The practice of measuring a car engine's overall strength in horsepower dates all the way back to 18th-century Scotland, when James Watt invented the steam engine and devised a metric to measure its ...

If speed kills, do brakes give life? That's the million-dollar question. Turbo magazine has always been at the forefront of generating horsepower. On the flip side, many of us often overlook the ...

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The actual amount of power produced within an engine, as based on an indicator diagram derived from an oscilloscope or other special instrument that makes a drawing of the events occurring in the ...

The 426 HEMI V8 that powers several classic Mopar muscle cars, including the 1969 Dodge Charger, gets a lot of attention. That's understandable with its 425 brake horsepower and 490 lb-ft of torque.

Left-foot braking eliminates throttle lag in automatic cars by keeping the engine spooled up during braking for instant acceleration response.

With the order books opening in January 2015, the X117 is one of the most highly-anticipated new models made by the three-pointed star. Revealed back in November, the CLA Shooting Brake is just as ...