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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 2 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2508 | 98.7 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1508 | 59.4 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1494 | 58.8 | |
| Lengte | 4081 | 160.7 | |
| Breedte | 1724 | 67.9 | |
| Hoogte | 1498 | 59 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.63 | |||
| Gewicht | 1159 kg | 2555 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | 0.38 | ||
| Frontaal oppervlak | 2.17 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.82 | ||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Volkswagen | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 1.4 litre 1390 cc (84.823 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 76.5 × 75.6 mm
3.01 × 2.98 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.01 | ||
| Distributie | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen | 74 PS (73 bhp) (54 kW) bij 5000 t/min |
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| Max. koppel | 126 Nm (93 ft·lb) (12.8 kgm) bij 3300 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | aluminium block & head | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 10.5:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | EFi | ||
| 1139.1 kPa (165.2 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 347.5 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 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 | ||
| Max. snelheid | 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | 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 | ||
| CO2 Emissies | 168.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | H | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | transverse | ||
| Aandrijving | front wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | I.TB.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | 6J x 15 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 6J x 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | 195/65 R 15 T | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | 195/65 R 15 T | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 280 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 232 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 5 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.85 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 4.53 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 113454 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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