"You're using examples that barely exist in the real world"
No I'm not. I have a 110hp motorcycle with 4 cylinders (CBR 600RR), and a 30hp motorcycle with one cylinder (Royal Enfield Continental GT). They behave mostly the same, with comparable performance and torque, up to 6000rpm. Then the 1 cylinder reaches to top rpm. The 4 cylinders one starts to deliver the extra 3/4 of torque from 7000 rpm. I enjoy riding both, in different moods.
> They behave mostly the same, with comparable performance and torque, up to 6000rpm
...so , you are confirming what I said. A bike with 30hp performs similarly to a bike with 110hp. - UNTIL the Enfield hits it's rev limit, at which point you can't really compare them because one physically can't do what the other does.
"...so , you are confirming what I said. A bike with 30hp performs similarly to a bike with 110hp."
Look bro, I don't want to argue indefinitely. They really do not perform similarly. My point is that HP is not a perfect index of performance, but being it TxRVM, it includes rough information about power snapshots (torque) and power range (RVM), and it is therefore more informative, and therefore more appropriate to describe engine performance that torque only. If you are arguing that before buying a vehicle you should take a look to its power delivery curve first, yep, that's what's more informative than torque, and hp. In absence of the curve, and being in need of indexing with a single number, hp (number) is more informative than torque (number).
No I'm not. I have a 110hp motorcycle with 4 cylinders (CBR 600RR), and a 30hp motorcycle with one cylinder (Royal Enfield Continental GT). They behave mostly the same, with comparable performance and torque, up to 6000rpm. Then the 1 cylinder reaches to top rpm. The 4 cylinders one starts to deliver the extra 3/4 of torque from 7000 rpm. I enjoy riding both, in different moods.