Lezersvraag: how much hp do you have under the hood?

Posted on 29-09-2014 at 21:37 by CasperH – 640 Comments”

From German research shows that cars with more than 150 hp much more often sold than eleven years ago, do you also participate in the horsepower race?

Between 2003 and 2014 is the average number of horsepower in a car has greatly increased in Germany. According to research, it is even so that the sale of cars with more than 200 hp since 2003, with 250% increased. The sale of cars with a capacity of 151 to 200 hp increased by 117%.

It’s interesting to see that the elderly in Germany rarely have a car with little horsepower want. Where 7,17 percent of young people under 20 is willing to enter into a car steps with a maximum of 50 hp, is the same willingness in the age group 70+ only of 1.38 percent.

In 2003, bought 48 percent of car buyers a car with 51 to 100 hp, but now it is only 25 percent. A large part of the car buyers now searching for a car with 101 to 150 hp, namely 40%, 5 percent more than in 2003.

This is evidenced by research among the clients of Check-24, a major German provider of insurance and other financial products. How old are you, and how much hp has your car?

Fotocredit: Autojunk