Familiar Horsepower Rating No Longer Standard; Small-Engine Makers May Cite Torque, Cubic Centimeters or Nothing at All

The Washington Post | February 16, 2008| | Copyright

For buyers of lawn and garden equipment this spring, a familiar old term -- horsepower -- will be missing from many engines.

Blame it on lawyers, or on engine makers who might have fudged the numbers, but horsepower is no longer the gold standard for small gasoline engines.

Sears, for example, now advertises some lawn mowers rated by horsepower, others by torque and still others by cubic centimeters. Some mowers have no designation at all.

"Unfortunately, we are not giving consumers the answers they want," said Bill Rotter, a Milwaukee-area hardware store owner.

There's no longer a ...

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