This vehicle has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The Turner 950 Alexander's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 0.9 litre, overhead valve 4 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. In this application it produces 80 bhp (81 PS/60 kW) of power.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The stated weight at the kerb is 584 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 156 km/h or 97 mph.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2045 mm | 80.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1156 mm | 45.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1137 mm | 44.8 inches | |
| Length | 3505 mm | 138 inches | |
| Width | 1372 mm | 54 inches | |
| Height | 1194 mm | 47 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 152 mm | 6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 584 kg | 1288 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMC | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 0.9 litre 948 cc (57.851 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 62.9 × 76.2 mm
2.48 × 3 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 81 PS (80 bhp) (60 kW) |
||
| maximum torque | |||
| Specific output | 62.9 kW/litre 85.6 ps/litre 84.4 bhp/litre 1.38 bhp/cu in |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.4:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 237 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 10.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 13.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 19.7 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 156 km/h (97 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 138.89 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 102.15 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 136.99 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.79 kg/kW 16.35 lb/bhp |
||
| 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 | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 9.80 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.DW.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.TRailLi.PR.TB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.88 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 16852 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 9.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1959 Turner 950 Alexander added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
|||