Quote Originally Posted by Ben View Post
Horsepower isn’t always everything. You can get something like an Abarth 595 which if I recall is about 130bhp and it’ll leave your American monster cars for dead around French roads.
Not trying to compare a Crown Victoria to a Polo here. Like to like, there seem to be big differences:

French Civic: one engine option with 140 hp
US Civic: 160 hp, 180 hp, and 200 hp options

Don't get me wrong, I love small cars (own an Abarth [] myself), but even then the differences are there, just like the Miata example above