This car has a 5 door hatchback type body with a front located engine delivering its power to the front wheels.
Power is supplied by a single overhead camshaft, 1.8 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 113.5 bhp (115 PS/85 kW) at 5800 rpm and 151 N·m (111 lb·ft/15.4 kgm) at 4800 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 985 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2520 mm | 99.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 3998 mm | 157.4 inches | |
| Width | 1664 mm | 65.5 inches | |
| Height | 1394 mm | 54.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.59 | ||
| Kerb weight | 985 kg | 2172 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 42 litres | 9.2 [11.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.3 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1796 cc (109.599 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84.8 × 79.5 mm
3.34 × 3.13 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.07 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
115 PS (113.5 bhp) (85 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
151 Nm (111 ft·lb) (15.4 kgm) at 4800 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
47.1 kW/litre 64.1 ps/litre 63.2 bhp/litre 1.04 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
84.08 Nm/litre
1.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch LE-Jetronic fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1056.5 kPa (153.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6600 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 449 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 23.6 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 116.83 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 85.93 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 115.23 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.64 kg/kW 19.44 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 5.6/7.2/11.3 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / city | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 5.6/7.2/11.3 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| km/litre | 17.9/13.9/8.8 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| UK MPG | 50.4/39.2/25.0 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| US MPG | 42.0/32.7/20.8 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| 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 | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/60 HR 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/60 HR 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 236 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 201 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.89 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.74 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 564740 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 17.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1986 Vauxhall Astra 1800i GTE added 2018-11-04. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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