Look at today’s Mustangs, Porsches, Ferraris, or Bugattis, and 300 horsepower seems like it wouldn’t pull you out of bed. But that’s lunacy because it’s plenty. And it used to be financially accessible, too. Just pick up a pony car for a shade less than $30,000, and you have all the tire shredding power you need. Those days are gone.
Head out today with $45,000 in your pocket, and you might—might—come home with something new that touches 300 HP. But that sounds like a recipe to resent your car more than anything else.
