Hi everyone it’s Zohair from PetrolHead. Today’s blog is ‘The Horsepower Record Breakers (Part 2)’.
- 1932 Duesenberg Model sj
The next car to make more than 300 horsepower was the Duesenberg Model sj from 1932. It came with a supercharged, 7 liter straight a engine with 325 horsepower. But that wasn’t enough for Duesenberg, because they built a modified called the ssj in 1935 with 400 horsepower. That’s almost as much as a brand new BMW M2 Competition has.
The latest Corvette C8 has a 6.2 liter, V8 with 490 horsepower. But Chevrolet was building a Corvette with way more power than that, back in 1967. It was called the L88. And it was a super exclusive C3 model with a seven liter V8. Chevrolet claimed it only made on 435 horsepower. But it was actually producing between 540 to 580 horsepower.
Bugatti EB110
The first car to make more than 600 horsepower was a Bugatti made back in 1992. But it wasn’t a Veyron that didn’t come out until later. It was actually the EB110 super sport. This was a hardcore version of the regular EB110 that made 612 horsepower from 3.5 liter, quad turbo V12. It was revealed a few months before the 627 horsepower McLaren F1.
1993 Dauer 962 Le Mans
Just one year after the Bugatti broke the 600 horsepower barrier, a company called Dauer, made a car with more than 700 horsepower. It was called the 962 Le Mans. And it was basically a Porsche endurance racing with some license plates and a passenger seat. But because Dauer road cars didn’t have to follow same rules as the racing cars, they were more powerful. Their twin-turbo 3 liter flat six pumped out an insane 740 horsepower. That’s almost 100 horsepower more than a brand new Porsche 911 turbo S makes today.
Well that’s it for today. I will be doing a part 3 as well. Anyway thanks for reading
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Credit
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