Light speed: The cheap performance cars with the most power per kilogram – per dollar

Looking for a performance car with the optimal balance of power, weight and price? Our maths suggests these 10 should be on your shopping list.

Featuring on ‘top trumps’ cards and in heated ‘discussions’ between car enthusiasts for decades as a metric for comparing two cars is the power-to-weight ratio: the relationship between a car’s power output to how far down it tips the scales.

Therefore, we’ve collated a list of the new cars on sale in Australia with the best power-to-weight ratios – with a twist.

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