre 583 cc (35.577 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 75 × 66 mm
2.95 × 2.6 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.14 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 4 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (Gross) |
30.4 PS (30 bhp) (22.4 kW) at 5700 rpm |
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| maximum torque (Gross) |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
38.4 kW/litre 52.2 ps/litre 51.5 bhp/litre 0.84 bhp/cu in |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 6.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Bing carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Air | ||
| Unitary capacity | 291.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 58.95 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 43.35 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 58.14 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 23.07 kg/kW 38.53 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | rear | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.500 | ||
| Turning circle | 8.50 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | SwAx.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 4.40 x 12 | ||
| Tyres rear | 4.40 x 12 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.41 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 69663 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 7.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1959 NSU Sports Coupé added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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