This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
It is part of Vauxhall's V72|94000 FE series.
Its 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3.3 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 123 bhp (125 PS/92 kW) at 4600 rpm and 239 Nm (176 lbft/24.4 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 1254 kg.
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 | 2667 mm | 105 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1432 mm | 56.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Length | 4554 mm | 179.3 inches | |
| Width | 1699 mm | 66.9 inches | |
| Height | 1356 mm | 53.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 119 mm | 4.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1254 kg | 2765 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 65 litres | 14.3 [17.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.3 litre 3298 cc (201.256 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 92.08 × 82.55 mm
3.63 × 3.25 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.12 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
125 PS (123 bhp) (92 kW) at 4600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
239 Nm (176 ft·lb) (24.4 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
27.8 kW/litre 37.8 ps/litre 37.3 bhp/litre 0.61 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
72.47 Nm/litre
0.88 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 910.7 kPa (132.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 549.67 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 99.45 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 73.14 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 98.09 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.67 kg/kW 22.84 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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| 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 | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/70 HR 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/70 HR 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 273 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.09 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 584144 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 94869 | ||
| Model family | V72|94000 FE | ||
| RAC rating | 31.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1972 Vauxhall Ventora added 2019-01-13. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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