The Volkswagen Scirocco 1.5 CL is a front wheel drive automobile, with its powerplant placed in the front, and a 3 door coupé bodyshell.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.5 litres. For this model it develops power and torque figures of 70 bhp (71 PS/52 kW) at 5600 rpm and 110 Nm (81 lbft/11.2 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual transmission.
Its stated kerb weight is 855 kg.
Top stated speed is 164 km/h, which equates to 102 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2400 mm | 94.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1390 mm | 54.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1360 mm | 53.5 inches | |
| Length | 4050 mm | 159.4 inches | |
| Width | 1620 mm | 63.8 inches | |
| Height | 1310 mm | 51.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 125 mm | 4.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.69 | ||
| Kerb weight | 855 kg | 1885 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 40 litres | 8.8 [10.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1457 cc (88.912 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79.5 × 73.4 mm
3.13 × 2.89 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.08 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
71 PS (70 bhp) (52 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
110 Nm (81 ft·lb) (11.2 kgm) at 2500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
35.8 kW/litre 48.7 ps/litre 48 bhp/litre 0.79 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
75.5 Nm/litre
0.91 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 So carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 948.7 kPa (137.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 364.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 8.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 164 km/h (102 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 83.01 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 61.05 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 81.87 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.38 kg/kW 27.36 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| 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 | 10.60 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.LW.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.SwLongTrailArms.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1618 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.91 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.89 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 40260 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1982 Volkswagen Scirocco 1.5 CL added 1999-08-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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