It’s amazing just how many horses can gallop into your life for less than £10,000, never mind £20,000 or £50,000. And they come in a wide range of bodystyles. Given that we’re going mad for power, we aren’t looking at anything with less than 500bhp under the lid.

Autotrader is listing 9739 cars above that mark, the most expensive of them a £1,399,000 McLaren P1. But to keep things slightly more realistic, our upper limit here is £250,000 – which still leaves 9241 cars to choose from. Without further ado then, let's take a look at the best 500bhp buys on the road today.