Engine

• The 1992 STS featured a 4.9-liter V-8 engine. It had a bore of 4.0 inches, a stroke of 3.0 inches and a compression ratio of 9 to 1. Bore refers to the diameter of the engine's eight cylinders, and stroke refers to the distance that the pistons, housed in the cylinders, move during operation.
  
  

Torque

• The 1992 Seville STS could produce 275 pound-feet of torque at 3,000 revolutions per minute. Torque refers to the total amount of work that an engine can perform. Vehicles that can produce high torque at low rpms, like trucks and performance vehicles, are considered to be more powerful.
  
  

Horsepower

• This sedan produced 200 horsepower at 4,100 revolutions per minute. Horsepower is a rate-based measurement of how quickly the engine can perform work.