Turbochargers are—literally—spooling up, with every major automaker now offering at least one boosted model in their lineups (and one with four turbos). Today, our friend Jason Fenske over at ...
General Motors has just been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark office for a two stage turbo setup with variable geometry in an internal ...
This year’s Los Angeles Auto Show abounds with all-new cars and quirky concepts. The 2018 Jeep Wrangler (JL/JLU) and Toyota FT-AC are two of the highlights, but from a technological standpoint, it’s ...
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The perfect turbocharger? Porsche did it first

The Porsche 911 Turbo was the first gas car to use variable geometry turbos! How Porsche perfected turbochargers: the Porsche ...
2007 - PACE Award Winner Porsche AG with BorgWarner Turbo and Emissions Systems GmbH What: The BorgWarner Turbo and Emissions Systems Gasoline Turbocharger with Variable Turbine Geometry Judge's ...
Infiniti on Thursday gave a tech briefing on its remarkable new variable compression engine and confirmed the unit’s availability from 2018. The engine has been in development for almost two decades ...
Now that Porsche is going deeper than ever into the world of turbocharged engines, the German automaker plans to rewrite the rules a little bit. The German engineers are currently on a quest for what ...
Forget variable length intakes and variable valve timing, Infiniti is going all the way and introducing variable cylinder compression ratios. The new VC-T turbo engine automatically adjusts between a ...
Nissan's Infiniti division will present its first Variable Compression-Turbocharged (VC-T) engine at the Paris Motor Show next month. This technology took them more than two decades to perfect, and ...
Back in August Infiniti tantalized us with a bit of info on a radical new 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine that promises V-6 gas-engine performance with four-cylinder diesel fuel economy and ...