This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1.6 litres. For this model it develops power and torque figures of 125 bhp (127 PS/93 kW) at 5500 rpm and 181 Nm (133 lbft/18.5 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox delivers the power to the driven wheels.
Its quoted weight at the kerb is 1040 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 195 km/h, or 121 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2466 mm | 97.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1415 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1346 mm | 53 inches | |
| Length | 4394 mm | 173 inches | |
| Width | 1697 mm | 66.8 inches | |
| Height | 1397 mm | 55 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.78 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1040 kg | 2293 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 60.3% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.34 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Renault | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1565 cc (95.502 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 77 × 84 mm
3.03 × 3.31 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.92 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 127 PS (125 bhp) (93 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 181 Nm (133 ft·lb) (18.5 kgm) at 2500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 59.6 kW/litre 81 ps/litre 79.9 bhp/litre 1.31 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
115.65 Nm/litre
1.4 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.6:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 So carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1453.4 kPa (210.8 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 391.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 10 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16.9 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 195 km/h (121 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 121.86 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 89.63 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 120.19 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.16 kg/kW 18.64 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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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | unknown | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | RA.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.78 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.78 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 28809 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1980 Renault 18 Turbo added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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