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2018 Kia Stinger

2018 Buick
Regal Sportback

2018 Honda Accord

By Russ Heaps

Russ Heaps has been covering the automotive industry since 1986. His car
reviews and analysis have appeared in newspapers, magazines and the
Internet. He is a charter member of GAAMA, the Greater Atlanta Automotive
Media Association.

Turbocharging isn’t new, but it’s widespread popularity is, at least relatively speaking.

Although invented early in the 20th century, bolting a turbocharger to a small engine
to produce extra horsepower, as well as manage fuel economy was little more than
an experiment until the Swedish carmaker, Saab, adopted
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turbocharging as a core feature in the late 1970s.

Saab soldiered on with turbos for fuel efficient while maintaining
more than 30 years, developing some degree of acceptable
new turbo technologies and performance, turbocharging
evolving turbocharging to 4-cylinder engines is becoming
a respected alternative to almost commonplace.
generating more horsepower
with ever larger engines. As In 2018, more vehicles than or as an option. Here are seven
carmakers today struggle to ever will offer a turbocharged all-new or redesigned examples.
make cars, trucks and SUVs more 4-cylinder as standard equipment

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