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Old 01-17-2012, 12:50 AM
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I personally don't recommend turbos unless you are an enthusiast that will be very, very strict with maintenance. You are adding a lot of heat and pressure under the hood. With heat and pressure comes stress. With stress comes higher potential for failure.

I also think that the EPA testing standards are more lenient on small displacement, turbocharged engines while it doesn't necessarily match up in the real world. For example:

Model :: 0-60 :: 1/4 mi :: City :: Hwy :: 150mi :: EPA City :: EPA Hwy
Sonata Turbo :: 6.6 :: 15.5 :: 18 :: 34 :: 30 :: 22 :: 33
Camry V6 XLE :: 6.4 :: 14.8 :: 17 :: 37 :: 32 :: 21 :: 30

Basically, the V6 Camry outperforms it in every way in CR's testing except for the CR city number (by 1mpg), and yet the EPA numbers are better on the Sonata. I personally don't think turbos are a good fit for cars focused on fuel economy. On a performance car, though, turbos are pretty damn awesome.
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