FORD Taunus · 1.6 L · Sedan · 1979 ‐ 1982

Production version 1.6 L of automobile models Taunus was started in 1979 by Ford, and closed in 1982. This car has 4 doors, the body chassis is in the form a sedan, weight 1 tons and length 4.3 meters, which allows a seat 5 person in sum.

«Taunus 1.6 L» automobile with a 4-speed manual transmission is fitted to the rear-wheels. This car can speed up for 14.5 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 152 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «carburetor fuel system», which generate a max power of 73 horsepower at 5300 rpm.

Medium fuel rate is 9 liters per 100 km. Tank capacity is 54 l of petrol, what provides to drive roughly 600 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this car have disks brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have drums brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension type «Rigid, coil springs». Tires have the following measure - 165SR13.

Ford Taunus is not tested for Euro NCAP crash test. This automobile does not have active and passive safety.