Automakers SUPERCHARGED about turbos Final Edition

In the first quarter this year, 42 car and truck models were available with turbocharged engines -- 16.3 per cent of the 258 models available, according to the Power Information Network, an affiliate of J.D. Power and Associates. That's up from 28 turbo models in the first quarter of 2002, or 1...

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Published inCalgary herald
Main Author James R. Healey and Earle Eldridge
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Calgary, Alta Postmedia Network Inc 28.05.2004
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Summary:In the first quarter this year, 42 car and truck models were available with turbocharged engines -- 16.3 per cent of the 258 models available, according to the Power Information Network, an affiliate of J.D. Power and Associates. That's up from 28 turbo models in the first quarter of 2002, or 11.3 per cent of 248 models. R.L. Polk data show that 317,603 turbocharged cars were newly registered in the U.S. last year, 4.1 per cent of all new cars. n Automakers wonder whether U.S. buyers, accustomed to torque- rich V-8 and large V-6 engines, will accept smaller, turbocharged six-cylinder and four-cylinder engines. Colour Photo: Courtesy, Subaru / Turbocharged Subaru Forester XT is as quick as it needs to be.; Colour Photo: Calgary Herald archive / The 2004 Dodge SRT-4 features a turbocharged 2.4-litre engine pumping out 230 horsepower. American automakers are testing the market for turbocharged engines.
ISSN:0828-1815