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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | Gerald Palmer | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2185 | 86 | |
| Voies AV | 1290 | 50.8 | |
| Voies AR | 1280 | 50.4 | |
| Longueur | 3890 | 153.1 | |
| Largeur | 1550 | 61 | |
| Hauteur | 1550 | 61 | |
| Garde au sol | 150 | 5.9 | |
| 1.78 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 895 kg | 1973 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 32 litres | 7 [8.5] 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) |
53 PS (52 bhp) (39 kW) à 4300 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (gross) |
104 Nm (77 ft·lb) (10.6 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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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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(gross) |
69.85 Nm/litre
0.84 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 7.2:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 SU HS2 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 877.7 kPa (127.3 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 | 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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| 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 | I.CS.W. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 5.60-14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 5.60-14 | ||
| 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 | 3.73 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 517946 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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