The Vauxhall Ventora is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3.3 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 124 bhp (126 PS/92 kW) at 4600 rpm and 236 Nm (174 lbft/24.1 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed manual gearbox transmits the power to the wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1178 kg.
It is claimed to attain a maxiumum speed of 171 km/h which is 106 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2590 mm | 102 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1384 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1372 mm | 54 inches | |
| Length | 4490 mm | 176.8 inches | |
| Width | 1702 mm | 67 inches | |
| Height | 1340 mm | 52.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 132 mm | 5.2 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1178 kg | 2597 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 56% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 54.6 litres | 12 [14.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Vauxhall | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.3 litre 3294 cc (201.012 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 92 × 82.55 mm
3.62 × 3.25 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (Net) |
126 PS (124 bhp) (92 kW) at 4600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (Net) |
236 Nm (174 ft·lb) (24.1 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (Net) |
28.1 kW/litre 38.2 ps/litre 37.6 bhp/litre 0.62 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (Net) |
71.65 Nm/litre
0.87 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) | 900.3 kPa (130.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 549 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 8.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 18.7 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 171 km/h (106 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 106.73 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 78.49 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 105.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.74 kg/kW 21.28 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.TrLi.PR.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.09 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 51161 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 31.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1970 Vauxhall Ventora added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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