Why don't most car manufactures just add more torque too their engines and have less horsepower, not really less. Take Bentley for example the Arnage 500 hp and 1000 Nm. True the car weighs a ton.

Why not have like a 200 hp with like a nice amount of torque?

Too me it feels like a stupid question.

 

i think some clarification of horsepower vs torque is needed here

heres a good read
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/020327.htm

 

horsepower sell cars

 

You can't have tons of one and not enough of the other. Take the Jetta TDI for example. It has tons of torque for a compact car but ~100hp. As a result, it takes 13.1 seconds to get to 60.

 

True, and torque sells trucks.

 

because then nobody would buy diesels

 

Bingo.................