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Originally Posted by quikag
I'm really starting to wonder now if Subaru/Toyota intentionally sandbagged the horsepower number for insurance reasons (lower premiums potentially) and to not step on the toes of the 4 cylinder Supra.
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Not sure it is sandbagging, but maybe some other regulatory hoops they need to jump through.
A few years ago I was on GTI forum and there was a similar discussion because the MK6 seemed to generate 10~20HP more than it was officially rated. It was mentioned that German law stated you had to use the numbers from the lowest tested engine, not the average of multiple tested engines, or the highest. If true, it explains why the Germans always seem to slightly underrate their HP numbers. Maybe the Japanese are taking a similar path?