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I'm not an engineer nor particularly bright but the problem with the original question is that horsepower and torque are two different types of classifications of energy. And engine designers can choose to design engines to have maximum horsepower or maximum torque greater or lesser then the other. And they can design that at different points on an RPM table how horsepower and torque rise and fall almost independent of the other.

Certainly with artificial charging of the intake and fuel efficiency - getting the car up to cruising speed as efficiently as possible and other factors, you may see trends in the figures such as many cars having higher torque then horsepower - but I'm not convinced that is the case.

antych I was posting while you were posting and wouldn't have responded if had known of your post