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Comment by gavia1

The big issue with the small displacement turbo-charged engines is that, at normal autobahn speed, the engine is almost always on boost and therefore burning a lot of fuel to:

1. Reduce intake temperatures/prevent pre-ignition

2. Produce enough power to sustain a constant speed of 120KPH or whatever

This means that they are far less efficient than they should be, and in some cases get more or less the same efficiency as larger displacement high capacity engines.

parent gavia1 7 years ago

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