Its not just performance, turbocharged diesels are more efficient. Look at the 300D turbo vs the 240D. 1 extra cylinder, nearly double the horsepower, ~5% drop in fuel economy...
-Curt Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:31:19 +1030 From: Hendrik and fay <heni...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 97 E300 Diesel snail model Message-ID: <50ef645f.8000...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed This would be one of those first world problems? "OMG why isn't that engine turbo charged?" I think the point here is fuel economy, you want exciting buy a V8. The turbo version only put out 160 horses, not exactly speed of light material. People don't buy Diesel cars for their performance. Hendrik who has a lot of first world problems On 10/01/13 14:34, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > A neighbor has one of these - same color. For the life of me I can't > understand why it isn't a turbo. The car just screams BORING! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
