“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This famous George Orwell dictum is paradoxically true(r) when it comes to horses. Not the four-legged cart-pulling draft mammalians of the Equus genus, but the type that falls under the British-originated definition of mechanical work: the horsepower.
James Watt gets primary credit for the widespread of this unit of measurement. We honor him today by using his name to express engine power unequivocally – in kilowatts. But the humble horsepower is the informal – and very much used – means of discriminating between piston yield.
Returning to the opening sentence of the story, imagine the following equation: 450 hp - is it more than 450 hp, or less than 450 hp? The repetition is not randomly shoved in this story, for it bears the key to opening the chest of knowledge to tell why Audi beat BMW and Mercedes.
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