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Originally Posted by robnitro
No, torque doesn't accelerate you.
Torque is instantaneous force. You can weigh 200 lbs, use a 2 ft long bar on a wheel and be putting 400ft lbs at 0 rpm on the wheel and barely move the car.
Horsepower is force that can be done in a time period.
Horsepower does because of gearing which can keep the engine at an rpm where it's at max hp.
Hp=torque x (rpm/5252)
That's why you use the hp curve to determine acceleration, not torque.
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Hmmm, I'd always heard it as, "Torque gets you up to speed, horespower keeps you there." And although I know that the Internet is full of misinformation, I didn't have any trouble finding similar statements with the help of Google, so color me confused..
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Originally Posted by TriX5
The 35d has been evolving, while looking for a replacement for my '09 35d, I drove a bunch of 2015s and 16s as well as Cayenne diesels and the newer (more modern) diesels are significantly quicker. (Decided to get a Cayenne S in the end)..
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Interesting, I thought I remembered Car and Driver saying the 2014 X5 35d was a tad 'slower' than the Model it replaced..
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