http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/02/turbocharged-warning-on-cars/ The latest Business news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/02/turbocharged-warning-on-cars/#comment-2568047 John Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:13:48 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/?p=110439#comment-2568047 The naturally asperated engine is by far the best ideal ever. Turbo charging does nothing to really conserve fuel. It was never designed to conserve. It was designed to squeeze more power out of a smaller engine by forcing more air into the engine. If you add more air you will need more fuel? I think people probably see less MPG because those drivers are as we say "lead footers". If you drive a turbo more conservative you can get decent MPG. The problem is that these turbo cars these days are not big engines. They are pretty much under powered for the vehicles they are in. Hence the fuel savings part of their ideal. Smaller engine vs bigger V6 or V8. But added power with turbo. The trouble with this is that people don't get that sense of power with a turbo in a small engine with meager accelerator application. So the driver ends up punching it to get the power. I have always said that real world drivers are much different then the EPA thinks people drive. Expectations are much higher for power and thus a small turbo charged engine does not satisfy many expecting V6 power. The naturally asperated engine is by far the best ideal ever. Turbo charging does nothing to really conserve fuel. It was never designed to conserve. It was designed to squeeze more power out of a smaller engine by forcing more air into the engine. If you add more air you will need more fuel? I think people probably see less MPG because those drivers are as we say “lead footers”. If you drive a turbo more conservative you can get decent MPG. The problem is that these turbo cars these days are not big engines. They are pretty much under powered for the vehicles they are in. Hence the fuel savings part of their ideal. Smaller engine vs bigger V6 or V8. But added power with turbo. The trouble with this is that people don’t get that sense of power with a turbo in a small engine with meager accelerator application. So the driver ends up punching it to get the power. I have always said that real world drivers are much different then the EPA thinks people drive. Expectations are much higher for power and thus a small turbo charged engine does not satisfy many expecting V6 power.

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