You know, I didn’t consider hybrids and had no idea the Renault hybrid made that kind of power.
I guess that shows that the type of car is important because I bet that Renault has similar performance to a 1.5 petrol golf even though it has about 50bhp more. (Obviously heavy with batteries)
I’d still say, that although most cars are available with a powerful engine, the average person wouldn’t buy that one. For example, I bet there are tons more 320i’s out there than 335i’s.
Slightly different on motab where the price difference between lowest power and highest is just a one off payment rather than a big increase in monthly payment.
My theory was mostly based on this thought – if you make a mental note when you’re driving of cars you pass that probably have over 200bhp there aren’t that many.
but saying that the majority of cars on the road are probably 5-10 years old so maybe that average power increase is yet to be seen on the road. Well that’s what it’s like where I live anyway ?