| 1956 MODELS | ||||||
| Make | Model | HP | Wt | lbs per 1 hp | hp per lb | Rank |
| Chrysler
Studebaker Pontiac DeSoto Chevrolet Ford Mercury Mercury Chevrolet Dodge Ford Clipper Chevrolet Chrysler Packard Packard Ford Lincoln Plymouth Studebaker Lincoln Cadillac Clipper Cadillac Chrysler Buick Pontiac DeSoto Mercury Chevrolet Dodge Oldsmobile Cadillac Imperial Oldsmobile Mercury Studebaker Buick Ford Plymouth DeSoto Mercury Buick Oldsmobile Continental Studebaker Pontiac Buick Hudson Chrysler Nash Cadillac Plymouth Dodge Hudson Nash Plymouth Imperial Studebaker Ford Chevrolet Chevrolet Hudson Hudson Chevrolet Ford Rambler Plymouth Nash Nash Hudson Dodge Plymouth Nash Hudson Studebaker Metropolitan |
300-B
Golden Hawk Strato Streak Powerpack Adventurer Corvette Powerpac Thunderbird Powerpack Medalist & Custom Powerpack Monterey & Montclair Powerpack Corvette D-500 Thunderbird w/Fordomatic or OD Custom Powerpack New Yorker All except Caribbean Caribbean Thunderbird Capri Fury President & Sky Hawk premier Eldorado Super & Deluxe 62 Windsor Powerpac 60 Century Star Chief Fireflite Monterey & Montclair Powerpack Custom & Royal Super 88 60 V8 88 Medalist & Custom w/Mercomatic President & Sky Hawk 50 Super Fairlane & Station Wagon V8 Powerpack Firedome Medalist & Custom Roadmaster 98 V8 Commander & Power Hawk Powerpack 860, 870, Safari 40 Special Hornet V8 Windsor Ambassador V8 75 V8 Coronet V8 Hornet Special V8 Ambassador Special V8 Optional V8 (Plaza & Savoy) Crown Imperial Commander & Power Hawk Custom & Mainline V8 w/Powerglide V8 Hornet 6 Powerpack Hornet 6 6 6 6 6 Powerpack Statesman Ambassador 6 Powerpack Wasp Powerpack Coronet 6 6 Ambassador 6 Wasp Champion & Flight Hawk 4 |
340
275 285 320 225 225 260 260 210 260 215 275 225 280 290 310 202 285 240 210 285 305 240 285 250 255 227 255 225 205 218 240 285 280 230 215 195 255 200 200 230 210 255 240 285 185 205 220 220 225 220 285 187 188 190 190 180 280 170 173 170 162 175 165 140 137 120 131 130 145 130 131 125 135 120 101 52 |
4145
3360 3561 4030 2870 3038 3522 3541 2870 3605 3038 3915 3293 4110 4290 4590 3038 4289 3650 3210 4362 4685 3700 4430 3900 4000 3561 4005 3541 3293 3520 3879 4610 4565 3761 3536 3210 4200 3319 3325 3855 3522 4280 4047 4825 3140 3496 3790 3804 3900 3830 5050 3325 3435 3476 3476 3295 5145 3140 3278 3293 3192 3505 3505 3220 3156 2830 3170 3170 3570 3235 3295 3170 3570 3235 2835 1875 |
12.19117647
12.21818182 12.49473684 12.59375 12.75555556 13.50222222 13.54615385 13.61923077 13.66666667 13.86538462 14.13023256 14.23636364 14.63555556 14.67857143 14.79310345 14.80645161 15.03960396 15.04912281 15.20833333 15.28571429 15.30526316 15.36065574 15.41666667 15.54385965 15.6 15.68627451 15.68722467 15.70588235 15.73777778 16.06341463 16.14678899 16.1625 16.1754386 16.30357143 16.35217391 16.44651163 16.46153846 16.47058824 16.595 16.625 16.76086957 16.77142857 16.78431373 16.8625 16.92982456 16.97297297 17.05365854 17.22727273 17.29090909 17.33333333 17.40909091 17.71929825 17.78074866 18.2712766 18.29473684 18.29473684 18.30555556 18.375 18.47058824 18.94797688 19.37058824 19.7037037 20.02857143 21.24242424 23 23.03649635 23.58333333 24.19847328 24.38461538 24.62068966 24.88461538 25.15267176 25.36 26.44444444 26.95833333 28.06930693 36.05769231 |
0.082026538
0.081845238 0.080033698 0.079404467 0.078397213 0.074061883 0.073821692 0.073425586 0.073170732 0.072122053 0.070770244 0.070242656 0.068326754 0.068126521 0.067599068 0.067538126 0.066491113 0.066449056 0.065753425 0.065420561 0.065337001 0.065101387 0.064864865 0.064334086 0.064102564 0.06375 0.063746139 0.063670412 0.063541372 0.062253265 0.061931818 0.061871616 0.061822126 0.061336254 0.061153948 0.060803167 0.060747664 0.060714286 0.060259114 0.060150376 0.059662776 0.059625213 0.059579439 0.059303188 0.059067358 0.058917197 0.058638444 0.058047493 0.057833859 0.057692308 0.057441253 0.056435644 0.056240602 0.054730713 0.054660529 0.054660529 0.054628225 0.054421769 0.054140127 0.052776083 0.051624658 0.05075188 0.049928673 0.047075606 0.043478261 0.043409379 0.042402827 0.041324921 0.041009464 0.040616246 0.040185471 0.039757208 0.039432177 0.037815126 0.037094281 0.035626102 0.027733333 |
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