Good article on auto industry and horsepower

[TomT]

Always hearing guys braging about horsepower, but it's highly overrated.

 

[FlipTrac_511]

That is an excellent article. Thanks for the link.

 

[Aaron Laake 2]

I have thought this for years:



Yet each year, carmakers draw multitudes into showrooms with inferences of "race bred" technology and the slightest hint that some part of your new car comes from a race car. Take your entire car apart--you'll never find that piece.



I have a relative who bought a Monte Carlo because as that person stated "Its just like Nascar."



I thought to myself, "Yeah, right. Compared to this, a real stock car is the space shuttle".

Outwardly though I just grinned and nodded.

 

[Bill Ellis]

Article is right on the mark. Who cares if the engine at WOT has a gazillion HP and that the car can navigate a Formula I track at high speed when the most you'll ever do is 80 mph on a tame section of interstate. It's all a sales and marketing ploy. Fact is, an old Ford Escort had plenty of power for the type of driving that 99% or more of us do on a daily basis.



Just my opinion folks. Everybody's got one.