5 Reasons You Shouldn't Care About Horsepower (As Much)

Yes in my country. Toll road speed limit in my country is 90km/h. So, high hp cars are useless here.

At the end of the day, if you are willing to give up safety so much for the sake of little fun, don't waste your money on a cute, little car and get yourself a decent sportsbike. You'll endanger yourself even further, but will have enough fun to die for.

I love just how wildly this whole video doesn't matter to motorbikes =) Traction limited on a bike.. not a thing, generally. I have over 200hp at the wheel and it still only spins in the wet. MORE POWAA BABY!

You heathen! You need to take that back and repent!!

Another excellent video.

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Thanks Jason. I bought a Subaru spec B liberty ( legacy to you Americans) instead of a gen3 powered commodore ( your Chevy SS) because of the better usable power, better traction etc. Dave (Australia).

Miata, Lotus… MR2 seem to be some of the lighter cars to have fun with (Im excluding CRX only because im focusing on RWD or AWD). So what else is there? MR2 and Miata are easy to find affordable. Lol not Lotus.. just curious what anyone elses input would be on this.

@2:30 this analogy that my car is quicker to 60 I think also is overrated, now, people think more of 0-60 numbers rather than actual car feel, driving experience, this and design should be our goal, not like electric cars, so what if an electric out accelerates a normal ICE car, the sounds, power delivery, the amount of uncertainty of what the car will do next is what defines – in my opinion – what car enthusiasts truly are/should be

Realistically, 300 HP in a typical 3k lb vehicle is more than enough to have a good time with. Big power does not equal good overall performance. I'd rather have a 400 hp 911 than a 700 hp hellcat any day of the week.

In terms of weight, what about its weight distribution and center of gravity? How do they affect the car’s handling characteristics?

Narrator: Next episode of 5 Reasons You Shouldn't Care, Jason will talk about rear wheel drive.

My BMW 328i is heavily modified and makes 300 peak whp and 350 peak lb-ft of torque.. All I'm saying is that, for a street car, especially a daily driver, that is plenty of power.. It pulls very hard from 0-100mph

Did this man just say having a turbocharged engine is boring vs na

My favorite point is the usable power. Like you said the advertised number is the peak, usually close to redline, and most of us don't redline every time they drive on the road. All that said, a modern turbo car is nice because of the high torque at lower revs. My Fusion is more fun at 2500-4500 than up over 5500-6000.

Horse power is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.

love this guy !

how can we calculate how much HP and torque has to have an engine to drive a car that weights 1500 kg and
1) we have only one gear
2) that engine has the same HP and TORQUE at all the rpm range
3)we speak about a normal car (10-12sec for 0-100 kph) not for a super car

Less on horsepower for fun, I’d replace that with “can it do a burnout well?”