The other 10 % you'll wish for about 50 more horsepower because we've all been spoiled
by turbocharged cars and we expect plenty of passing power.
Not exact matches
The
car, which will campaign in the remainder of the Pirelli World Challenge Series, will use a unique twin -
turbocharged V - 6 engine developed
by Honda Performance Development.
The hot Swift has switched to
turbocharged power — a first — using a slightly - modified version of the 1.4 - litre four - cylinder Booster Jet engine from the Suzuki Vitara S. Peak power is up
by 4bhp over the old
car, arriving earlier in the rev range at 5500rpm.
The Ford Fiesta EcoBoost is powered
by a 1.0 - liter,
turbocharged three - cylinder that nets an impressive 45 mpg on the highway, higher than any other non-hybrid, gasoline - powered
car on the market.
It will likely be powered
by a version of McLaren's new 4.0 - liter twin -
turbocharged V - 8 from the new 720S mated to hybrid gear and should be the most powerful
car the company has ever built.
It's possible that we were seduced
by the power of VW's E888
turbocharged engine, as it delivers 180 lb - ft of torque — more than enough to keep this 3071 - pound
car sailing along pretty effortlessly.
The responsive engines might not be the last word in visceral thrills - and they don't punch like one of Honda's old VTEC units - but the raspy exhaust, responses unsullied
by turbocharging, plus a fantastically snappy gearshift have the ability to make even a drive to the shops more fun than many other
cars.
The next V8 Vantage will be lighter, sportier, and better handling than the current
car, and it will be powered
by a twin -
turbocharged 4.0 - liter V - 8 supplied
by technology partner, Mercedes - AMG.
The motors in the GTE combine to give the
car 201bhp, the brunt of which is produced
by the four - cylinder 1.4 - litre
turbocharged engine.
The road
car will be powered
by a 4.4 - litre twin -
turbocharged V8 that produces 789bhp, will have a 0 - 62mph time of less than three seconds and is expected to lap the Nurburgring in approximately 6:30 sec.
Acceleration is fierce, accompanied
by a wailing,
turbocharged whoosh that you seldom hear outside of highly boosted Subaru rally
cars.
The second and third Vision GT
cars created
by Peugeot, the L500R and L750R are both based around a highly - tuned version of Peugeot's 1.6 - litre
turbocharged four - cylinder - both boosted
by electric assistance to overall outputs of 493bhp and 750bhp respectively.
A press release claims the
car is powered
by an AMG twin -
turbocharged V - 8 — likely the 5.5 - liter used in the majority of AMG 63 - series models — that provides 577 hp and 590 lb - ft of torque.
The twin motors are supplied with current
by either a 20 kw / h battery pack (which is incorporated into the central «backbone» of the
car) or
by a 2.0 - litre
turbocharged petrol engine turning a DC generator.
We don't yet know in which
car the first small - displacement
turbocharged four - cylinder will be used, but at least one
turbocharged Honda vehicle will debut
by the end of this year.
Like the
cars by which it is bookended, the McLaren 650S uses a twin -
turbocharged 3.8 - liter V - 8 engine.
Alfa Romeo says this is the fastest time around the «Ring for
cars packing less than 250 hp; the Alfa Romeo 4C is powered
by a 240 hp, 1.7 - liter
turbocharged four - cylinder engine mated with a six - speed dual - clutch transmission.
Each
car is powered
by a 2.0 - liter
turbocharged V - 6 engine, making about 500 hp for just 1500 pounds or so.
Under the new GT's long bonnet will sit the current 626bhp twin -
turbocharged 6 - litre W12 engine (a fact confirmed
by the «12» motif on the prototype's front wing), although we expect V8 and hybridised options to be available later in the
car's model cycle.
The unapologetically aggressive styling of the updated Geneva show
car, pictured above, wouldn't hurt either, particularly if it's backed
by one of Subaru's explosive
turbocharged engines.
The 919 is powered
by a 2.0 - liter
turbocharged V - 4 engine that produces 493 horsepower in conjunction with two separate energy recovery systems that feed the
car's lithium - ion battery powering the front axle.
We weren't initially convinced
by Aston Martin's new era of
turbocharged cars when it launched the DB11 V12.
Audi says the TT cup race
car is powered
by a 2.0 - liter
turbocharged I - 4 making 306 hp, which is the same output as the road - going Audi TTS.
In the new
car the 3.2 - litre has been replaced
by a 2 - litre
turbocharged four - cylinder engine producing about 270bhp.
Stiffer, lower and stripped back, the Cup
car is powered
by an uprated version of the 1.8 - litre
turbocharged engine found in the road
car, producing an extra 18bhp.
