Most powerful car with the least g/km?

BigglesPiP said:
I'll start us off at 0.67
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You seem particularly proud of this, frankly I think it shows quite how badly engineered your engine is. It develops less than 200bhp yet is very poor when it comes to fuel economy (CO2 and fuel economy are roughly proportional).

Whats the point in an engine that isnt very powerful if you don't even get half decent economy out of it?

No wonder people think Alfa's are crud.
 
PMKeates said:
0.44 what? What car?
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The old Landy Discovery V8 was pretty horrid. 181hp for 407 g/km

Not my car, just thought I'd throw in an example of poor economy :p

Edit: Turns out the diesel was worse... 0.40 haha

Further Edit: Jesus. The Daewoo Matiz 0.8 SE Auto. For a giggle. 0.37!!!
 
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Dangerous Dave said:
AMGs new 5.5 twin turbo V8 with 546bhp/590lbft emitting only 246g/km making 2.17hp per g/km must be near the top.
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Pretty incredible. As much as I dislike this new greener direction we're being funnelled into by the EU, the engineering that's coming out of it seems to be pretty awesome.
 
My Z4M comes in at 1.17 bhp/g/km. No idea how that compares in the general scheme of things, but would seem from previous posts that while not anywhere near the best of current engines, it fares quite well compared to some more mundane stuff.
 
Dangerous Dave said:
It is very good statistics when you take into account it is also in a 2.1 ton S Class.
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It's actually a rubbish statistic as more powerful cars have an advantage over less powerful cars. It's not even close to a fair measure of efficiency or engineering for cars with different overall power outputs, power/weight ratios, different transmissions etc!
 
[TW]Fox;16991234 said:
You seem particularly proud of this, frankly I think it shows quite how badly engineered your engine is. It develops less than 200bhp yet is very poor when it comes to fuel economy (CO2 and fuel economy are roughly proportional).
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It's also proportional to power and the amount of lies the manufacture thinks they can get away with. All in all, a thoroughly pointless number.
 
PMKeates said:
It's actually a rubbish statistic as more powerful cars have an advantage over less powerful cars. It's not even close to a fair measure of efficiency or engineering for cars with different overall power outputs, power/weight ratios, different transmissions etc!
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Hardly rubbish statistics in this thread when we are looking for the lowest g/km per hp.
 
[TW]Fox;16991234 said:
You seem particularly proud of this, frankly I think it shows quite how badly engineered your engine is. It develops less than 200bhp yet is very poor when it comes to fuel economy (CO2 and fuel economy are roughly proportional).
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Really? I think it's a somewhat irrelevant figure, much like the 0-60 time which tells you more about transmission than acceleration. Our engines develop almost exactly the same bhp/litre, so you're underpowered too, or they're exactly as good as they should be. If your car wasn't so heavy you might beat the sort of mpg I get.

Don't worry though, I know you make nothing but viscous stabs at my new car because you're jealous. :D
 
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Dangerous Dave said:
Hardly rubbish statistics in this thread when we are looking for the lowest g/km per hp.
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It's not a good statistic when you take in to account it's a 2.1 ton S Class, but it's almost completely irrelevant.

Am I the only one who can see that Peak HP per NEDC Combined g/km is about the most rubbish vehicle statistic ever invented?

What does the statistic tell you other than Peak HP per NEDC Combined g/km? It's a statistic for statistics sake, and it tells you nothing. We may as well be finding the car with the most cupholders per width of rear tyre in mm, as it's about as useful.
 
PiKe said:
Sorry I didn't state but lets just keep things to combustion engines for now.
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You're not even a little bit tempted by the Tesla Roadster?

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