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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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | Gerald Palmer | ||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2185 | 86 | |
| Vía delantera | 1290 | 50.8 | |
| Vía trasera | 1280 | 50.4 | |
| Longitud | 3890 | 153.1 | |
| Ancho | 1550 | 61 | |
| Altura | 1550 | 61 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 150 | 5.9 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.78 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 895 kg | 1973 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 32 litres | 7 [8.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | BMC | ||
| Código de motor | B-Series | ||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 73.03 × 88.9 mm
2.88 × 3.5 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.82 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 8 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (gross) |
53 PS (52 bhp) (39 kW) a 4300 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (gross) |
104 Nm (77 ft·lb) (10.6 kgm) a 2000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (gross) |
26 kW/litre 35.4 ps/litre 34.9 bhp/litre 0.57 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
69.85 Nm/litre
0.84 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 7.2:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 SU HS2 carburettor | ||
| 877.7 kPa (127.3 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 3 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 372.25 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 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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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS.W. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | 5.60-14 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 5.60-14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.73 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 517946 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| 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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