Same engine available with different power outputs

[u0362565]

Hi all,

I've started looking into buying a car and noticed that on some models you can get the same capacity engine but with different power outputs e.g. 1.25L 60bhp or 1.25L 80bhp. If it is indeed the same engine what is actually tweaked to enable the higher bhp? Also not all adverts say which version of the engine it is, do some ads just omit the info but they do have it or potentially they don't know? In which case what's the easiest way to find out which bhp version it is?

Thanks for the help!
Matt

[u0362565]

Hi all,

Thanks for the info. I did find an app that gives the bhp value, this is assuming the reg plate is listed on the Ad. I did think that a difference of 20bhp wouldn't make that much difference to performance but evidently from the 0-60 times it can make a difference of seconds, whether you can feel the difference when driving the cars is another thing. Especially speaking from someone who doesn't have years of experience of driving lots of different cars.

Thanks again

[u0362565]

Thanks for all the comments, i'll be looking more closely at the the engine models and outputs now!