300bhp per tonne

[Zyp]

R8VXF said:

Wills2 said:

300hp/tonne is a huge amount of power in a road car, you have to be looking at the latest 991 GT3/turbo to gain entry as a standard car and then on into the likes of Ferrari/Lambo/McLaren/R8 [insert mental car of your choice] etc...

Only a few of the AMG/M monsters get to the 300 mark.

VXR8 GTS is a "standard car" that makes the list Probably less than half the price of a GT3 (I have no idea what the Porsche costs).

You can have a standard Exige V6 for £45k.... 319hp/tonne?

[trashbat]

The Alfa Giulia is supposed to fit the description. 501 bhp and 1500ish kg. If they pull that off then presumably a few more competitors will follow.

[R8VXF]

Zyp said:

You can have a standard Exige V6 for £45k.... 319hp/tonne?

Sounds good

This is why I asked if anyone was bored earlier Think it should produce some surprises!

[Mound Dawg]

Damn, we got so close...

http://www.alfaholics.com/our-cars/completed-build...

[k-ink]

Never mind the figures I need that Alfa

[anonymous-user]

You can't consider different cars on power/weight. A Caterham with 300hp/ton is very different to an E90 M3. As a guide I would say anything over 250 is more about managing the power than enjoying the handling.

[R8VXF]

yonex said:

As a guide I would say anything over 250 is more about managing the power than enjoying the handling.

Disagree.

[TheLordJohn]

I thought 300 bhp/tonne had died! Haven't heard from you for ages!

[jimmy156]

300bhp/ton , did you know that on average, you have made 12 posts on piston heads every single day, for the past 7 years. Thought you might want to know that little nugget.

[Zyp]

yonex said:

You can't consider different cars on power/weight. A Caterham with 300hp/ton is very different to an E90 M3. As a guide I would say anything over 250 is more about managing the power than enjoying the handling.

To a point.

My F80 M3 can be a tad difficult in managing the power, the Exige - not so.

[Paradaxos]

I'm surprised the E36 328i makes that list even if barely.

That's some pretty cheap road performance.

[jontysafe]

Wills2 said:

300hp/tonne is a huge amount of power in a road car, you have to be looking at the latest 991 GT3/turbo to gain entry as a standard car and then on into the likes of Ferrari/Lambo/McLaren/R8 [insert mental car of your choice] etc...

Only a few of the AMG/M monsters get to the 300 mark.

My weekend fair weather car is 873bhp/tonne which is I would think "adequate"!

[Mound Dawg]

Paradaxos said:

I'm surprised the E36 328i makes that list even if barely.

That's some pretty cheap road performance.

Eh?

[cerb4.5lee]

My Cerbera had over 300bhp per tonne and always felt quick but my E92 M3 had a fair bit less than 300bhp per tonne and never felt quick so for me it makes a marked difference to how quick a car feels, more bhp per tonne the better as far as I am concerned.

[otolith]

Mound Dawg said:

Paradaxos said:

I'm surprised the E36 328i makes that list even if barely.

That's some pretty cheap road performance.

Eh?

[Paradaxos]

Well you can have a 1996 328i coupe for £2k...

And I think that's the cheapest car in the table in the OP.

And there are lots of posts claiming that's all you can use on the road.

cheap... performance... yes?

[McSam]

You do realise that very few of the cars in the table actually have 300bhp/ton, yes? And that the 328i isn't even halfway there?

[otolith]

Not sure what the basis of that list is. An old 328 certainly has as much performance as you need, but it's less than I want.

[Wills2]

jontysafe said:

Wills2 said:

300hp/tonne is a huge amount of power in a road car, you have to be looking at the latest 991 GT3/turbo to gain entry as a standard car and then on into the likes of Ferrari/Lambo/McLaren/R8 [insert mental car of your choice] etc...

Only a few of the AMG/M monsters get to the 300 mark.

My weekend fair weather car is 873bhp/tonne which is I would think "adequate"!

That would be covered by the [insert mental car of your choice] bit....

[Paradaxos]

I've seen what's happened here.

This hasn't gone exactly to plan.

The OP's table doesn't refer to 300bhp/tonne cars at all!

I er... am pleased to have uncovered this conspiracy...