A story doing the rounds last week about the number of 500hp+ cars on sale in the US topping 70 got us wondering how many are there here? (And offered up a great opportunity to keep work experience chap Kyle busy for a bit! - Ed.)
With some digging around, we counted 68 - a healthy number given the current trend for downsizing. Our list includes differing body styles of the same model - Alpina B5 and B5 Touring for example - but we decided against counting factory upgrade packages as a separate car.
Unsurprising it's the Germans that build the most with 24, but Britain is only just shy with 23. The Italians offer 12, the Americans five, Japan three and the Koenigsegg CCX is the lone ranger from Sweden.
It's a sign of how feverish the horsepower arms race has become that there are now so many 500hp cars on sale - little more than a decade ago there were only two factory standard cars to break this threshold - the Ferrari 575M and the Lamborghini Murcielago.
Here's our list, please feel free to add others!
Alpina B7
Alpina B5
Alpina B5 Touring
Ariel Atom V8
Ascari KZ1
Aston Martin One-77
Aston Martin V12 Vantage
Aston Martin DBS
Aston Martin DBS Volante
Audi Q7 V12 TDI
Audi R8 V10
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
Bentley Continental GT V8
Bentley Continental GTC V8
Bentley Continental GT W12
Bentley Continental GTC W12
Bentley Continental Flying Spur
Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed
Bentley Mulsanne
BMW M5
BMW 760Li
BMW X5 M
BMW X6 M
Bugatti Veyron
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
Cadillac CTS-V Saloon
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Ferrari FF
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Ferrari 458
Ferrari 458 Spider
Gumpert Apollo
Jaguar XFR
Jaguar XJ Supersport
Jaguar XKR
Jaguar XKR Cabriolet
Jaguar XKR-S
Jaguar XKR-S Cabriolet
Koenigsegg CCX
Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder LP560-4
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder LP570-4 Performante
Land Rover - Range Rover 5.0 V8 Autobiography
Lexus LFA
Lexus LFA Nurburgring
McLaren MP4-12C
Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz CLS AMG
Mercedes-Benz S600L
Mercedes-Benz S63L AMG
Mercedes-Benz S65L AMG
Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz SLS
Mercedes-Benz SLS Roadster
Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG
Nissan GT-R
Noble M600
Pagani Zonda R
Pagani Zonda S
Porsche Panamera Turbo
Porsche Panamera Turbo S
Porsche Cayenne Turbo
Rolls-Royce Ghost