HORSEPOWER
Just cracking on with the new book, and couldn't resist putting this up on the blog - a page from an old Mercedes-Benz catalogue making good use of the 75 horses under the bonnet as a positive sales point.

The British and Americans always tend to measure engine output in HP (standing for horsepower) or BHP (brake horsepower), while Continental Europe often uses PS (originating from the German word, Pferdestärke) as a unit, which translates into the same thing in English, and is very similar as a measurement, too. And remember the Citroen 2CV - CV is an abbreviation of chevaux, which is the French word for horses.