Re: Torque vs. Horsepower

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 02 1999 - 20:43:55 EST


At 03:17 PM 4/2/99 , you wrote:
>There was a killer article in that last issue of Car and Driver or
>MotorTrend last month
>(since I get both, I don't recall which one) on this subject. The
>article was called Torque Monsters. It featured the top 10 Torque
>makers from various auto makers. Torque Monsters was printed in lime
>green letters in big letters on the cover with a picture of a white
>Viper GTS with blue racing strips. You could probably find it at a
>large grocery store or book store, or perhaps online through the
>internet.
>

  I believe that was Motor Trend. A friend of mine showed that to me. The
funny thing is that the #1 "torque monster" was a luxury car. :-) A
Bentley I believe... (I don't remember the number, but it was a lot for a
stock automobile.) :-)

                                               -Jon-

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