What’s the difference between 200Nm Torque @ 3400RPM of impact wrench vs similar torque figures generated by a car’s engine?

Question

I was watching some power tools and came across an impact wrench made by Bosch, it had 200NM of Torque at 3400 RPM which is close to 120 BHP which is way too much for a tool that weigh only 1200 grams, many small cars don’t generate that much of torque and power, Suzuki Swift for example. So I was wondering what’s the difference between the torque/power generated by both of them?

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Yeah, the two statements shoved into one is what’s getting you. The tool can probably hit around 3400rpm when there’s no tool on it. And it can probably produce around 200Nm of torque during the impact at very low speed. They will never happen at the same time, unlike happens in a car, where a car’s peak torque is measured at that continuous rpm.