The Toyota Corona GT Sedan is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 2 litre, double overhead camshaft 4 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 133 bhp (135 PS/99 kW) of power at 5800 rpm, and maximum torque of 172 N·m (127 lb·ft/17.5 kgm) at 4800 rpm.
This power is transferred to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1120 kg.
It is claimed to attain a maxiumum speed of 180 km/h (112 mph).
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 | 2520 mm | 99.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1350 mm | 53.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1350 mm | 53.1 inches | |
| Length | 4440 mm | 174.8 inches | |
| Width | 1640 mm | 64.6 inches | |
| Height | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 165 mm | 6.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.76 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1120 kg | 2469 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| 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 | 1BR-GEU | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1968 cc (120.095 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88.5 × 80 mm
3.48 × 3.15 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS) |
135 PS (133 bhp) (99 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS) |
172 Nm (127 ft·lb) (17.5 kgm) at 4800 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS) |
50.4 kW/litre 68.5 ps/litre 67.6 bhp/litre 1.11 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS) |
87.4 Nm/litre
1.06 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo-Denso fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1098.3 kPa (159.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 492 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 | 180 km/h (112 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 120.4 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 88.55 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 118.75 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.29 kg/kW 18.86 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.900 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.80 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.LW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.RA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.10 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 36135 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 19.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Toyota Corona GT Sedan added 1999-08-15. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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