The Rover Metro Diesel is a 5 door hatchback style car with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.4 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 52 bhp (53 PS/39 kW) at 5000 rpm and 83.3 Nm (61 lbft/8.5 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
The quoted kerb weight is 860 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 142 km/h, which equates to 88 mph.
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 | 2270 mm | 89.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1348 mm | 53.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1297 mm | 51.1 inches | |
| Length | 3521 mm | 138.6 inches | |
| Width | 1562 mm | 61.5 inches | |
| Height | 1377 mm | 54.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 120 mm | 4.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.55 | ||
| Kerb weight | 860 kg | 1896 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 36 litres | 7.9 [9.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Citroën | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.4 litre 1360 cc (82.992 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 75 × 77 mm
2.95 × 3.03 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.97 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
53 PS (52 bhp) (39 kW) at 5000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
83.3 Nm (61 ft·lb) (8.5 kgm) at 2500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
28.5 kW/litre 38.8 ps/litre 38.2 bhp/litre 0.63 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
61.25 Nm/litre
0.74 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 22:1 | ||
| Fuel system | CAV-Rotodiesel diesel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 769.7 kPa (111.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 340 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal D. | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 16.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 142 km/h (88 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 61.31 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 45.09 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 60.47 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 22.18 kg/kW 37.05 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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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 10.70 m | ||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.77 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 36289 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1992 Rover Metro Diesel added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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