Help settle a streaming argument!

Boy we must nothing better to do, comparing cars in an audio thread :) Okay, coming off the heels of the last F1 of the year on the weekend, I'll bite :)

In the mid 80's BMW had a 1.5 litre 4 cylinder formula one engine that produced over 1400 hp. More hp than any 12 cylinder engine Ferrari ever had. 

But, but,... there is no turbo on the V12? Different rules!

And it is not about horsepower anyway, it is about torque! and what RPM the motor is at...

and the quality of the fuel being burned

Just going to scaffold on niodari's comment and point out cars are like audio, it is not about a particular specification, it is all about engineering and implementation.

To relate to this thread: car engines are like streamers, usually, the more you spend, the better performance/quality you get. 

(I am agreeing with the previous 5 posts, in case it doesn't look that way :)

You can look at this also in a different way. Consider a car engine as an amplifier and accessories, perhaps tires as a streamer. Most of us, in terms of cars,  have a V6 or V8 or at least V4 turbo amplifiers (which as you know note can have a lot of power). As to cars, I like to drive fast but prefer V4 car with turbo to V6 car, which I also have but do not use it often. V8 feels somehow better but, for me, it is completely unjustified, and anti-ecological, so neither I am a V8 car guy. I associate  a good V4 turbo car with a good class D amp (I have three of them), V6 with a big class AB amp, and V8 with a huge class A amp that is too heavy, consumes too much of energy and gets too hot (a typical Pass Lab amp). I do have one, but it is a 5 watts tube SET,  it is not huge and it consumes not that much of energy (a very compact v8 car which consumes less gas than some V6 cars). 

I like to drive fast but prefer V4 car with turbo to V6 car, which I also have but do not use it often. V8 feels somehow better but, for me, it is completely unjustified, and anti-ecological

.... or you can drive a performance electric car, and get the best of both worlds. Amazing (horse)power, and instant / powerfull torque (and not anti-ecological)

I somehow missed the electric cars, a good point. They are closer to  class D amplifiers.  Perhaps, future Class X amplifiers will be conceptually closer to the electric cars? And yes, if i buy another car, it can be a performance electric car.  For the moment, I see one major obstacle, the number of miles that one can run with a single charge of the battery. 

For the moment, I see one major obstacle, the number of miles that one can run with a single charge of the battery. 

You can install a charger at home and it's like having your own private gas station in your house. Full "tank of gas" every morning. Unless your daily commute is hundreds of miles obviously. Better yet, free charging at work (car charges itself while you are working). Or plenty of fast DC chargers all over the place (where I live). Not an issue