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.
Not exact matches
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 new
car will be based on the same Alpha platform as the Cadillac
ATS and CTS sedans, and is expected to carry over its 3.6 - liter V - 6 and 6.2 - liter V - 8 options, with a 2.0 - liter
turbocharged four - cylinder also expected to join the lineup.
With a twin -
turbocharged 5.0 - liter V - 8 with a mind - blowing 1,341 horsepower 1,011 lb - ft of torque when running on E85, the One: 1 is one of the fastest
cars the world has ever seen, and with only seven in existence
at a price tag of $ 2.8 million, Goodwood is one of the only places you'll ever see one driven in anger.
The idea behind «turbo timers» on
turbocharged cars is not
at all engine cooling related, rather it is to allow the delicate and extremely hot turbocharger components to cool down via keeping the oil feed circulating through it for additional 15 - 30 seconds or a minute.
Basic «Take Up» models start
at # 8995 and that new
turbocharged car begins
at # 12,055 in «High Up» trim, and all are available to order now.
It's unlikely the
car will be able to travel for long
at this speed before the combustion engine (likely Mini's existing
turbocharged, 1.5 - litre three - cylinder unit) kicks in - and heavier uses of the throttle pedal will also see the engine start up, just as it does in plug - in hybrids from BMW.
The
turbocharged unit hasn't lost any power during the
car's RHD conversion, with peak power set
at 310bhp
at 5500rpm and torque
at 320b ft
at 3000rpm.
Its
turbocharged 1.6 - litre is both flexible and peaky, the chassis is predictable yet adjustable, and, crucially, the
car is a real lightweight
at 1205 kg.
At its core is a 1.6 - litre,
turbocharged direct - injection engine adapted from that of the Polo R World Rally
Car.
Mitsubishi previously showed a concept version of the Evolution Final Edition
at the 2014 Tokyo Auto Salon that packed 473 hp under the hood, but the production Final Edition will still feature the standard
car's 2.0 - liter
turbocharged four - cylinder engine.
Although some may be wishing for news on a next - generation Focus RS, chances are that we'll be hearing more concreteinformation pertaining tothe upcoming Focus ST.. The production version of that
car is expected to receive a
turbocharged, 2.0 - liter EcoBoost four - cylinder producing around 246 hp and
at least 250 lb - ft of torque.
Our heroes will have plenty of performance
at their disposal, as the Mini Cooper S is equipped with a 2.0 - liter
turbocharged inline - four engine rated for 189 hp and 207 lb - ft of torque, enough to rocket the
cars to 60 mph in 6.4 or 6.5 seconds, depending on whether buyers pick the six - speed automatic or manual transmission.
Since the early 1960s,
turbocharged cars had seemed to promise rocketship - style thrust with scooter - style fuel economy, and finally as the decade ended, turbos had become the latest technology
at the Indy 500.
Instead, there's an industrial rumble from the exhaust with an extra burp
at the gear change, the sort that's now seemingly obligatory on
turbocharged performance
cars.
When Group B rally
cars were legislated out of the World Rally Championship
at the end of the 1986 season, Lancia needed a production - based alternative to tackle Group A. Key technologies from the Delta S4 Group B, namely four - wheel drive and
turbocharging, were then applied to the narrow - bodied Delta HF 4WD to create a very short - lived (yet able) road
car and, for 1987, a WRC championship - winning rally
car.
Peak torque is available from 1800rpm through to 5700rpm, and maximum power is produced between 5500rpm and about 7200rpm (the limiter being set
at around 7500rpm, less than the old V8 but impressively high for a
turbocharged car.)
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.
For 2014, there's an optional
turbocharged, 3.0 - liter diesel V - 6, a torque - monster motor that's designed to deliver all the motive force one expects from an expensive luxury
car while boosting fuel economy
at the same time.
Here we're looking back
at the Renault Sport Clio era, kicking off with the Mk2 Clio in 172 guise and running through to the
turbocharged Clio RS 220 based on the Mk4
car.
On a mechanical level, race -
car designer Ben Bowlby has confirmed that the next Nissan GT - R will use some version of the hybrid - powered 3.0 - liter, twin -
turbocharged V - 6 engine used in the GT - R LM NISMO race
car that flopped
at Le Mans this year.
Whatever your view on the rise of
turbocharging as a catalyst for more power, there's no doubt it's allowed the performance of everything from city
cars to supercars to climb
at a huge rate over the last decade or two.
Starting
at $ 155,050, the
car features a 550 - horsepower 4.0 - liter twin -
turbocharged V - 8.
