The Sera is a road car from Toyota, with front wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
It forms part of Toyota's EXY10 series of cars.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 1.5 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 108 bhp (110 PS/81 kW) at 6400 rpm and 132 N·m (97 lb·ft/13.5 kgm) at 5200 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic 'box.
It weighs a quoted 930 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Japanese (JDM) domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2300 mm | 90.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1405 mm | 55.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1405 mm | 55.3 inches | |
| Length | 3860 mm | 152 inches | |
| Width | 1650 mm | 65 inches | |
| Height | 1265 mm | 49.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 145 mm | 5.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.68 | ||
| Kerb weight | 930 kg | 2050 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 40 litres | 8.8 [10.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Toyota | ||
| Engine code | 5E-FHE | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1497 cc (91.353 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 74 × 87 mm
2.91 × 3.43 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 110 PS (108 bhp) (81 kW) at 6400 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 132 Nm (97 ft·lb) (13.5 kgm) at 5200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 53.8 kW/litre 73.1 ps/litre 72.1 bhp/litre 1.18 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
88.18 Nm/litre
1.07 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1108.1 kPa (160.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374.25 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 117.74 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 86.6 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 116.13 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.55 kg/kW 19.29 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TBA. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 175/65 R 14 H | ||
| Tyres rear | 175/65 R 14 H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.89 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.96 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 278256 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | E-EXY10-ACPGH | ||
| Model family | EXY10 | ||
| RAC rating | 13.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1990 Toyota Sera Automatic added 2012-06-22. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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