Race 2 once again demonstrated the considerable advantage of
turbocharged cars at the long and fast Donington GP circuit, with the two Vectras of Jordan and Nash taking first and second, shortly followed
by Matt Neal in the Civic.
What's more, the duck - tailed 2.7 RS I passed
by on the way in from the
car park is merely a distant memory, and as for the newly minted
turbocharged Carrera in the adjacent room, well, frankly I couldn't give a toss.
But the S1 deserves attention, offering a compelling combination of a compact footprint, muscular 2 - litre
turbocharged engine, and something not offered
by any other
car in this sector — all - wheel drive.
Essentially an underbored version of the 2927cc unit used
by the 308 and Mondial, the capacity of the GTO's engine was arrived at because, once multiplied
by the FIA's 1.4 «equivalency factor» for
turbocharged cars, it would see the new Ferrari squeeze neatly under the 4 - litre engine - size limit.
Optima SX Don't be fooled
by the lack of two cylinders; Kia's
turbocharged four - cylinder gives the Optima SX the acceleration of a V - 6 family
car — torque steer and all, noted one editor.
The
car is powered
by the EJ20
turbocharged flat - four from Subaru's BRZ GT300, which competes in Super GT, a Japan - based racing series.
Honda's decision to return to the world of Formula 1 comes as regulations require all F1
cars to switch to
turbocharged 1.6 - liter V - 6 engines
by next year.
If these 4WD
turbocharged cars are so great how come they were matched, or even beaten in some cases,
by Group F2 (2 liter non turbo, 2 wheel drive
cars also known as kit
cars belonging to the FIA A7 class).
The new crop of C63s begins arriving in U.S. showrooms this March starting with the sedan that will be offered in two flavors: The C63 and the even hotter C63 S. Both are powered
by a 4.0 - liter twin -
turbocharged V8 closely related to the engine that powers the aforementioned GT sports
car, which features a «hot inside V» layout for the two turbochargers, meaning they're mounted inside the V portion of the engine to produce a more compact package and provide optimal response time.
Attention has also been paid to the
car's
turbocharged 1.6 - liter inline - 4 cylinder engine, which has been tuned
by Cosworth and now pushes out an even 400 - bhp and 350 lb. - ft.
The Mazda 323 GTX four - wheel - drive
car with 16 - valve,
turbocharged engine is scheduled to be trimmed into a more austere and racy
car by June.Mazda has determined that enthusiasts do not want power windows and sunroofs on their street - rally - autocross
cars.
1984 SVO: Ford's Special Vehicle Operations began in 1980, and
by»84 it had created its own special - edition Mustang, a European - styled Pony
car with rear disc brakes, a handling suspension, and a 175hp,
turbocharged and intercooled four - cylinder.
Both
cars will be powered
by the same twin -
turbocharged inline six - cylinder direct - injection gasoline engine.
In 2014, Opel presented a road - legal sport version of the Adam R2 Rally
Car - Opel Adam S [78]- powered
by a 1.4 L
turbocharged engine which generates 150 HP.
A step up to the AMG
cars brings a completely different feel, backed
by either a 362 - horsepower twin -
turbocharged V6 in the new Mercedes - AMG C43, or a 503 - horsepower
turbocharged V8 in the C63.
One of the benefits of the small
turbocharged engine found in the test
car was that the official fuel economy figure quoted
by Hyundai is 56.5 MPG.
The
car is powered
by a 1.6 - liter
turbocharged engine, developed
by Honda R&D, and would later race in Japan, China and Macau before a two
car team joined the 2013 championship racing.
The M4's 3.0 - litre
turbocharged petrol engine is built specifically
by BMW's M Division for the
car, and it delivers incredible performance.
The new rear - wheel - drive sports
car is powered
by a heavily reworked version of the twin -
turbocharged 3.8 - litre flat six - cylinder engine used in the latest 911 Turbo.
The entry - level Abarth 500 is powered
by a 1.4 - litre
turbocharged petrol engine that produces 135bhp, accelerating the
car from from 0 - 62mph in 7.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 129mph.
Paying homage to Audi rally
cars, it'll be powered
by a
turbocharged five - cylinder engine, with well above 300 horsepower.
The Boxster's place in the world has changed, too: the latest
car is distanced from the 911
by its small,
turbocharged four - cylinder engines.
The Quattro Concept is powered
by a five - cylinder
turbocharged engine that delivers an impressive 408 HP and sprints the
car from 0 to 60 mph in only 3.9 seconds.
It's one of the more attractive
cars being produced
by Chrysler and, when equipped with a
turbocharged engine, certainly one of the zippier ones.
The
car is powered
by HR412E - a bespoke, new 1.6 - liter direct injection
turbocharged engine developed
by Honda's R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan, and would race from October in Japan, China and Macau before a two
car team join the 2013 championship race.