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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Nombre de portes | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2270 | 89.4 | |
| Voies AV | 1348 | 53.1 | |
| Voies AR | 1297 | 51.1 | |
| Longueur | 3521 | 138.6 | |
| Largeur | 1562 | 61.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1377 | 54.2 | |
| Garde au sol | 120 | 4.7 | |
| 1.55 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 860 kg | 1896 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 36 litres | 7.9 [9.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated diesel | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Citroën | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.4 litre 1360 cc (82.992 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 75 × 77 mm
2.95 × 3.03 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.97 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
53 PS (52 bhp) (39 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
83.3 Nm (61 ft·lb) (8.5 kgm) à 2500 tr/mn |
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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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(DIN) |
61.25 Nm/litre
0.74 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 22:1 | ||
| Carburant | CAV-Rotodiesel diesel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 769.7 kPa (111.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 340 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal D. | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 16.8 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Traction | front wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 10.70 m | ||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.85 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.77 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 36289 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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