NOT better. Just bigger bragging rights. What gets me is how it fly's in the face of usefullness. More traffic, and more untrained, unqualified owners. Maybe 1% of owners track their cars so where and how is one to use this power? Only in the mind of an over testosteroned 16 year old comparing the latest performance ratings in Car and Driver I'm affraid....(Oh yeah I used to do that ) The insanity of it all is that even econobox cars start all their advertising with HP ratings as if that's the first thing on peoples mind...Then it goes on from there. I guess you've got to stay way ahead of a Toyota Camry.

Throw in auto safety, energy conservation, etc. At worst it's total irresponsibility from the car makers. I don't get it, but maybe I'm becoming an old fuddy duddy Will be interesting to see just when they cap it off though