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My car has a 2 liter engine with a turbocharger too...good fuel economy, about 45 mpg combined city/highway, decent acceleration (could be better...might have to tune it) and great torque off the line. Combine all that with 6 gears to row through and a manual transmission, and life is GOOD!
It's a diesel. 45mpg combined is a stretch but 45mpg highway is perfectly plausible. Just as EPA ratings for hybrids tend to be optimistic, they conversely tend to understate real-world fuel economy for diesels.
As other's have alluded to, turbo-4's aren't some new thing. In the past they've been popular tuning platforms in sporty compact cars going all the way back to the 80's and probably prior to that in a few examples.
Now the current trend among manufacturers is to make the "2.0 turbo" the new "V6", essentially because of more stringent fuel economy standards. They can return better fuel economy than a 3.5 V6 and still make decent enough torque and horsepower to satisfy the majority of buyers. Even higher end carmakers such are BMW and Mercedes are in the process of shifting more of their offerings towards smaller displacement turbo engines. I for one don't care for the trend, but such in progress. You can still pay to play if you want the silky V6 or the roar of a V8.
What would be considered excellent 0-60 times? What would be considered below average times?
Not true, many turbo cars now only recommend premium rather than requiring it, but run fine on regular gas in a reduced power mode. And some are just designed for regular.
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Good points.
That said, I am not into the "4-cylinder turbo" motors like most people seem to be. I prefer a 6-cylinder motor like the one on the 2010 Toyota Rav 4. Produces 270 HP and is quite good on fuel, somewhere around 29-30 MPG on the highway, and smooth as buffalo snout. Toyota got rid of it on the Rav 4 series, but in my view all they had to do was to pair it to a 6-speed automatic transmission, since the motor produces plenty of power for highway cruising on the 6th gear. As it is now with a 5-speed transmission, engine RPM stays just under 2,000 at nearly 70MPH on the road. Also, passing other vehicles at over 65 MPH is quite simple. When I step on the gas to pass, the power surge pushes me back against the seat. No kidding!
I got a 2003 Saab 9-3 2.0T and the output is 210 horsepower and gets 30 MPG on the highway.
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