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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 6/7 seater limousine | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3353 | 132 | |
| Voies AV | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longueur | 5461 | 215 | |
| Largeur | 1842 | 72.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1778 | 70 | |
| Garde au sol | 165 | 6.5 | |
| 1.63 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 2121 kg | 4676 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 72.7 litres | 16 [19.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMC | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4 litre 3990 cc (243.485 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 87.3 × 111.1 mm
3.44 × 4.37 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.79 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Net) |
122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Net) |
251 Nm (185 ft·lb) (25.6 kgm) à 2750 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 6.8:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 St carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 790.5 kPa (114.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 665 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 16.1 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 22.8 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.000 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.10 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Di-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 2923 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.45 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50413 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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