This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine delivering its power to the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.6 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 89 bhp (90 PS/66 kW) at 5400 rpm and 136 Nm (100 lbft/13.9 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
This power is transferred to the wheels through a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 1085 kg at the kerb.
Maximum claimed speed is 163 km/h or 101 mph, official fuel consumption is 7.2/9.7/10.2 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / city.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2604 mm | 102.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1425 mm | 56.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Length | 4393 mm | 173 inches | |
| Width | 1680 mm | 66.1 inches | |
| Height | |||
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.69 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1085 kg | 2392 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 58 litres | 12.8 [15.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | |||
| Engine code | J2A | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1592 cc (97.15 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 80.6 × 78 mm
3.17 × 3.07 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.03 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
90 PS (89 bhp) (66 kW) at 5400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
136 Nm (100 ft·lb) (13.9 kgm) at 2800 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
41.7 kW/litre 56.7 ps/litre 55.9 bhp/litre 0.92 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
85.43 Nm/litre
1.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.35:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Solex carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1073.5 kPa (155.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 398 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 16.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 20.2 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | 37.9 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 163 km/h (101 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 83.17 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 61.17 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 82.03 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.35 kg/kW 27.31 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 7.2/9.7/10.2 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / city | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 7.2/9.7/10.2 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| km/litre | 13.9/10.3/9.8 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| UK MPG | 39.2/29.1/27.7 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| US MPG | 32.7/24.2/23.1 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.150 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5J x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5J x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 240 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.05 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 584485 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 16.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1984 Talbot Solara 1.6 LS Automatic added 2019-01-16. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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