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.
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