The Volkswagen Beetle is a 2 door saloon style car with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 1.6 litre capacity. This powerplant features single overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 99 bhp (100 PS/74 kW) of power at 5600 rpm, and maximum torque of 145 N·m (107 lb·ft/14.8 kgm) at 3800 rpm.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transmits the power to the driven wheels.
The Volkswagen Beetle weighs a claimed 1205 kg at the kerb.
It is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 178 km/h (111 mph).
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 | 1205 kg | 2657 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | 0.38 | ||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Volkswagen | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.6 litre 1595 cc (97.333 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 81 × 77.4 mm
3.19 × 3.05 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.05 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
100 PS (99 bhp) (74 kW) à 5600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
145 Nm (107 ft·lb) (14.8 kgm) à 3800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
46.3 kW/litre 62.9 ps/litre 62.1 bhp/litre 1.02 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
90.91 Nm/litre
1.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1142.4 kPa (165.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 398.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 7.8 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 11.7 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 178 km/h (111 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 83.3 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 61.26 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 82.16 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.32 kg/kW 27.26 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| 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 | 10.90 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TBAx.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | |||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 76329 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1999 Volkswagen Beetle added 2001-03-02. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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