Do you shop for horsepower or torque? Different factors matter when buying a car, depending on the buyer’s needs, preferences, and budget. Some shoppers look for maximum seating room and the highest ...

Whether you’re reading about V8 pickups or electric sedans, the concept of torque is critical to understanding the capabilities of a car. Torque often takes a back seat to horsepower when it comes to ...

Joe is a classically trained journalist who’s been writing about the auto industry and car culture for 40 years, steering the editorial direction of prominent Canadian magazines such as World of ...

Alongside the top speed and the dash from zero to sixty, horsepower is often what, on paper at least, makes one car seem ...

There is an old adage saying that 'horsepower sells cars, torque wins races.' No, it wasn't said by a truck driver but by Carroll Shelby himself. As true as that saying is, torque doesn't do much ...

While horsepower carries the car to high top speeds, torque is mainly responsible for moving the car quickly off the line. Torque is instrumental in providing great acceleration times and winning drag ...

torque is a force. horsepower is the rate at which the engine does work. Really, all the engine's peak torque, and the RPM at which it produces it tells you is the general operating characteristics of ...

As we slowly inch closer to the new Toyota Supra’s full, uncamouflaged reveal early next year, more details on the upcoming sports car continue to come to light. Thanks to a report by Autocar, we now ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...