Which car off the best £ per HP? car for sale
Which car off the best £ per HP? car for sale
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Joeguard1990

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1,217 posts

155 months

Thursday 26th June 2014
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Just out of interest, I wonder which new car for sale currently gives you the most amount of HP per £?

For Example, Car x is for sale new at £20,000 and comes with 200HP standard. This equates to a cost of £100 per Horsepower.

Can we work out which car manufacturer are selling the cheapest horsepower?

(and I know people will say its not HP that matters but BHP per tone blah blah blah but this is just for fun!).

If I had to take a stab in the dark I would have said its got to be a cheapish SUV, maybe even the Infiniti FX50 people are talking about?

Johnnytheboy

24,499 posts

215 months

Thursday 26th June 2014
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I think we deduced a while back, that it's basic ally at the very cheap end of the spectrum, i.e. the more you spend the less you get for your money.

Sadly it's probably some diabolical £6,000 tin box.

Dave Hedgehog

16,321 posts

233 months

Thursday 26th June 2014
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Johnnytheboy said:
I think we deduced a while back, that it's basic ally at the very cheap end of the spectrum, i.e. the more you spend the less you get for your money.

Sadly it's probably some diabolical £6,000 tin box.
some shed of a V8 jag for £600 smile

Johnnytheboy

24,499 posts

215 months

Thursday 26th June 2014
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Joeguard1990 said:
Just out of interest, I wonder which new car for sale currently gives you the most amount of HP per £?

Sensibleboy

1,168 posts

154 months

Thursday 26th June 2014
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Isn't It some Proton? I'm sure the answer was in the last Evo....

Joeguard1990

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1,217 posts

155 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Sensibleboy said:
Isn't It some Proton? I'm sure the answer was in the last Evo....
Do protons even have that much HP..? I know they are cheap though

TheD

3,142 posts

228 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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An X308 XJR. 370hp and I've seen them for bag of sand

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Whatever happened to the Observer's Book of Cars, ideal when questions like this crop up.

budgie smuggler

6,054 posts

188 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Joeguard1990

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1,217 posts

155 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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budgie smuggler said:
Exactly what I was after haha!

I knew there would be an American V8 in the top 5 somewhere wink

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Anyone want to guess which used car offers the most bang for your buck?

Johnnytheboy

24,499 posts

215 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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TheD said:
An X308 XJR. 370hp and I've seen them for bag of sand
Johnnytheboy said:
Joeguard1990 said:
Just out of interest, I wonder which new car for sale currently gives you the most amount of HP per £?

Hub

7,130 posts

227 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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With discounts you can get a basic Ford Focus ST for as little as £16,900 - with 247BHP, so about £68 per BHP.

mike-r

1,539 posts

220 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Riley Blue said:
Anyone want to guess which used car offers the most bang for your buck?
John Candy's 1975 Mercury Marquis Brougham?

Mr E

23,041 posts

288 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Hub said:
With discounts you can get a basic Ford Focus ST for as little as £16,900 - with 247BHP, so about £68 per BHP.
You can have my Saab for about £16000 less than that. And it has more power according to the book.