Horsepower Rises Through the Years as U.S. Car Buyers Feel Need for Speed.

The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | November 4, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: Terry Box

Nov. 4--This is supposed to be the start of the auto industry's green era, a quiet time of whispery hybrids and oh-so-correct alternative fuels.

But the high technology that is helping keep emissions in check is also ushering in a thunderous new age of pavement-pounding horsepower. Nothing in the storied muscle-car '60s -- not the legendary Ford Shelby Cobra, the mighty Hemi or the ferocious big-block Corvette -- even approaches the power in today's super cars.

Over the last few years, cars at the very top of the automobile world ...

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