Top 50 "bang per buck" cars 2024

"Power sells" - perhaps most important specification for performance cars is maximum engine power. Given enough power, even heavy car can accelerate well and reach high speeds.

"Beng per buck" is a jargon term used to describe how much performance a car or motorcyle provides for given amount of money.

The following list includes cars which provide highest horsepower (displayed here in metric "PS" unit) per €10000.

Price used in calculations is average between base and fully equipped price in European Union. It is not inflation adjusted.

This list is limited by available data and new vehicles will be added as new data arrives.


Rank Make and model Power / €10k
1. Oldsmobile 4-4-2 F-85 Cutlass Holiday Coupe 834 ps
2. Studebaker Lark-8 4-door-sedan 675 ps
3. Renault Dauphine Gordini 207 ps
4. Chevrolet Camaro SS 105 ps
5. Dacia Sandero SCe 75 (Mk II) 104 ps
6. Ford Shelby Mustang GT350R 99 ps
7. SsangYong Tivoli 1.5 T-GDI 97 ps
8. Ford Mustang RTR 97 ps
9. Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 93 ps
10. Ford Mustang GT (Mk VI facelift) 92 ps
11. Ford Mustang GT Convertible (S550 421 PS) 92 ps
12. Ford Focus ST 91 ps
13. Honda Civic Type-R (EP3) 90 ps
14. Chevrolet Camaro SS (Mk VI) 89 ps
15. Renault Clio RS III Cup (facelift) 89 ps
16. Tesla Model 3 AWD Long Range 89 ps
17. Ford Mustang GT (Mk VI 441 PS) 89 ps
18. Dacia Sandero TCe 90 (Mk II) 89 ps
19. Ford Mustang GT (Mk VI 426 PS) 88 ps
20. Nio ET5 88 ps
21. Renault Twingo RS Cup (Mk II) 88 ps
22. Mazda 3 MPS (Mk II) 88 ps
23. Ford Focus ST (facelift) 87 ps
24. Honda Civic Type R (FK2) 87 ps
25. Ford Mustang GT Convertible 87 ps
26. Hyundai Ioniq 5 N 87 ps
27. Abarth Grande Punto 87 ps
28. Callaway GTV-6 Twin Turbo (Tipo 116) (2a Serie) 86 ps
29. Opel Astra OPC 85 ps
30. Abarth Punto EVO 85 ps
31. Renault Megane RS 265 Trophy 85 ps
32. Nissan 370Z 85 ps
33. Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 V6 GDI 84 ps
34. Peugeot 208 GTI (200 PS) 84 ps
35. Seat Leon Cupra R 84 ps
36. Ford Focus RS 84 ps
37. Tesla Model S Plaid 83 ps
38. Dodge Charger SRT Widebody 83 ps
39. Opel Astra GTC 2.0T 83 ps
40. Seat Ibiza Cupra 1.8 (Mk IV) 83 ps
41. Opel Corsa OPC (D) 83 ps
42. Nissan 350Z (287 PS) 83 ps
43. Peugeot 206 RC 82 ps
44. Renault Megane Sport Trophy 82 ps
45. Tesla Model 3 Performance 82 ps
46. BMW 130i E87 82 ps
47. Ford Focus RS 82 ps
48. Ford Fiesta ST 82 ps
49. Mini Mini Cooper S (Mk I) 82 ps
50. Nissan 350Z (313 PS) 82 ps
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humana  3w ago

@fastestlaps can you make this list 100 cars? it only displays 50


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Zeekrfan   2m ago

new zeekr 001, 230.4 ps per 10k €


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Corvolet3  5m ago

I like how the two best bangs for buck are cars before the inflation.


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Shwingbob  2y ago

Or delete the lt1, sure


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Shwingbob  2y ago

camaro lt1 price should be added
@FastestLaps


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Shwingbob  2y ago

https://fastestlaps.com/models/chevrolet-camaro
$34,000 for the coupe
€29,930.20 Coupe
461 ps
€29,930.20/10k =
461/2.99302 € = 154 ps /€10k


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Corvolet3  3y ago

What the hell is a Nissan Kicks


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kalleb  4y ago

Instead of using merely power, it would be nice a list like "points in track times buck".
By points in track, I mean, you could sum the seconds of the very best positions a car has and divide this by the number of tracks it has a record on: AVERAGE SECONDS. (excluding very long or very short tracks, this number do not deviate too much... but you can use some sort of weighted mean considering the tracks' lenghts).

AVERAGE SECONDS x CAR PRICE = some number (the less the better!)


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benedekpuskas  5y ago

I'm not surprised on that Mustang is on the top of the list :-)