[C19fan]

1,000 HP for a street car. The original Rolls Royce Merlin produced 1,000 HP.

[Billthedrill]

1,000 horsepower on its way to an 11,100 RPM red line...

Lord have mercy. Well, that would certainly get the kiddies to soccer practice in time.

[DaxtonBrown]

There are now plenty of 1000 plus horsepower cars. Look up Cletus McFarland on youtube. Or Finnegan’s Garage.

[rockrr]

The photographer seems to like pipes ;’}

[Openurmind]

There have been two major influences of modern car design. Cosworth for engines and Baja for suspension.

[Disambiguator]

GM built a prototype Cadillac with a 1000 hp V16. It never saw production (too bad).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Sixteen

Now you buy a crate engine that is similar:
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/02/build-cadillac-sixteen-14-liter-ls/

[LibWhacker]

Okay, getting a Powerball ticket tomorrow... But how much will I, a nobody, have to offer them above their 3.2 ask to drive one home? Almost all of them will be going to celebs and Saudi sheiks.

[yarddog]

They think 550 HP is weak? I had to look it up.

If a person wants 1000 HP they should be able to buy it but it sounds a bit of ridiculous to me.

[Shark24]

Has Cosworth ever gotten over it’s Vega experience? :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Cosworth_Vega

[A strike]

British cars, classic but junk.

[chrisser]

Even with today's top turbo tech, including the lowest-lag systems designed to mitigate the delay between pressing the throttle pedal and receiving the turbo's extra power, there remains some lag as the turbo spools up

I think this is a neat engine, and I distrust journalists to get any story right these days.

That said, if one wants to eliminate turbo lag, a far easier way is to incorporate a small engine-driven supercharger for lower RPM with a large turbocharger optimized for higher RPM. Matched correctly, the boost can meet whatever target is required across the RPM range. With a little computer-managed boost control, you can bleed off the excess of either/both to customize the boost curve.

This might not be conventional, but it's been done by several advanced hot rodders already - should be easy enough for Aston Martin to accomplish.

Unless you want to find a reason to create a V12 engine from scratch...

[YogicCowboy]

Exactly my first thought!

(I told my non-aviation friend that.)

[newfreep]

Bugatti "Chiron", in addition to being THE most beautiful car produced, has 1500 HP, 0-60 2.4 sec, top speed 288mph...and it's only $4M.

[central_va]

The Merlin produced max HP at around 3,000 RPM. These screamers at 11,000 RPM.