How much Horse Power is enough?

at least 2 horses

>>17586779
Forreal tho

>>17586775

For city driving even as low as 40 bhp is enough power to get you around since you won't be really doing over 50km/h or the police will come beat and fine your ass.

For 100km/h driving you need about 60-70 bhp, and for 130 km/h cruising on the highway you need around 100 bhp.

Everything above these numbers is marketing bullshit.

>>17586775
Anything with over 100 horsepower should be illegal. There's no need for high horsepower cars on public roads. They are a danger to my safety and the safety of my wife's son.

power/weight-ratio is more important than absolute power. I have a golf 3 as a weekend driver. It weights 1100kg and originally had 75hp from a 1.6 na, but it could reach 160km/h while getting 14 to 15 km/l when cruising on highways going 100-130.
I had to drive a 2016 polo weighing also 1100kg with a 1.0 supercharged making 75hp for my work. The power of new cars is bogus, if you floored it for a bit, it would overheat and tune down itself. Getting onto the highway overheated it, driving 130 for a bit overheated it. Effective top speed was 110km/h, that was all it could do while overheated.
The old golf didn't overheat even if you drive 150km/h for a long time.
That said, the golf now has an golf 4 engine that's 1.8l turbo and makes 179hp. It drives a lot easier now

>>17586838
Forgot to say, that the polo went down to 12km/l on the highway.
All in all, with same power/weight ratio old car > new car

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>>17586779
This is the truth

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>>17586775

>>17586775
Depends on the weight of the car desu

>>17586838
>>17586857
Jesus all those numbers in incomprehensible yuro units. I don't come here to have to do math

>>17586775
Power to weight ratio more important. 1:20 is a decent ratio but won't give you performance. It'll get you from A to B. Anything below 1:10 is either a muscle car or sports car. Anything in between is sporty to varying degrees (I'm looking at you, Miata with a ratio of 1:14)