What is torque in cars/vehicles? And why do pickups have such low hp but alot of torque?

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What is torque in cars/vehicles? And why do pickups have such low hp but alot of torque?

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An answer I haven’t see is that horsepower is the torque times the rpm of the engine. Trucks are tuned to have torque at lower rpm’s so they can tow heavy objects at a lower engine speed. A Lamborghini can also tow a heavy trailer, but they would have to do it at a higher RPM than a truck would, which would put more stress on an engine.