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Originally Posted by theunchosen
The person who said why does it need 525 hp in the first place was more referring to the fact that why would anyone not intending to use it on the track need 525 horses.
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Well, no, that wasn't exactly what I meant. I was thinking more along the lines of comparing the Corvette to a Lotus, which I think (I'm not really into track racing) will give similar performance on half the horsepower.
Now when you're not talking about racing... My first Austin-Healey Sprite had an 1100 cc engine, producing maybe 60-70 HP. Sure, I could have used a bit more in the mountains, but 100 HP or so in a small, light car would be plenty.