jmtandem wrote:
With motorcycles the manufacturer's compete with HP, same thing with most high performance cars. The Viper has 500 HP, the Mustang 600, etc. If you want to find the torque values you often have to dig for them. Lycoming and Continental light plane engines are rated by HP.
You can also include class 8 trucks in that list. Cummins engines are named by their HP (350, 400, 444, 500). So, yeah, the pickup truck manufacturers tout what sells or what they can claim is higher than their competitors not always what matters alone..
Edit: Add locomotives too. They tend to pull pretty decent loads:
http://www.getransportation.com/locomotives/locomotives/evolution
