This car has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front positioned engine supplying power to the front wheels.
The Golf 1.6 CL is part of Volkswagen's Golf 3 family of cars.
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 74 bhp (75 PS/55 kW) of power at 5200 rpm, and maximum torque of 125 N·m (92 lb·ft/12.7 kgm) at 3400 rpm.
This power is supplied to the wheels through a 5 speed manual transmission.
The stated weight at the kerb is 1000 kg.
The Volkswagen Golf 1.6 CL is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 168 km/h or 104 mph, official fuel consumption figures are 5.5/7.3/8.9 l/100km 90km/h / 120km/h / city.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2475 mm | 97.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1478 mm | 58.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1462 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Length | 4020 mm | 158.3 inches | |
| Width | 1695 mm | 66.7 inches | |
| Height | 1425 mm | 56.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.62 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1000 kg | 2205 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1598 cc (97.516 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 76.5 × 86.9 mm
3.01 × 3.42 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.88 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 75 PS (74 bhp) (55 kW) at 5200 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 125 Nm (92 ft·lb) (12.7 kgm) at 3400 rpm |
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| Specific output | 34.5 kW/litre 47 ps/litre 46.3 bhp/litre 0.76 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
78.22 Nm/litre
0.95 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Mono-Motronic fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 983 kPa (142.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 399.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 8.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 14 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 168 km/h (104 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 75.03 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 55.18 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 74 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.12 kg/kW 30.27 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 5.5/7.3/8.9 l/100km 90km/h / 120km/h / city | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 5.5/7.3/8.9 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| km/litre | 18.2/13.7/11.2 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| UK MPG | 51.4/38.7/31.7 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| US MPG | 42.8/32.2/26.4 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5½J x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 175/70 R 13 T | ||
| Tyres rear | 175/70 R 13 T | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 526174 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | Golf 3 | ||
| RAC rating | 14.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1993 Volkswagen Golf 1.6 CL added 2017-07-22. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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