The Vanden Plas Princess is a rear wheel drive automobile, with the powerplant placed in the front, and a 4 door limousine bodyshell.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 4 litre, overhead valve 6 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This unit produces 120 bhp (122 PS/89 kW) of power at 4000 rpm, and maximum torque of 251 N·m (185 lb·ft/25.6 kgm) at 2750 rpm.
This power is delivered to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 2121 kg.
It is said to be able to manage a top speed of 138 km/h (86 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 6/7 seater limousine | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 3353 | 132 | |
| Vía delantera | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longitud | 5461 | 215 | |
| Ancho | 1842 | 72.5 | |
| Altura | 1778 | 70 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 165 | 6.5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.63 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 2121 kg | 4676 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 72.7 litres | 16 [19.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | BMC | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 6 | ||
| Cilindrada | 4 litre 3990 cc (243.485 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 87.3 × 111.1 mm
3.44 × 4.37 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.79 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 12 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (Net) |
122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) a 4000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (Net) |
251 Nm (185 ft·lb) (25.6 kgm) a 2750 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (Net) |
22.4 kW/litre 30.5 ps/litre 30.1 bhp/litre 0.49 bhp/cu in |
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(Net) |
62.91 Nm/litre
0.76 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 6.8:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 St carb | ||
| 790.5 kPa (114.7 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 665 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | 16.1 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 22.8 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 138 km/h (86 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 57.36 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 42.19 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 56.58 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 23.7 kg/kW 39.59 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.000 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.10 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 2923 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 4.45 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50413 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 28.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Vanden Plas Princess added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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