If a 2,300 kg car is accelerating at 16 m/s^2, what is the force it is producing?

Force = (mass) x (acceleration)

In order to acceleratethe car at that rate, a force of

(2,300 kg) x (16 m/s²) = 36,800 newtons

(about 8,270 pounds ... 4.14 tons!)

has to be coming from somewhere ... presumably from the straining,

screaming, smoking engine under the hood.

The force it might apply to an object it runs into will depend on the

shape and composition of that object.