Lets play a game called "Least Bang for the Buck"

"Dsscats" (dsscats) 05/04/2014 at 17:35 • Filed to: None

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In this game, the goal is to find the car which costs the most and has the least HP. It can have as many options as wanted but MUST BE A NEW CAR. My contender is the E250 Bluetec. It has 195HP and I got one up to $86,388. This means it costs roughly $453/HP. Lets see who can beat that!

Brian Silvestro > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 17:37

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Next question

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 17:39

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This HAS to be it.

CAcoalminer > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 17:40

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Haha. You're terrible Brian.

Dsscats > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 17:40

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Wow. That is insanely underpowered.

Brian Silvestro > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/04/2014 at 17:40

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I did a "what's the most expensive FWD car on the market" post like a month ago, and this won.

Brian Silvestro > CAcoalminer 05/04/2014 at 17:41

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It's a no-brainer really.

CAcoalminer > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 17:41

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Unfortunately

Merkin Muffley > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 17:42

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the Rolls Royce Phantom clocks in at a minimum of $1,048.54 per HP.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 17:42

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I mean, it's a good concept, but bad execution.

Brian Silvestro > CAcoalminer 05/04/2014 at 17:44

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It's a shame, I saw one in person yesterday, they're drop-dead gorgeous.

Too bad it doesn't have the drivetrain to back it up.

davedave1111 > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 17:47

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Aston don't give prices on their website, but a Cygnet costs at least £31k ($52k) without any options. I suspect a fully-loaded one is getting on for £50k, which is about $85k at the moment. It has a whole 97 bhp.

Even without options, that's $539/hp. With every box ticked, more like $850/hp.

CAcoalminer > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 17:48

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What would you have put in it? I'm thinking twin turbo V6 from the CTS Vsport

Brian Silvestro > CAcoalminer 05/04/2014 at 17:51

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That would literally be the perfect amount of power for a car that size. All they have to do is drop the engine in the middle of the car, and it'd be perfect.

davedave1111 > Merkin Muffley 05/04/2014 at 17:54

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I was just thinking that some really expensive cars with lots of power might be good bets here. If it costs ten times as much as the Merc in the OP, it would have to have 2000bhp to have more bang per buck.

Hmmm. The Maybach Landaulet costs $1.3m and has 620bhp, so $2100/hp.

But the Lambo Veneno only has 130bhp more (for a total of 750) and costs $4.5m. That's a whacking $6k per bhp.

davedave1111 > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 17:56

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If classics and older cars were allowed (which they're not), this would be hard to beat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Roy…

Since it last sold for £millions, and only has 10hp, it must be in with a shout...

DirtyBird > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 17:57

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Bugatti veyron 1.6 million dollar car with 1200 hp/ 1,333 per hp

AthomSfere > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 18:07

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I just did the math:

A fully specced Nissan Leaf has more horsepower per dollar than this! Yes, at ~$353/HP the Leaf is a real good ol' fashioned muscle car compared to this!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 18:23

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I got a smart fortwo cabriolet electric up to nearly $33,000. With just 27hp, that's $1214 per hp. Wow.

CAcoalminer > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 18:29

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Has GM ever made a production mid engined car?

NJAnon2 > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 18:43

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Dsscats, no! You're actually making some uninformed people out there want to buy these cars and waste their money! Just look at the Porsche Cayman. Go ahead and look at it and tell me that is an intriguing new car buy after the options vs performance.

This current purchase model needs to be abolished. And we wonder why these cars are so slow on the highway. They're weighed down by options aka "car fat".

Manuél Ferrari > CAcoalminer 05/04/2014 at 18:59

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Hmm. I can't think of one. Just the Corvair, but that was rear engine

Brian Silvestro > CAcoalminer 05/04/2014 at 19:48

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Like Rusto said, can't think of one. I find it weird that none of the big three do currently make one, they have so much potential.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dsscats 05/04/2014 at 19:55

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I just priced an 85hp Audi A1 to £27,880. That's $47,030 or about $553 per hp.

CAcoalminer > Brian Silvestro 05/04/2014 at 20:18

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I agree. If they wanted to I'm sure they could make something quite special.