I have an '03 Marauder. Bought it in June of 03, at the age of 43. At first driving, yeah the power seemed a little low. But after a year and a half or so, and 13k miles, It seems to be breaking in just fine. Even spins the tires on a dead stop take off. I'm very pleased with the cars performance. If your looking for a car with oodles of hp then build a race car. Race cars aren't built to be driven on the street, although most ricky racers believe so. You don't need 450 hp in a street car, daily driver. One of the problems with today's drivers, not to mention inconsideration for other people on the road. 302 hp in the Marauder is plenty and the fact it doesn't downshift out of overdrive going up grades shows that. And of couse the plus of looking like a CHP gets a lot of people out of your way on the highway. If you haven't driven at least 500 miles in a Maruader, city and highway, you can't give a good opinion.