push ... horses

I can't imagine what else it could mean. That's just comically bad writing. Don't worry about it.

Oh. You mean it's not written the way YOU write, so it's not just bad, it's comically bad. I see.

It comes close to delivering 1200 horsepower. I don't know anything about engines, so I can't explain "horsepower" but you can look it up if you care.

The main point "this is a very powerful truck."

BarbaraPAOh. You mean it's not written the way YOU write, so it's not just bad, it's comically bad. I see.

You don't push horses. It's a funny image. The writer was not trying to be funny. That's bad. But if you wrote it, I apologize.

Thank both of you. I just wanted to know if this is a common expression. Could we say than "a vehicle deliveres 500 horsepower"?

I did not write it.
But it *is* suitable writing for the audience.

Guess what? "Horses" can mean horsepower. The fact that your mind can only conceive of a person pushing an actual horse doesn't make the writing comical.

I have zero expectation that you will ever concede that something other than what you would do might possibly be not only correct but actually a suitable

BarbaraPAI did not write it. But it *is* suitable writing for the audience. Guess what? "Horses" can mean horsepower. The fact that your mind can only conceive of a person pushing an actual horse doesn't make the writing comical. I have zero expectation that you will ever concede that something other than what you would do might possibly be not only correct but actually a

There is a point of idiom here that got obscured. To say that something is pushing a limit requires the progressive aspect. For example, a lot of the people in this forum are pushing 70. That means that their age is nearly 70, late 60s. You cannot say that they push 70.

Probably this is what the author wanted to say. Anyway a good idea.