This vehicle has a 4 door saloon type body with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 5 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.3 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 222 bhp (225 PS/166 kW) at 5280 rpm and 300 Nm (221 lbft/30.6 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
This power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 1404 kg at the kerb.
Maximum stated speed is 230 km/h, or 143 mph, official fuel consumption figures are 6.6/8.4/14.2 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / city.
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 | 2670 mm | 105.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1520 mm | 59.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Length | 4670 mm | 183.9 inches | |
| Width | 1760 mm | 69.3 inches | |
| Height | 1410 mm | 55.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1404 kg | 3095 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 73 litres | 16.1 [19.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volvo | ||
| Engine code | B5234FT | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 5 | ||
| Capacity | 2.3 litre 2319 cc (141.514 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 90 mm
3.19 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.9 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 20 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 225 PS (222 bhp) (166 kW) at 5280 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 300 Nm (221 ft·lb) (30.6 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 71.4 kW/litre 97.1 ps/litre 95.7 bhp/litre 1.57 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
129.37 Nm/litre
1.56 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1625.7 kPa (235.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 463.8 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 230 km/h (143 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 160.32 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 117.91 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 158.12 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.48 kg/kW 14.17 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 6.6/8.4/14.2 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / city | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 6.6/8.4/14.2 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| km/litre | 15.2/11.9/7.0 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| UK MPG | 42.8/33.6/19.9 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| US MPG | 35.6/28.0/16.6 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/city | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 205/50 R 16 Z | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/50 R 16 Z | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 529045 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 20.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Volvo 850 T5 Automatic added 2017-09-10. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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