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I remember owing a OHC in 1999,it was written 90BHP on the brochure,and now when i bought the Hyundai Getz 2007 its 83PS.

What is the difference between BHP and PS,how do one calculate this thing???

1 PS = 75 kilopond·metre/second ~= 735.5 newton·m/s ~= 735.5 W ~= 0.7355 kW ~= 0.98632 hp

I got it from here

Horsepower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yup - here is the post on the same conversion I had posted earlier :http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/927640-post17.html

and the difference is in the standards followed by various companies/ countries just like the Mile and Km thing.

I think it is 1PS = 1.015 BHP.. but I may have forgotten :-(

It's correct. PS, i believe stands for Pferdest rke and is the German for Horse power. Looking at the conversion(.98 against 1), one can assume that the German horses are weaker than European ones.lol:

I guess nowadays companies are sticking to PS since it turns out to be 1-2 more than bhp. Eg. i10 Kappa: 80PS. Psychologically 80 sounds more than 78.x.

In German; PS = Pferd (Horse) Stärke (power)

BHP is the British system and PS is used as metric system

1 PS = 75 kg x 1 g (9.8065 mts/sec2) x 1 mtr/sec = 735.4875 Watts

1 BHP is about 746 Watts

To avoid confusion, some countries are using SI units for Power (Kilowatt)

Why can't the industry use one standard format accross the board ? Life would be much simpler. I think HP is the most widely understood & accepted term. If all companies stick to that, comparisons would be far simpler !!

Instead of BHP / HP / PS / Kw..etc etc




Cheers

1 PS = 0.986 HP

1 HP = 1.014 PS

bhp is the real thing (team bhp) while PS(photoshopped) is what you get to make it more pleasing. 78bhp = 90PS. See.