The Volkswagen Beetle is a 2 door saloon (sedan) style road car with a front positioned engine driving through the front wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 1.4 litre capacity. This unit features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 73 bhp (74 PS/54 kW) of power at 5000 rpm, and maximum torque of 126 N·m (93 lb·ft/12.8 kgm) at 3300 rpm.
This power is supplied to the wheels through a 5 speed manual transmission.
Claimed kerb weight is 1159 kg.
Top stated speed is 161 km/h (100 mph), claimed fuel consumption is 9.3/5.7/7.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 168.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2508 | 98.7 | |
| Voies AV | 1508 | 59.4 | |
| Voies AR | 1494 | 58.8 | |
| Longueur | 4081 | 160.7 | |
| Largeur | 1724 | 67.9 | |
| Hauteur | 1498 | 59 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.63 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1159 kg | 2555 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | 0.38 | ||
| maître-couple | 2.17 m² | ||
| SCx | 0.82 | ||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Volkswagen | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.4 litre 1390 cc (84.823 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 76.5 × 75.6 mm
3.01 × 2.98 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.01 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 74 PS (73 bhp) (54 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 126 Nm (93 ft·lb) (12.8 kgm) à 3300 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 39.2 kW/litre 53.2 ps/litre 52.5 bhp/litre 0.86 bhp/cu in |
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90.65 Nm/litre
1.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1139.1 kPa (165.2 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 347.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 9.6 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 14.6 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 19.3 s | ||
| 0-1000m | 35.6 s | ||
| Vitesse | 161 km/h (100 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 63.86 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 46.97 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 62.99 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 21.29 kg/kW 35.56 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | 9.3/5.7/7.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.3/5.7/7.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 10.8/17.5/14.3 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 30.4/49.6/40.4 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 25.3/41.3/33.6 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Emissions de CO₂ | 168.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | H | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Traction | front wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TB.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 6J x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6J x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 195/65 R 15 T | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 195/65 R 15 T | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 280 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 232 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.85 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.53 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 113454 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 14.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2003 Volkswagen Beetle added 2003-10-05. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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