Eli5: 2 cars have the same Horsepower but different engine in terms of displacement (2.0L TDI vs 3.0L TDI) but what difference does it make and which one is better?

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Eli5: 2 cars have the same Horsepower but different engine in terms of displacement (2.0L TDI vs 3.0L TDI) but what difference does it make and which one is better?

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Answer 1

Put your hands on a door knob. Hold it as right as you can. Now slowly twist it, as hard as you can! This is “torque”. Now… So the same thing, but try and turn it as fast as you can as well… This is horsepower.

So a friend of yours might have a lighter grip, but can turn it faster… Thus it offsets your tighter grip. This is horsepower.

So in really simplified terms, the higher revving am engine you have, the higher horelsepower engine you have. Versus, if you have a lower rpm engine, you have to have high torque, to equal it out.