(Kia has since answered this by offering
a turbo motor in 2018)
If we don't get the Type R, I'm at least hoping we Americans will get
that turbo motor in some shape or form, even if it's detuned a bit.
Not exact matches
«The
turbo - alternators produce 500 horsepower, but the traction
motor is a 700 - horsepower
motor, and will need the added power from the flywheel to reach the top speeds we are now achieving
in road tests.»
After teasing us with the Q50 Eau Rouge concept
in Detroit, Infiniti chose the 2014 Geneva
motor show to announce that its M3 rivalling super-saloon will harness power from a twin -
turbo V6 to produce a considerable 559bhp and 442 lb ft of torque.
Using an electric
motor in place of the torque converter
in ZF's magnificent eight - speed automatic transmission, the new ActiveHybrid models now use the N55 single -
turbo 3.0 - liter straight six.
The ’19 Chevy Camaro
Turbo 1LE was convincing on a short Gymkhana - like road circuit set up
in a parking lot just outside Las Vegas
Motor Speedway.
It teams the 302bhp / 295 lb ft twin -
turbo, 3.0 - litre straight - six petrol engine with a small, supplementary electric
motor housed
in its eight - speed ZF automatic gearbox.
An electric
motor and a twin -
turbo V - 8 sit just
in front of the rear wheels.
The 530e iPerformance uses a gasoline - fueled
turbo - four
in conjunction with an electric
motor.
A 1.5 - liter
turbo - four (essentially the same engine available
in the latest Civic) will also be offered, as well as a two -
motor hybrid.
In Affalterbach tradition, it's fitted with a V8 — the 63 and 63 S models get the twin -
turbo 4 - litre V8 — but there's also a hybrid version, the 53 — its inline 6 - cylinder engine combined with an electric
motor.
Later down the line,
Motor Trend reports that plug -
in hybrid variants of the Cayenne and Panamera Sport Turismo will be paired with the new twin -
turbo 3.0 - liter V - 6 from today's Panamera S.
The A45's 376bhp 2 - litre, four - cylinder
turbo motor might not be the most potent engine to sit
in the front of a hot hatch — that title is now back with the new Audi RS3 — but its 188bhp per litre is still an impressive figure.
Replacing the notoriously thirsty five - cylinder 2.5 - litre
turbo motor of its predecessor with a smaller 2.0 - litre, four - cylinder EcoBoost engine hasn't just improved economy and emissions (on paper, at least) but given performance a useful shot
in the arm as well.
While it is satisfyingly smooth and responsive for
motoring around town, the Kia's
turbo - four doesn't provide the oomph of similar - spec
turbo - four engines from BMW and Volkswagen, let alone the potent V - 6 engines that are optional
in the Accord and Camry.
Cars with affordable base engines might not receive the feature, nor will plug -
in models as an electric
motor can fill
in the torque hole while a turbocharger spools up, obviating the need for an electric
turbo.
In addition to all the usual upgrades — forged rods and pistons, custom - ground camshafts, ported cylinder head, etc. — the
motor was modded with a second
turbo and elaborate, immaculately fabricated intake and exhaust manifolds.
On top of that, MT says that the
turbo FR - S sedan will be followed by a hybrid version, which would still employ Subaru boxer power but also gain all - wheel drive using
in - wheel electric
motors.
It is rumored to use a mid-mounted, 2.0 - liter
turbo four (though an F1 - inspired V - 6 is possible) with an unreal 1,000 horsepower, boosted by three electric
motors; two at the front wheels and a third
in the transmission housing.
Whereas today's BMW i8 marries its
turbo three - cylinder's 228 hp and 236 lb - ft of torque with 129 hp and 184 lb - ft from its electric
motor, the new flagship's gas - electric powertrain reportedly will boast a combined output
in excess of 500 hp, with torque of around 500 lb - ft.
There will be two diesels — powered at 265 hp and 320 hp — and a plug -
in hybrid, fitted with a 2.0 - liter
turbo - four and a 90 - kilowatt electric
motor.
Unlike the original's naturally aspirated 3.0 - liter, however, the 2017 NSX uses a twin -
turbo 3.5 - liter unit — and supplements it with a trio of electric
motors, two
in the front and one at rear.
Our friends at
Motor Trend tested a regular, 580 - hp
Turbo S at 2.5 seconds to 60 mph, so we'll settle for a 2.4 second sprint
in the ES.
Volvo also plans to offer its T8 plug -
in hybrid system on the V90, which marries a
turbo - and supercharged gas engine with a battery and electric
motor.
(I hope they just put the high output
motor in the next
Turbo S).
Strip away the
turbos, drop
in some high - compression pistons and prickly cams, have a play with the firing order and speak to Mr Akrapovic and my project has a suitably special
motor.
Partial credit goes to the expansive power spread between the 550 - horsepower twin -
turbo, 4.0 - liter V - 8 up front, and the 136 - hp electric
motor that's fed by a liquid - cooled, 14.1 - kWh lithium - ion battery hanging off the rear axle,
in the old school 911 style.
