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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | Gerald Palmer | ||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2185 | 86 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1290 | 50.8 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1280 | 50.4 | |
| Lengte | 3890 | 153.1 | |
| Breedte | 1550 | 61 | |
| Hoogte | 1550 | 61 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 150 | 5.9 | |
| 1.78 | |||
| Gewicht | 895 kg | 1973 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 32 litres | 7 [8.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | BMC | ||
| Motor nummer | B-Series | ||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 73.03 × 88.9 mm
2.88 × 3.5 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 0.82 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 8 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (gross) |
53 PS (52 bhp) (39 kW) bij 4300 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (gross) |
104 Nm (77 ft·lb) (10.6 kgm) bij 2000 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 7.2:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 SU HS2 carburettor | ||
| 877.7 kPa (127.3 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 3 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 372.25 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.CS.W. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.SE. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | 5.60-14 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | 5.60-14 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
| Rem diameter voor | |||
| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.73 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 517946 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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