With the startling power of its twin rotors and its 200-horsepower engine behind my shoulder blades screaming like an army of leaf blowers, it felt almost as if I were doing the lifting myself, with muscles I did not know I had.
On a bike that was considered unrideable due to its excessive horsepower, Roberts came from behind on the two-stroke, and overtook the factory Harley-Davidson duo of Corky Keener and Jay Springsteen on the last lap for one of the most famous wins in American dirt track racing history.
With big data analytics changing rapidly and straining information structures, corporations and governments need what McKinsey calls "executive horsepower" or "top-management muscle" behind its data initiatives.
Walk-behind lawn mowers have doubled in horsepower since 1987.
The SP 01 is powered by a 201 horsepower (150 kW) electric motor mounted behind the passenger cabin.
They don't care about the meaning behind a certain brand, and they don't have the proper understanding for things such as skid pad and slalom testing, horsepower per liter or the engineering behind driving dynamics -- so what could they possibly know?
Turn the key and wait an instant for the rasp of the starter motor, then the booming brap-brap-brap of exhaust and then a settled hum of that 580-horsepower V-12 behind your head.
BMW's goal is to put Zanardi behind the wheel of this 500+ horsepower M4 for 2019 DTM races, and on the grid for the Daytona 24 Hours in Florida next February.
The 400-pound T-shaped pack provides 16 kilowatt-hours of electricity (equivalent to 21 horsepower for one hour), and is nestled between and behind the seats.
