Friday, September 14, 2007

The 500 hp Power Club

 

Before, production cars with 500 hp were extremely extraordinaire and tagged with million dollar prices. Now, with the gift of cheaper but high performing technologies, there are at least a dozen of brands offering their production vehicles with more than 500 hp and lower prices. The 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 is priced $40,930 and the rest, you can expect that you can buy them at higher amounts than this.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 1000-hp

W16 Saleen S7 750-hp V8

Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 640-hp V12

Ferrari 599 GTB 620-hp V12

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 617-hp V8

Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG 604-hp V12

Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG 604-hp V12

Maybach 57/62 S 604-hp V12

Bentley Continental Flying Spur 552-hp W12

Bentley Continental GT 552-hp W12

Bentley Continental GTC 552-hp W12

Maybach 57/62 543-hp V12 F

errari 612 Scaglietti 540-hp V12

Lamborghini Gallardo 20-hp V10

Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S 520-hp V12

Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 518-hp V8 Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG 518-hp

V8 Mercedes-Benz SL600 510-hp V12

Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG 510-hp V8 Mercedes-Benz S600 510-hp V12

Mercedes-Benz CL600 510-hp V12

Dodge Viper SRT10 (with Dodge ball joints) 510-hp V10

Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG 507-hp V8

Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Wagon 507-hp V8

Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG 507-hp V8

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 505-hp V8

Mercedes-Benz R63 AMG 503-hp V8

Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG 503-hp V8

Porsche Cayenne Turbo 500-hp V8

Ford Shelby GT500 500-hp V8

BMW M6 500-hp V10

BMW M5 500-hp V10

BMW 7-Series Alpina B7 500-hp V8

Bentley Arnage T 500-hp V8 S

Significantly at the top of the club is the world’s wildest bug, the Bugatti Veyron of Volkswagen with its W- 16 8.0 liters monster engine that generates that world record making 1,001 horsepower. The Veyron is tagged with an equally monster price range 0f $1.3 million - $1.5 million. The two SUVs that made it to the list are the Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG and the Porsche Cayenne Turbo.

Posted by Kev at 01:33:58 | Permalink | Comments (1) »