What is horsepower and torque and how do they relate to a car being fast or a truck having a towing capacity?

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What is horsepower and torque and how do they relate to a car being fast or a truck having a towing capacity?

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Truck drivers will tell you that torque gets you up a hill. Horsepower gets you speeding tickets. That is, increasing torque gives you more power. Increasing horsepower makes you go faster.

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