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500 horsepower

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Horsepower tells you how strong the engine is. 500 horsepower means the car can do a lot of work and go fast, like many sports cars.

Technical Definition

Horsepower is a unit of power that measures how much work an engine can do per second; 500 horsepower indicates a very powerful vehicle, roughly equivalent to the output of a high-performance sports car.

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