{"id":577860,"date":"2010-05-25T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/horsepower-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts\/"},"modified":"2010-05-25T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T16:01:00","slug":"engine-power-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts-about-the-horsepower-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/577860","title":{"rendered":"Engine power has increased 112% since 1980&#8230; and other fun facts about the Horsepower Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/etc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Etc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/horsepower-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/hpwarsopt.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>The Horsepower Wars &#8211; Click above to view <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/horsepower-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts\/#continued\">infographic<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 7px;\"> <script> var digg_url = 'http:\/\/digg.com\/autos\/Size_Always_Matters_Horsepower_Wars_1960_Present_Graphic'; <\/script> <script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/api\/diggthis.js\"><\/script><\/span> In this day and age, even the average sedan is packing some serious heat under the hood. It didn&#8217;t use to be like this and there was a time when even &#8220;sports cars&#8221; were listed under 150 horsepower. For those unfamiliar with the history behind the horsepower wars, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/horsepower-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts\/#continued\">follow the jump<\/a> for an infographic primer from the 1960s to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoinsurance.org\/\">Auto Insurance<\/a> for Autoblog.com]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/horsepower-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Engine power has increased 112% since 1980&#8230; and other fun facts about the Horsepower Wars<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/25\/horsepower-has-increased-112-since-1980-and-other-fun-facts\/\">Engine power has increased 112% since 1980&#8230; and other fun facts about the Horsepower Wars<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 25 May 2010 11:01:00 EST.  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It didn&#8217;t use to be like this and there was a time when even &#8220;sports cars&#8221; were listed under 150 horsepower. 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