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  • noun automotive A combination of a supercharger and a turbocharger.

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Examples

  • What we find more interesting, however, is that the Jetta hybrid's gasoline motor will be VeeDub's twincharger TSI mill.

    Car and Driver Blog 2010

  • It's all thanks to a new twincharger kit, which replaces the GM supercharger with a larger unit and adds a turbocharger.

    Car and Driver Blog 2010

  • That would seem to validate Autocar's report that the hybrid Beetle will be equipped with VW's twincharger TSI in-line four cylinder, which incorporates both a supercharger and a turbocharger.

    HybridCars.com 2010

  • While both are branded TSI, one has a twincharger system (the 118TSI seen here) and the other has only a turbocharger (the entry-level 90TSI), with the numbers in front of the TSI denoting power output in kilowatts.

    CNET Australia 2009

  • The best of them is a 1. 4-liter gasoline engine that produces 150 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque, employing both a supercharger and turbocharger (a twincharger!).

    Wheels 2009

  • While both are branded TSI, one has a twincharger system (the 118TSI seen here) and the other has only a turbocharger (the entry-level 90TSI), with the numbers in front of the TSI denoting power output in kilowatts.

    CNET Australia 2009

  • The best of them is a 1. 4-liter gasoline engine that produces 150 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque, employing both a supercharger and turbocharger (a twincharger!).

    Wheels 2009

  • An eerily similar shape with the marvellous twincharger engine, an auxiliary jack (but no USB) and a better interior at a lower price - slow and cautious evolution at work.

    CNET Australia 2009

  • While both are branded TSI, one has a twincharger system (the 118TSI seen here) and the other has only a turbocharger (the entry-level 90TSI), with the numbers in front of the TSI denoting power output in kilowatts.

    CNET Australia 2009

  • I bet VW wish they had these a few years back for the development of their twincharger system! this .... makes me hot.

    MotorAuthority - Latest News 2008

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