414bhp or 420 bhp
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They've got it slightly wrong on the website I think.
HP is not an official unit of any kind. The European horsepower is PS, though the DIN standard measure of power is the kilowatt. In Britain horsepower is generally measured in bhp.
1kw = 1.35962PS = 1.341021bhp
Therefore, as the power listed is 309kw
309kw = 420.123PS = 414.376bhp
HP is not an official unit of any kind. The European horsepower is PS, though the DIN standard measure of power is the kilowatt. In Britain horsepower is generally measured in bhp.
1kw = 1.35962PS = 1.341021bhp
Therefore, as the power listed is 309kw
309kw = 420.123PS = 414.376bhp
if it's 420 I can't tell griff7 said:
Im glad im not the only saddo who loves his v8 
maybe it's something about Caterham drivers 
seriously mine feels like a big fat Caterham and I think it's the best thing since sliced bread.
I drove a friends 997 C2 the other day - and although I loved it, I preferred the level of M3 grip (less)
I actually took mine for a decent drive today - a couple of hours up the M6, and well, it is just hard to fault really. Exceptionally comfortable and refined and when a gap in the traffic opens up it easily accelerates to 70 mph (and yes I did manage to do 70 mph on the M6 this morning!). Being a bit of a luddite - I'm not sure I could tell the difference between 414 and 420 bhp anyway....
130R said:
E30M3SE said:
130R said:
420hp the way we measure it
414hp the way they measure it in the US
No, it is 420PS (Mertic, DIN), which is 414.25 BHP.414hp the way they measure it in the US
RacerMDR said:
griff7 said:
Im glad im not the only saddo who loves his v8
maybe it's something about Caterham drivers seriously mine feels like a big fat Caterham and I think it's the best thing since sliced bread.
I drove a friends 997 C2 the other day - and although I loved it, I preferred the level of M3 grip (less)
Would you go for the 911 in the future?
RacerMDR said:
I think I probably wouldn't go for the 911. It's a great car, but I work in IT - and there are just too many around for me in my world.
If I can ever afford to upgrade from an M3 i'd be going R8 or maybe older 430 etc
You got a M3.. why wont you be able to afford an upgrade!?If I can ever afford to upgrade from an M3 i'd be going R8 or maybe older 430 etc
That is one of my concerns. If I buy a 35k M3, 20k cash and 15k loan over 5 years. The M3 will only be worth £10k after the loan has been paid off!
Porscheplayer said:
E30M3SE said:
130R said:
420hp the way we measure it
414hp the way they measure it in the US
No, it is 420PS (Mertic, DIN), which is 414.25 BHP.414hp the way they measure it in the US
Just like a Cayman S, which was 291 BHP or 300PS IIRC
So a 300PS car is 291BHP = 0.970 BHP per PS ......
..... and a 420PS car is 414.25BHP = 0.986 BHP per PS ????
Why isn't the 420PS car actually 407.4BHP, or alternatively a 414.25 BHP car actually 427 BHP
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