The Century is a passenger car from Toyota, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 4 door sedan/saloon body style.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 5 litre capacity. This powerplant features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 12 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It develops 276 bhp (280 PS/206 kW) of power at 5200 rpm, and maximum torque of 460 N·m (339 lb·ft/46.9 kgm) at 4000 rpm.
This power is transmitted to the wheels through a 6 speed automatic gearbox.
It weighs a stated 2050 kg at the kerb.
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 | 3025 mm | 119.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1575 mm | 62 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1575 mm | 62 inches | |
| Length | 5270 mm | 207.5 inches | |
| Width | 1890 mm | 74.4 inches | |
| Height | 1475 mm | 58.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 135 mm | 5.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.74 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2050 kg | 4519 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 95 litres | 20.9 [25.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Toyota | ||
| Engine code | 1GZ-FE | ||
| Cylinders | V 12 | ||
| Capacity | 5 litre 4996 cc (304.875 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 80.8 mm
3.19 × 3.18 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 48 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS) |
280 PS (276 bhp) (206 kW) at 5200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS) |
460 Nm (339 ft·lb) (46.9 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS) |
41.2 kW/litre 56 ps/litre 55.2 bhp/litre 0.91 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS) |
92.07 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1157 kPa (167.8 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 416.33 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 136.51 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 100.4 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 134.63 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.96 kg/kW 16.64 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW.AS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW.AS. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7JJ x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7JJ x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/60 R 16 98H | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/60 R 16 98H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.58 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.46 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 207295 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | DBA-GZG50-AETGK | ||
| RAC rating | 48.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2009 Toyota Century added 2009-10-25. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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