Sometimes one horsepower is enough.
Merriam Webster defines horsepower as one of the following. The most outrageous definition is “a unit power equal in the U.S.A to 746 Watts and almost equivalent to the English gravitational units of the same name, which equals 550 feet-pounds work per second.” The simplest definition is “effective power.” We will use this article to discuss the first definition, which is “the power a horse exerts in pulling”. This is real horsepower. If you ever wanted to know what it looks like, you can find it here.
According to oust France, a hatchback got stuck in a shallow ditch at an equestrian event held in Lamballe in northwest France. Our automotive-crazy brains don’t know what kind of horse it is. However, we still love how magnificent it looks in this clip, despite its poor video quality and damp conditions. Jerome Mouret’s Facebook gives a slightly better view.
However, we recognize the rear of the hatchback as a Euro-spec Ford Focus. Although we don’t know the motives of the driver while they navigated this field, it appears that the five-door front-wheel-drive hatchback zigzagged in the wrong direction and ended up getting stuck in the mud. There was at least one horse present with bulging muscles and a desire to demonstrate how ineffective modern horseless carriages are. The beautiful horse manages to free the car from its soggy confinement with a minimal effort.
This video will make you reconsider the notion of horsepower. Perhaps Merriam-Webster should add to its definition. enough power for a poor hatchback to escape from a grassy grave .