My Civic Type-R was £16k new and has 200bhp. That's 12.5 BHP per £1,000. Then I found an offer on this site for the Megane 225 at £15k - that's 15BHP per £1,000. Can anyone beat this with any other brand new car price? Use achievable price, rather than list, and it doesn't have to be a hot hatch.
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Mattster
Boycott shoddy build and reliability.
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Renault Clio 182 Cup £11249 OTR through Buy My New Car works out to be 16.18 BHP per £1000
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1995 TVR Griffith, circa £14K, approx 22.7 bhp/£1000
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To be fair Rory, our friend did say 'new', otherwise I could quote by Saab, 250bhp and worth approx £2k, therefore 125bhp per Grand. :-)
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Yep, you're right of course, but, without hi-jacking the origins of the thread too much, it would lead us up some very interesting avenues..........
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it doesn't have to be a hot hatch.
Yamaha R1, Honda Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX10R - 180bhp and £9000,
20bhp per £1000!
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My 1998 Honda Hornet 600, owned since new.
100BHP at the crank in round numbers (I've seen 94, 96, and 98 BHP quoted), mint nick, worth £2,000 tops.
35-55MPG, and £120pa fully comp insurance with £75 excess.
Call it 50BHP per pound. :-))
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Call it 50BHP per pound. :-))
I wish!
I meant per thousand pounds, of course!
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ignis sport for 7 k from suzuki direct and 108 BHP (I think)
gives 15.5 approx
not bad for shopping trolley money
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Actually, come to think of if, seen advertised a while back for five hundred notes: 299BHP Jag XJS V12.
598BHP per thousand pounds, assuming it wasn't a wreck, of course.
Having written this, within the realms of what I can afford, it is of course BHP per pound, weight, not pound, money, that interests me!
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Well I think the Clio is winning, based on the intended criteria (should have thought someone would think of bikes!) Maybe I'll persuade the missus to get one next.
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Mattster
Boycott shoddy build and reliability.
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My mate has the 172. Let's just say you can feel every one of those little horsies. It's criminal how quick it goes.
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Adam
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