Cheapest 500 Bhp car ?

[S3000]

Whats the cheapest 500 bhp car with overall costs ?
Just wondering...

[kambites]

New or second hand?

And over what time period/mileage?

[S3000]

kambites said:

New or second hand?

And over what time period/mileage?

I have to go with the second hand...
mileage? must be a troublefree weekend car.

[Nedzilla]

Factory spec or moddified?

[lauda]

I would have thought that if you wanted something with 500 bhp out of the box, a V10 M5/M6 would be your best bet. Quite a few M5s are below £20k now. Tempting!

[anonymous-user]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2998699.htm

[tim2100]

Factory I would guess at a Merc CL600

~ 2003 onwards is 500bhp.

[handbraketurn]

lauda said:

I would have thought that if you wanted something with 500 bhp out of the box, a V10 M5/M6 would be your best bet. Quite a few M5s are below £20k now. Tempting!

+1

[PainTrain]

something Japanese with a turbo.

There are lots of supras and skylines about now with that sort of power for little money.

[66comanche]

As standard, this is 500bhp pretty cheaply.

£9,995
2002 Mercedes-Benz S Class S55KL 4dr Auto Amg Saloon 5.4L

Engine power 500 bhp

[benzito]

as above the 55k engined-mercs,, in terms of stock cars I dont think there is much else for less money,

[EDLT]

S3000 said:

kambites said:

New or second hand?

And over what time period/mileage?

I have to go with the second hand...
mileage? must be a troublefree weekend car.

So do you want cheapest or most reliable?

As the saying goes:

Cheap, fast, reliable, pick two. You've already picked "fast".

[redgriff500]

Cheapest to run long term = big and simple

Slightly Modified Monaro / VXR8 would get you there and mechanically wouldn't stress it

[anonymous-user]

redgriff500 said:

Cheapest to run long term = big and simple

Slightly Modified Monaro / VXR8 would get you there and mechanically wouldn't stress it

But we are biased

Plenty of supercharged versions out there and they will be super reliable at that level.

[th85]

Audi RS6 £9,995

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3444776.htm

[Patrick Bateman]

Monaro VXR 500 comes to mind when factoring in overall costs I suspect.

Got to be less likely to through a stomach-turning bill than any CL600/M5/M6 etc.

[skip_1]

Do they still sell the Bathurst S edition of the VXR8? Around 545bhp for £45k.