Horsepower per pound?
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brillomaster

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1,866 posts

199 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Following on from the excellent 'Average Horsepower' post, heres another one...

Whos got the best deal in terms of highest average horsepower per pound spent? In this case expensive motors lose, secondhand bargains all the way (we'll gloss over which ones were reliable or economical, thats not important!

So, i shall kick off proceedings...

Pug 306 - 60 hp - £1000
Pug 306 - 115hp - £2400
Mazda MX5 - 140hp - £3400
BMW 328i - 196hp - £850
Nissan 300zx - 340hp - £3000
Honda Civic VTEC - 160hp - £2350

So that makes 1011hp, for a cost of £13000.

So each of those horsepowers on average cost me... £12.86.

I'm sure thats terrible, so come on - whos bought numerous cheap gas guzzling beemers for peanuts?

wolf1

3,099 posts

279 months

Wednesday 13th July 2011
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93 Impreza WRX 200ish bhp Cost £400. Roughly £2.00 per bhp.

DavidHM

3,940 posts

229 months

Wednesday 13th July 2011
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Best - 1998 Pug 406. £395/131 bhp = £3.02.

Worst - 2010 Renault Mégane. £11950/100 bhp = £119.50.

Bought nine months apart.

ChiChoAndy

73,668 posts

284 months

Wednesday 13th July 2011
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MR2 Turbo... 245 BHP couple of grand.

tercelgold

969 posts

186 months

Wednesday 13th July 2011
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Secondhand motorbikes look like very poor value.