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More torque, delivered more evenly throughout the rpm range, is GOOD. Peaky torque, delivered on a broad-sweep bell curve is less desirable for most driving situation, excepting perhaps a suitably optimized drag car.
Torque is what pulls/pushes you down the road in day-to-day driving. If you have more torque on a relatively flat plain, with the chance of improved mpgs., winner-winner-chicken dinner! Until you factor in co$t. Perhaps.
Horsepower, alone, is for bar bets and 'net chatter. Seldom fully usable on the street, daily, without paying a huge price at the pump. Moving forward, pump-paying (CAFE) is a strong(er) consideration. The Feds are telling us that, and we'll be obliged to adapt. That's part of the reason why the GT500's engine will not carry over to the Gen-6 EuroStang.
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