>Plus there are North American engines that make over
>500lb/ft of torque, find me a euro vehicle with those numbers.

Perhaps you need to watch the UK TV program Fifth Gear, where they took a 
stock brand new Bentley car down to a drag strip. It blasted whatever Yank 
Tank it was pitted against into the weeds - and not just by a car length or 
two, it was a significant portion of the 1/4 mile.

However to be fair, while the car it ran against was of US origin, no claims 
were made for what motor was fitted, but I would have thought that anyone 
doing normal drag racing would have had some form of large V8 with super 
charger. 

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