The Firenza 1300 is a road car from Vauxhall, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
Powering the Vauxhall Firenza 1300 is an overhead valve, 1.3 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 63 bhp (64 PS/47 kW) at 5400 rpm and 96 N·m (71 lb·ft/9.8 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
The power is transmitted to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The claimed kerb weight is 846 kg.
Top quoted speed is 132 km/h or 82 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2464 mm | 97 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1306 mm | 51.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1308 mm | 51.5 inches | |
| Length | 4135 mm | 162.8 inches | |
| Width | 1644 mm | 64.7 inches | |
| Height | 1341 mm | 52.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 127 mm | 5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.68 | ||
| Kerb weight | 846 kg | 1865 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 36 litres | 7.9 [9.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Vauxhall | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.3 litre 1256 cc (76.646 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 61 mm
3.19 × 2.4 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.33 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE) |
64 PS (63 bhp) (47 kW) at 5400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE) |
96 Nm (71 ft·lb) (9.8 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
37.4 kW/litre 50.9 ps/litre 50.2 bhp/litre 0.82 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE) |
76.43 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ze carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 960.5 kPa (139.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 3 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 314 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 | 132 km/h (82 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 75.5 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 55.53 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 74.47 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.01 kg/kW 30.08 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.200 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.40 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | RAx.RA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.13 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 50974 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1971 Vauxhall Firenza 1300 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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