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Originally Posted by Lobb
Torque at the flywheel is not a very helpful measure. One must consider gearing, or more accurately the thrust at the wheels. Thus manufacturers of diesel cars will market the big torque numbers to gullible punters.
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Correct, which is why I put my rwhp/rwtq numbers and pointed that out. Also some engines have short spikes of power, so their numbers are big but they don't have usable power throughout the full rpm range, so motors with smaller flatter numbers could actually be faster as they have more power for longer amounts of rpm.