What's the most powerful car you have owned?

What's the most powerful car you have owned?

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knotweed

1,979 posts

176 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Mk 1 Fabia vRS, 165bhp, 283 lb/ft.

JDMDrifter

4,042 posts

165 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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First car was a MK2 Golf 1.3 50bhp , now on my second car Seat ibiza 1.4 100bhp. I have double the power! But it's still the lowest here getmecoat

SimianWonder

1,144 posts

152 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Owned - Focus ST (300bhp/346lb ft)

Driven - Maserati Quattroporte (400bhp, though I will point out now I did not drive it in anger, it was fifty yards at most!)

Passenger - Merc E63 AMG (500+bhp) - effortless grunt

ali355

385 posts

171 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Previous car was a Jaguar XF SV8 with 410ish bhp. Sold in October in the pursuit of economy.
Current car is a Jaguar XJ 2.7D with 205bhp..... God I miss my old car!

goldblum

10,272 posts

167 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Owned past: C5 RS6 stage II c. 540/570 bhp/lbft
now: E63 AMG c. 540/500 bhp/lbft

The E63's V8 wins it for the Merc.

zeduffman

4,055 posts

151 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Golf R32, 250bhp... but about 20 tonnes of engine to haul around on the front axle.

TameRacingDriver

18,087 posts

272 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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350z with a few mods, probably just shy of 300 bhp.

2nd place goes to my MR2 Turbo, about 220 bhp.

MarshPhantom

9,658 posts

137 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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My current Merecedes 300CE 24.

A bit over 230bhp IIRC.

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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GroundEffect said:
Z4M - 343PS.
Same.

Triple D

73 posts

149 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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I have owned a 230hp ish Calibra turbo. The most powerful car i have driven is a BMW 760 444hp if i remember correctly. But the most fun and probably fastest point to point car i have driven is a 205 GTi 1.6. it was tuned to about 130hp. Power isn't everything.

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

203 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Ilikebeaver said:
Froomee said:
luke111s said:
zed4 said:
GroundEffect said:
Z4M - 343PS.
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rich12

3,463 posts

154 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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RS6 circa 500bhp.

By the time I am 25 I want to have owned something with much more tho.

Captainawesome

1,817 posts

163 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Supercharged E46 M3 at 475BHP. Getting used to it though, wanting more soon. God knows where it will all end…. Met a guy recently with an 820BHP GTR and asked him if he got used to it and wanted more…….yes was the answer.

Chris71

21,536 posts

242 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Of the cars I've owned personally, it'd be the Chimaera. Probably around 300bhp (being a somewhat modified 5-litre it might actually get within 30bhp of TVR's claimed figure for the standard car!)

I think the most powerful I've driven is the Continental Supersports with 621bhp. It struck me at the time that it's power-to-weight ratio was almost exactly the same as my 1.6-litre Caterham. wink

white_goodman

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4,042 posts

191 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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rich12 said:
RS6 circa 500bhp.

By the time I am 25 I want to have owned something with much more tho.
Veyron?

ChrisRS6

736 posts

183 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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575bhp

My RS6.

DB89

781 posts

179 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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white_goodman said:
Veyron?
Very soon then since your already over 24?

Jasandjules

69,890 posts

229 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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I guess it has to be the one in my profile - 5.0 Chimaera. Fastest car I've owned too though she feels slower than my 4.0

leigh1050

2,373 posts

165 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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What I've got now vxr8 auto 378 h.p. at the wheels.

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

159 months

Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Current car Z06 505hp. It is sufficent.