The Panamericana is an automobile from Porsche, with rear wheel drive, a rear mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
Power is produced by a single overhead camshaft, 3.6 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 250 bhp (253 PS/186 kW) at 6100 rpm and 310 N·m (229 lb·ft/31.6 kgm) at 4800 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 1474 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2268 mm | 89.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1379 mm | 54.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1374 mm | 54.1 inches | |
| Length | 4201 mm | 165.4 inches | |
| Width | 1859 mm | 73.2 inches | |
| Height | 1300 mm | 51.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.85 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1474 kg | 3250 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Porsche | ||
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| Cylinders | Flat 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.6 litre 3600 cc (219.685 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 100 × 76.4 mm
3.94 × 3.01 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.31 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 253 PS (250 bhp) (186 kW) at 6100 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 310 Nm (229 ft·lb) (31.6 kgm) at 4800 rpm |
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| Specific output | 51.8 kW/litre 70.4 ps/litre 69.4 bhp/litre 1.14 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
86.11 Nm/litre
1.04 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 11.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo Mot fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1082.1 kPa (156.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 8 | ||
| Engine coolant | Air | ||
| Unitary capacity | 600 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | |||
| 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 171.96 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 126.48 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 169.61 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.91 kg/kW 13.21 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | rear | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.STA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 3.44 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 1221 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | Concept | ||
| RAC rating | 37.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1990 Porsche Panamericana added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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