Glossary / General

BHP

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Too Afraid to Ask

BHP means Brake Horsepower, which measures how powerful an engine is. It tells you how much power the engine can produce.

Technical Definition

BHP stands for Brake Horsepower, a unit of measurement for engine power. It indicates the engine's output before losses from the drivetrain are taken into account.

Hear It Discussed

"The top spec one is going to have 900 BHP."
News from the Munich motor show and our partnership with Bicester Motion #279 The Intercooler 12:00

"The turbo, we were in F1, we're up to 1300 BHP in qualifying. He said he had the business of feathering the throttle down to a fine art in complete contrast"
BMW's Alpina plans, a five-star roadster, Prior's Morgan My week in cars: the Autocar podcast 41:19

"I think 355 bhp, if I remember rightly. Which was a good output back then."
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