The Wolseley 1500 is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style car styled by Gerald Palmer with a front positioned engine driving through the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1.5 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 52 bhp (53 PS/39 kW) at 4300 rpm and 104 Nm (77 lbft/10.6 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed manual gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Stated weight at the kerb is 895 kg.
It is claimed to attain a maxiumum speed of 125 km/h or 78 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | Gerald Palmer | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2185 mm | 86 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1290 mm | 50.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1280 mm | 50.4 inches | |
| Length | 3890 mm | 153.1 inches | |
| Width | 1550 mm | 61 inches | |
| Height | 1550 mm | 61 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 150 mm | 5.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.78 | ||
| Kerb weight | 895 kg | 1973 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 32 litres | 7 [8.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMC | ||
| Engine code | B-Series | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 73.03 × 88.9 mm
2.88 × 3.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.82 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (gross) |
53 PS (52 bhp) (39 kW) at 4300 rpm |
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| maximum torque (gross) |
104 Nm (77 ft·lb) (10.6 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output (gross) |
26 kW/litre 35.4 ps/litre 34.9 bhp/litre 0.57 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (gross) |
69.85 Nm/litre
0.84 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 7.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 SU HS2 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 877.7 kPa (127.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 3 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 372.25 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 | 125 km/h (78 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 58.91 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 43.33 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 58.1 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 23.08 kg/kW 38.55 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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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 | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS.W. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 5.60-14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 5.60-14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 517946 | ||
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| RAC rating | 13.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1959 Wolseley 1500 (1960) added 2017-06-10. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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