This car has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front positioned engine that delivers power to the front wheels.
Powering the Rover CityRover is a single overhead camshaft, 1.4 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 84 bhp (85 PS/63 kW) at 5500 rpm and 119 N·m (88 lb·ft/12.1 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
The power is supplied to the wheels through a 5 speed manual transmission.
It weighs a stated 1040 kg at the kerb.
Top stated speed is 156 km/h or 97 mph, and carbon dioxide emissions are 167.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2400 mm | 94.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1380 mm | 54.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1374 mm | 54.1 inches | |
| Length | 3703 mm | 145.8 inches | |
| Width | 1620 mm | 63.8 inches | |
| Height | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.54 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1040 kg | 2293 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 37 litres | 8.1 [9.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.32 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | |||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.4 litre 1405 cc (85.738 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 75 × 79.5 mm
2.95 × 3.13 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.94 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 85 PS (84 bhp) (63 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 119 Nm (88 ft·lb) (12.1 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 44.6 kW/litre 60.6 ps/litre 59.8 bhp/litre 0.98 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
84.7 Nm/litre
1.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | iron block; alloy head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1064.3 kPa (154.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 351.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 8.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 11.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 18.4 s
@ 74 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 34.2 s
@ 146 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 156 km/h (97 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 81.89 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 60.23 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 80.77 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.6 kg/kW 27.73 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 | 167.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | H | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.700 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | STA. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 175/60 R 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 175/60 R 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 231 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 200 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.71 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.64 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 121957 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2003 Rover CityRover added 2004-10-14. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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