On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 17:40 -0700, Vitaliy wrote:
> I'm helping a friend write an ad copy, and we can't decide whether we should 
> say
> 
> "- Measure engine power", or
> "- Measure engine horsepower"
> 
> >From what I know, the tendency in Europe is to use kilowatts instead of 
> horsepower.. 

The "official" unit for energy in Europe should be watts (kilowatts). 

That said, for cars bhp (brake horse power) is still used predominantly
(at least in my limited experience). Note that the hp figures in NA
differ from those in Europe since North America measures horse power at
the flywheel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

The confusing bit for me is while the imperial measurement is used for
power on cars, for torque they use the metric measure Newton-meters. In
North America we still use foot-pounds. So while I can compare cars in
Europe on a HP basis, I have no "feel" for the torque numbers they spec
over there.

TTYL

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