With 314bhp, double world champions Sébastian Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia have marginally more power
at their disposal than last year from the
car's mighty
turbocharged four - cylinder engine.
The base xDrive 28i,
at $ 37,625, is actually less expensive than the previous
car, while the
turbocharged xDrive 35i,
at $ 41,925, is a couple thousand dollars more.
At the
cars» debut in Tokyo, Nissan suggested the «natural and tasteful» Freestyle could use 1.2 to 1.5 - litre
turbocharged power units - the concept was also equipped with a continuously - variable transmission - while the aggressively - styled Nismo used the direct - injected, 1.6 - litre
turbocharged power unit from the Juke Nismo.
At the
car's heart is a
turbocharged four - cylinder engine, likely the 2.0 - liter unit found in most of the automaker's current
cars, and a 70 - hp electric motor / generator.
A refreshing antidote to the excesses of massive power and
turbocharging, we take a retrospective look
at the original Lotus Elise, a
car that perfectly summed up the thrill of driving when it was launched over 20 years ago.
Speaking
at the Geneva Motor Show, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume confirmed that there was no way back for the company's fabled naturally aspirated boxer engines and that the company's engineers were focussed on
turbocharging for its range of sports
cars.
There are six Macan derivatives available and even the least of those, the
turbocharged 2 - litre, can be considered fairly brisk:
at its slowest, the Macan is still a
car capable of reaching 62mph in 6.9 sec and going on to 142mph given a suitable stretch of autobahn.
The guys
at Pug1Off have created some truly remarkable
cars, including a street - legal 205 GTI running a
turbocharged 306 GTI - 6 engine good for 500bhp and capable of 11sec quarter - mile passes
at 130mph.
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.
Although Nissan has only released information about the Euro - spec 2015 Nissan Juke
at this point, we don't anticipate any changes to the American - market
car's 1.6 - liter
turbocharged four - cylinder engine.
The GT shares its carbonfibre construction and
turbocharged 3.8 - litre V8 engine with the 570S, has the same peak power and torque outputs, and is priced
at an approximate # 10,000 premium over its sister
car.
General Motors will build 1,500 of the
cars with
turbocharged 3.8 - liter V - 6s and brags that they will be identical.In the past most pace -
car builders, Pontiac included, have modified the specific
cars that actually led the charge
at the Brickyard.
Boasting
at least 280 horsepower from a
turbocharged, 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine, the 2015 Honda Civic Type R wants the claim of being the fastest front - wheel drive
car at the Nurburgring.
We have done some other blogs summarizing the changes to the 2016 Honda Civic, including an in - depth look
at the
car's new
turbocharged engine, and we have even discussed a bit about its two door coupe model as well!
The 1979 Saab 900 Turbo was the first mainstream
turbocharged car, featuring a double wishbone suspension
at the front and a beam axle design with a Panhard rod
at the rear.
Although there's a 2.5 - liter, four - cylinder motor available with the
ATS, most people order the
car's mid-level 2.0 - liter
turbocharged four - cylinder that provides a healthy 272 horsepower and 260 lb - ft of torque - significant upgrades over the 2.5 - liter's 202 ponies and 190 lb - ft.
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car has a 3.0 litre V6
turbocharged engine that produces 367 hp power and a colossal 520 nm of torque.
At the heart of the concept
car is an advanced diesel - electric hybrid system, based on a compact
turbocharged 1.5 - liter, three - cylinder common - rail diesel engine that will first appear in the second - generation 1 - series due in 2011.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the debut of the quattro, Audi is presenting a show
car at the 2010 Paris Motor Show that moves a futuristic interpretation of this concept into the fast lane: the Audi quattro concept, a thoroughbred driving machine with 300 kW (408 hp), five - cylinder
turbocharged engine, a lightweight body and — of course — the latest generation of quattro permanent all - wheel drive.
Our G90 test
car, a base Premium model with the 3.3 - liter twin -
turbocharged V6 and optional all - wheel drive (rear - wheel drive is standard), was priced
at $ 71,550, undercutting the rear - wheel drive Lexus LS 460 by $ 1,945, and the German competition by much more.
Furthermore, having originally developed the technology on its
turbocharged racing
cars 25 years previously, Porsche was
at last able to team the 911 Turbo with a twin - clutch PDK gearbox.
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This underlines the
car's rivalry with extended versions of the Mercedes S - Class and BMW 7 Series, while
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turbocharged V6 petrol model.
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Still, the standard 0.66 - liter
turbocharged three - cylinder rated
at 64 hp (63 bhp) and 104 Nm (76 lb - ft) of torque should be potent enough for a
car that weighs around 850 kg (1,870 lb).