Power Graph

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I recently purchased a new (pre-owned) car and was amazed at how much power it had. That got me wondering what a graph of the power from all my cars would look like over time. So...

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 '91 '93 '95 '97 '99 '01 '03 '05 '07 '09 '11 '13 '15 '17 '19 '21 '23 '25
The chart compares Horsepower (HP) and Torque (lbs/ft) over time.

I've excluded details about the particular cars to make sure I'm not giving away to much PII, but I will say that the first car was a Geo Metro that I bought after a summer job. It had a measly 52 hoursepower and only 39 lbs/ft of torque.

The new car has a 365 horsepower and 309 lbs/ft of torque. A 700% increase in horsepower and a 800% in torque! No wonder I was amazed.

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