Mercury Cougar 5.8 Automatic RWD (161 hp)
Generation 4 · 1977–1979
General
- Car class
- E
- Steering wheel position
- Left
Body
- Number of doors
- 5
- Number of seats
- 5
- Body type
- Estate
Dimensions
- Length
- 5480 mm
- Width
- 2010 mm
- Height
- 1340 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2896 mm
- Front track
- 1476 mm
- Rear track
- 1448 mm
- Curb weight
- 1921 kg
Engine
- Engine type
- Petrol
- Engine layout
- Front-wheel drive, longitudinal
- Engine capacity
- 5,752 cm³
- Boost type
- None
- Engine power
- 161 hp
- Max power RPM
- 118 rpm
- Maximum torque
- 386 Nm
- Max torque RPM
- 1,800 rpm
- Cylinder layout
- V
- Number of cylinders
- 8
- Valves per cylinder
- 2
- Aspiration
- Distributed injection (multi-point)
- Compression ratio
- 8
- Bore
- 101.6 mm
- Stroke
- 88.9 mm
- Engine code
- Modified 351M
- Engine model
- Ford Modified 351M V-8
- Valvetrain
- OHC
- Max power (kW)
- 118 kW
Transmission
- Gearbox type
- Automatic
- Number of gears
- 4
- Drive wheels
- Rear-wheel drive
Suspension & Brakes
- Front suspension
- Independent, Spring
- Front brakes
- Disc
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 177 km/h
- Acceleration 0–100 km/h
- 13.6 s
Fuel Economy
- Fuel tank capacity
- 98 L
- City fuel consumption
- 22.8 l/100 km
- Highway fuel consumption
- 14.9 l/100 km
- Combined fuel consumption
- 18.1 l/100 km
- Fuel grade
- 92 octane
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