The Wolseley 15/60 is a saloon designed by Farina with 4 doors and a front mounted engine which transmits its power through the rear wheels.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.5 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 55 bhp (56 PS/41 kW) at 4400 rpm and 111 Nm (82 lbft/11.3 kgm) at 2100 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1080 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 130 km/h or 81 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | Farina | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2520 | 99.2 | |
| Voies AV | 1240 | 48.8 | |
| Voies AR | 1270 | 50 | |
| Longueur | 4520 | 178 | |
| Largeur | 1610 | 63.4 | |
| Hauteur | 1500 | 59.1 | |
| Garde au sol | 160 | 6.3 | |
| 1.79 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1080 kg | 2381 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 45 litres | 9.9 [11.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMC | ||
| Type moteur | B-Series | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 73.03 × 88.9 mm
2.88 × 3.5 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.82 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (gross) |
56 PS (55 bhp) (41 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (gross) |
111 Nm (82 ft·lb) (11.3 kgm) à 2100 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (gross) |
27.5 kW/litre 37.5 ps/litre 36.9 bhp/litre 0.61 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
74.55 Nm/litre
0.9 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 SU HS2 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 936.8 kPa (135.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 3 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 372.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 130 km/h (81 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 51.63 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 PS/kg 37.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 50.93 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 26.33 kg/kW 43.99 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 5.90-14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 5.90-14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.55 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 517880 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 13.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1959 Wolseley 15/60 added 2017-06-10. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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