It was 1981 and they were trying to meet CAFE standards. That's why everything had low horsepower back then. It was a different time.
I'm sure the HP figure for the 500 after 1971 wasn't much better. Don't know the figure off hand though.
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16th Oct 2014, 18:54
It was 1981 and they were trying to meet CAFE standards. That's why everything had low horsepower back then. It was a different time.