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Most Bang For Your Buck in 2025 | Ep 72 | Drive Torque Podcast

Most Bang For Your Buck in 2025 | Ep 72 | Drive Torque Podcast

Drive Torque Podcast Sep 26, 2025 58 min
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Exploring the best horsepower for your money, the hosts dive into a lively challenge comparing electric and internal combustion engine vehicles. With a mix of humor and banter, they reveal their choices, including a Tesla Model S and a Bentley Continental, while debating reliability and performance. Discussions also touch on personal updates, including car ownership experiences and recent automotive events. The episode is packed with insights on value in the current market, making it a fun listen for anyone interested in getting the most bang for their buck in 2025.

Topics: horsepower per pound electric vehicles internal combustion engines car ownership experiences reliability value for money recent automotive events personal updates
Technical Too Afraid to Ask
Citroen AMI
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Citroen AMI

"...we do that, everybody needs to know the latest in AmiGate. Patrick, have you got your Ami back? I do ha..."
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Porsche Mac
Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Porsche Mac

"...last few days of coming off holiday, which was my Porsche Mac. Oh, no, oh, oh, Segways are my, that's"
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Volkswagen Passat
Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Volkswagen Passat

"stressful drive of my life, the first being the Passat efficiency run because that was definitely the"
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Porsche Taycan
Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Porsche Taycan

"I mean, that's like worse than a Taycan. Like, yeah, I could have just"
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BMW M3Cs
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BMW M3Cs

"half, four days. So I've got an M3CS touring press car and I thought I'm"
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BMW X5
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BMW X5

"...t class an adventure bike as something like a BMW X5 in the car world, right? Again, most people use S..."
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General Motors Ev1
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General Motors Ev1

"..., you're going first. Go on, we're going to do an EV1 or an ICE1 first, which one do you want to go for..."
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Tesla Model
Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Tesla Model

"So did you learn... So this is a Tesla Model S P85D dual motor. It's a 691 horsepower, yeah."
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Tesla Model S
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Tesla Model S

"So did you learn... So this is a Tesla Model S P85D dual motor. It's a 691 horsepower, yeah."
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Tesla Model 3
Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
Car

Tesla Model 3

"...icrous. I'll get a P100D ludicrous, or I'll get a Model 3 performance, whatever they're called."
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Porsche 9112
David Villarreal Fernández (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Porsche 9112

"It's you. ...to buy a Porsche 9112 and hope it wouldn't blow up."
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BMW M140I
Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BMW M140I

"Doesn't matter. I was so close to using an M140i that had been tuned, which would have worked out ..."
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Honda Civic
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Honda Civic

"...ne for most horsepower for your money. £300 Honda Civic 2.2 diesel is the most horsepower for your money...."
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