Definitions
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- noun automotive A combination of a
supercharger and aturbocharger .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I bet VW wish they had these a few years back for the development of their twincharger system! this .... makes me hot.
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