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Originally Posted by Casull
Do you mean the trend of high HP cars, or increasing HP in cars? agree that Hp will remain high, but I really have to wonder how high they will go. IMO 425-450 hp is boarderline rediculous for anyone who who does not have any intentions in using this car to race in some way (not street racing). Of course Iwill still get one  even though i think it is rediculous (counterintuitive, i know). |
I meant the trend of continuously increasing HP in cars in general... HP in general ONLY translates into higher top speeds... you need exponentially greater power to go faster.
If I remember right, the power required to go faster rises by the cube, so to go twice as fast it takes 8 times the power! So IF it takes 80hp to go 80mph, then it would take 640hp to go 160mph! Since cars with less than 640hp can go 160, we can assume that it takes much less than 80hp to go 80mph...
In any case we should be happy with the fun we've got... the future is just going to be better, and we'll just have to wait for it.
~LSx