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Old 12-16-2008, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by i-osprey View Post
According to one video I watched on their website the car will have a "supercharged diesel" engine.

I haven't ever heard of a supercharged diesel.
I find that reporters know little of "blowers" and tend to confuse "supercharge" with "turbosupercharge" (which is the technically correct term for what we all call "turbocharge."

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