This automobile has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine that delivers power to the rear wheels.
The Toyota Corona 1500 DX is one of the AT140 model family from Toyota.
The 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.5 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 83 bhp (84 PS/62 kW) at 5600 rpm and 118 Nm (87 lbft/12 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels through a 4 speed manual set of gears.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 970 kg.
The Toyota Corona 1500 DX is said to be able to attain a top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph).
Full specs
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Applicable to the Japanese (JDM) domestic market(s). | ||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2500 mm | 98.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1370 mm | 53.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1350 mm | 53.1 inches | |
| Length | 4490 mm | 176.8 inches | |
| Width | 1660 mm | 65.4 inches | |
| Height | 1380 mm | 54.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 155 mm | 6.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.8 | ||
| Kerb weight | 970 kg | 2138 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 52% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Toyota | ||
| Engine code | 3A-LU | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1453 cc (88.668 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 77.5 × 77 mm
3.05 × 3.03 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.01 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS) |
84 PS (83 bhp) (62 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS) |
118 Nm (87 ft·lb) (12 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS) |
42.6 kW/litre 57.9 ps/litre 57.1 bhp/litre 0.94 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS) |
81.21 Nm/litre
0.98 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Aisan carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1020.5 kPa (148 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 363.25 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 | 160 km/h (99 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 86.76 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.81 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.57 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.67 kg/kW 26.18 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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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 | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.LW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | RAx.RA.PR.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 54604 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | AT140 | ||
| RAC rating | 14.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1983 Toyota Corona 1500 DX added before December 1995. Last modified 2019-01-20. |
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