When you consider how horsepower figures have increased over recent years, the result would look something like a mountain on a graph. The auto industry went through a phase where horsepower was increasing steadily, only for those performance figures suddenly to shoot skyward with no signs of a peak.
In many respects today, horsepower is the headline metric for manufacturers, and it's one of the easiest ways for them to signal superiority. Many companies use four-digit horsepower outputs to suggest they are masters of speed, and the 1,000-hp car is no longer a fantasy but a product available today from many OEMs.
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