The E500 / E550 becomes an export - only model that sheds the ageing 408 - hp 4.6 - liter twin -
turbo V - 8 unit
in favor of a turbocharged 4.6 - liter
motor good for 435 hp and 516 lb - ft of torque.
The 530e iPerformance, which is a plug -
in hybrid that features a 2.0 - liter
turbo - four coupled to an electric
motor, is EPA rated at 29 mpg combined and can travel 370 miles on a full tank and a full charge
in rear - drive guise or up to 16 miles solely on electric power.
Harnessing power from the latest
in hybrid technology, its powerplant comprises three electric
motors — two of which power the front axle, one latches onto the engine to drive the rears — and a twin -
turbo V6.
Before Mission E arrives at the Frankfurt
Motor Show
in 2019 (four years after the concept made its global debut), Porsche will introduce a Cayenne
Turbo S E-Hybrid that will take on the 680bhp powertrain recently previewed
in the Panamera
Turbo S E-Hybrid.
A 552bhp / 516 lb ft 4 - litre twin -
turbo V8 petrol engine — as seen
in the Audi RS6 and RS7 — is mated to a 110kW / 295 lb ft electric
motor, which is powered by a rear - mounted lithium - ion battery.
It's been supplanted by a 6.75 - litre twin -
turbo V12 similar to the N74
motor in the Rolls - Royce Ghost.
It's an otherworldly sound when mated to the whine of the electric
motors in back and the angry growl of a four - cylinder at full - tilt — and if you let off the accelerator quickly, you're treated to the intoxicating sound of the blow - off valve as the
turbo's frenetic scream retreats into the background.
The electric
motor produces 270 hp, making it more powerful than the base 2.0 - liter
turbo inline - four that pumps out 248 hp on the BMW X3 sold here
in the U.S. With a battery capacity of 70 kilowatt - hours, BMW estimates a range of 249 miles on the global WLTP cycle, although it's unclear what this would translate to on the EPA scale.
The bigger 2.3 - litre four - cylinder
turbo motor comes
in three different power outputs, with the full - on Aero - spec version having been upped slightly to a whopping 260bhp.
There's a 161bhp, 2.0 - litre turbodiesel with manual or automatic transmission, the same engine matched to a rear - wheel electric
motor and a robotised paddleshift auto to create the DS5 Hybrid4 (200bhp
in total, 99g / km), and two 1.6 - litre
turbo petrol engines of 153 (auto - only) and 197bhp.
In short, the 1.4 - litre
turbo four is a likeable, brawny
motor, albeit one with a hint of
turbo lag at modest revs and one that is somewhat hamstrung by a tiresomely tardy paddle - shift that's anything but «Competizione».
I have been trying to persuade the
motoring journals that the ST
turbo with 550bhp - or preferably the e-hybrid
turbo S with 671bhp if it's going to be
in this form too - will make a very good competitor for the Ferrari GTC4 Lusso or Lusso T. I hope someone does a comparison test.
The saddest thing is,
turbo motors usually use more fuel than their n / a counterparts
in normal driving... Only at very low, test - friendly engine speeds (when the
turbos aren't spinning) do they actually reduce consumption, but I don't know many people who drive below 1,000 rpm.
The 996
Turbo Was Introduced At The Frankfurt
Motor Show
In September 1999, With The Production To Start
In 2000 And Since This Point A True Legend Was Born.
What started
in 1991, modifying imports out of his garage, soon morphed into building 1000 - horsepower twin -
turbo Dodge Vipers that gained international recognition
in car magazines such as
Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Top Gear and Road and Track.
There's not a huge amount more to say about the engine: this is the same four - cylinder
turbo motor that's already appeared
in the 1 - series, 3 - series and Z4.
The T8 plug -
in hybrid connects the
turbo engine to an electric
motor and a 10.4 - kw battery pack, to make 400 horsepower.
With a choice of 5 different engines you can opt for including the Diesel with 240hp / 406 lb - ft of torque, the 420hp V6
in the S, the 333hp V6 mated to a 95hp electric
motor in the s E-Hybrid, the 520hp V8
in the
Turbo, or the 570hp V8
in the
Turbo S.
The combination of electric
motor and BMW TwinPower
Turbo combines the best of two worlds
in an exceptionally dynamic and comfortable sedan: the BMW 330e.
The first - ever plug -
in hybrid GLC teams an 85kW electric
motor with a inline - 4
turbo gas engine for an exceptional 320 hp (combined).
With two conventional turbochargers positioned
in the engine's vee, a third is positioned to feed air into the engine at lower engine speeds, and rather than be driven by exhaust gases as per the other two
turbos, it is driven by a 7kw electric
motor.
More efficient powertrains include a 250 - hp
turbo - diesel V - 6 and a plug -
in hybrid that combines that ubiquitous 2.0 liter four - cylinder engine with a 100 - hp electric
motor.
The larger GLE 500e — to be marketed at the GLE 550e
in Canada — combines a twin -
turbo V6 with the electric
motor, nine - speed automatic and 8.7 kW / h battery.