I’m always wondered. Since a V8 engine from 20 years ago makes rougly the same as a I4 can produce today, how come we aren’t seeing more 500+ hp sports cars?
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It’s simply not necessary anymore due to technological advances. For example, the 2023 Honda Civic Type R has 315 horsepower and does 0-60 in about 5.3 seconds. You won’t be driving anywhere near that car’s limits on public roads. There’s no need for more horsepower.
There’s a lot more to a car’s performance than raw horsepower numbers.
Not sure where you’re looking there are tons of 500hp cars, like even Hyundai has a 400+hp genesis…HYUNDAI!, when I was a kid their offering was a 170hp tiburon.
You can get a factory 500hp sports cars at the mustang gt 350 level for like $60,000 now, when I was a kid you had to spend $150,000 worth of 90’s dollars to get a Lamborghini Diablo to not even crest over the 500hp mark and the interior sucked.
What you’re seeing for offerings is what the market can bear, hp is a lot cheaper than it used to be but it’s still not free, just between fuel consumption and insurance it never will be.
Not sure where you’re looking there are tons of 500hp cars, like even Hyundai has a 400+hp genesis…HYUNDAI!, when I was a kid their offering was a 170hp tiburon.
You can get a factory 500hp sports cars at the mustang gt 350 level for like $60,000 now, when I was a kid you had to spend $150,000 worth of 90’s dollars to get a Lamborghini Diablo to not even crest over the 500hp mark and the interior sucked.
What you’re seeing for offerings is what the market can bear, hp is a lot cheaper than it used to be but it’s still not free, just between fuel consumption and insurance it never will be.
Not sure where you’re looking there are tons of 500hp cars, like even Hyundai has a 400+hp genesis…HYUNDAI!, when I was a kid their offering was a 170hp tiburon.
You can get a factory 500hp sports cars at the mustang gt 350 level for like $60,000 now, when I was a kid you had to spend $150,000 worth of 90’s dollars to get a Lamborghini Diablo to not even crest over the 500hp mark and the interior sucked.
What you’re seeing for offerings is what the market can bear, hp is a lot cheaper than it used to be but it’s still not free, just between fuel consumption and insurance it never will be.
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