The Opel Regent Tourer is a 4 door tourer-bodied road car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 6 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 108.5 bhp (110 PS/81 kW) at 3200 rpm and 236 Nm (174 lbft/24.1 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed manual with overdrive gearbox.
Maximum speed claimed is 130 km/h or 81 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 6/7 seater tourer | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3700 mm | 145.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Length | 5400 mm | 212.6 inches | |
| Width | 2000 mm | 78.7 inches | |
| Height | |||
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.46 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Opel | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Capacity | 6 litre 5972 cc (364.434 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 120 mm
3.5 × 4.72 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.74 | ||
| Valve gear |
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 110 PS (108.5 bhp) (81 kW) at 3200 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 236 Nm (174 ft·lb) (24.1 kgm) at 2800 rpm |
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| Specific output | 13.5 kW/litre 18.4 ps/litre 18.2 bhp/litre 0.3 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
39.52 Nm/litre
0.48 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 746.5 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 | 130 km/h (81 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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 | 6.75 x 32 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.75 x 32 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 559383 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 39.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1928 Opel Regent Tourer added 2018-09-25. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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