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Features - USA - Missing Horses
USA -Forbes, by Steve Kichen -5 Oct 2005: -- For years auto scribes have questioned why Japanese V-6s, such as the 270 horsepower motor in the 2005 Acura TL sedan, seemed more powerful than many American V-8s. Now we have some answers... Acura and other automakers had to restate power ratings in order to conform to a new standard promoted by the Society of Automotive Engineers, a professional technical organization... "The committee took a look at the existing horsepower standard and found areas open to interpretation", ... Under the previous documentation, companies had more latitude in the testing process to select fuel grades, fiddle with electronic control units or exclude accessories like power steering. "The new standard has no ambiguities,"...
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