The 12 Saloon is a car from Rover, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
The Rover 12 Saloon belongs to the P1 model family from Rover.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 1.5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 48 bhp (48.7 PS/35.8 kW) of power at 4200 rpm.
A 4 speed manual gearbox supplies the power to the wheels.
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 | 2845 mm | 112 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1295 mm | 51 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1295 mm | 51 inches | |
| Length | 4115 mm | 162 inches | |
| Width | |||
| Height | |||
| Ground clearance | 140 mm | 5.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.45 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 43.2 litres | 9.5 [11.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
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| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Rover | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1496 cc (91.292 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 69 × 100 mm
2.72 × 3.94 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 48.7 PS (48 bhp) (35.8 kW) at 4200 rpm |
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| maximum torque | |||
| Specific output | 23.9 kW/litre 32.5 ps/litre 32.1 bhp/litre 0.53 bhp/cu in |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | 1 SU D3 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | 5200 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 3 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
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| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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 | 18 x 4.75 | ||
| Tyres rear | 18 x 4.75 | ||
| 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 | 4.88 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 774554 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | P1 | ||
| RAC rating | 11.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1933 Rover 12 Saloon (1935) added 2022-11-13. Last modified 2022-11-13. |
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