The 245 GLE Estate is a passenger car from Volvo, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.1 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 123 bhp (125 PS/92 kW) at 5500 rpm and 170 Nm (125 lbft/17.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox supplies the power to the wheels.
Its claimed weight at the kerb is 1394 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2639 mm | 103.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1430 mm | 56.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1351 mm | 53.2 inches | |
| Length | 4897 mm | 192.8 inches | |
| Width | 1707 mm | 67.2 inches | |
| Height | 1461 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.86 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1394 kg | 3073 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 60 litres | 13.2 [15.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volvo | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.1 litre 2127 cc (129.798 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 92 × 80 mm
3.62 × 3.15 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.15 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
125 PS (123 bhp) (92 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
170 Nm (125 ft·lb) (17.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
43.1 kW/litre 58.6 ps/litre 57.8 bhp/litre 0.95 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
79.92 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1004.4 kPa (145.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 531.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 89.46 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 65.8 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 88.24 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.2 kg/kW 25.39 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.TA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.10 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 53009 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 21.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1974 Volvo 245 GLE Estate Automatic added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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