This vehicle has a 3 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
Its 3 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 0.5 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 45 bhp (45.6 PS/33.6 kW) at 7500 rpm and 44 Nm (32.5 lbft/4.5 kgm) at 6000 rpm respectively.
Power is transmitted to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual gearbox.
The Suzuki Alto Twincam RS-R weighs a claimed 610 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2335 mm | 91.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1225 mm | 48.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1200 mm | 47.2 inches | |
| Length | 3195 mm | 125.8 inches | |
| Width | 1395 mm | 54.9 inches | |
| Height | 1375 mm | 54.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.37 | ||
| Kerb weight | 610 kg | 1345 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 30 litres | 6.6 [7.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Suzuki | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 3 | ||
| Capacity | 0.5 litre 547 cc (33.38 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 65 × 55 mm
2.56 × 2.17 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.18 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JISnet) |
45.6 PS (45 bhp) (33.6 kW) at 7500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JISnet) |
44 Nm (32.5 ft·lb) (4.5 kgm) at 6000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JISnet) |
61.3 kW/litre 83.4 ps/litre 82.3 bhp/litre 1.35 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JISnet) |
80.44 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1010.8 kPa (146.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 182.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 74.8 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 55.01 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 73.77 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.18 kg/kW 30.36 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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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 | 8.80 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.PR.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 155/70 SR 12 | ||
| Tyres rear | 155/70 SR 12 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 5.94 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 95040 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 7.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1988 Suzuki Alto Twincam RS-R added 2002-07-08. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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