This car has a 5 door estate/station wagon type body with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
The Opel Kadett 1.6 Caravan is one of the Kadett D range of cars from Opel.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 1.6 litre capacity. This powerplant features single overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 90 bhp (91 PS/67 kW) of power at 5800 rpm, and maximum torque of 126 N·m (93 lb·ft/12.8 kgm) at 3800-4200 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 4 speed manual set of gears.
Stated kerb weight is 965 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2510 mm | 98.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1410 mm | 55.5 inches | |
| Length | 4210 mm | 165.7 inches | |
| Width | 1640 mm | 64.6 inches | |
| Height | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 130 mm | 5.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.68 | ||
| Kerb weight | 965 kg | 2127 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Opel | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1598 cc (97.516 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 80 × 79.5 mm
3.15 × 3.13 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.01 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
91 PS (90 bhp) (67 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
126 Nm (93 ft·lb) (12.8 kgm) at 3800-4200 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
42 kW/litre 57.1 ps/litre 56.3 bhp/litre 0.92 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
78.85 Nm/litre
0.95 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 GMF Varajet carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 990.8 kPa (143.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 399.5 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 94.56 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 69.55 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 93.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.38 kg/kW 24.02 lb/bhp |
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| 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 | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.900 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.50 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.RA.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | ARB | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.89 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.74 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 39116 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | Kadett D | ||
| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Opel Kadett 1.6 Caravan added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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