Question abt turbo badging on cars / suv's in india

[whatcanthisbe]

Originally Posted by Sam Kapasi

Strange question - you may as well ask if the Skoda 1.9 TDi has a 1.9L engine in it.
No reputed company would put a pretend badge indicating clearly an engine spec.

What does happen (and yes is very funny) is people putting pretend badges on their cars.

Maruti 800 ... does not have an 800 CC engine and there are several such instances. like the bmw & MB instance mentioned below ....

[sajo]

Originally Posted by whatcanthisbe

Maruti 800 ... does not have an 800 CC engine and there are several such instances. like the bmw & MB instance mentioned below ....

But....796 = 800 (approx). Nobody would "round off" the name to a turbo badging.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by condor

The '540' does not have to mean anything more than what BMW intends it to be.

Aah yes. Very conveinient

BMW's naming is not on the lines of what this thread started off on ...

I agree, but i bring it up as useful information to be shared with the thread starter and other readers, in addendum to what Sam mentioned in his post...

Originally Posted by whatcanthisbe

Maruti 800 ... does not have an 800 CC engine

Please atleast grant the manufacturers 5-6cc s of grace!


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EDIT: Heres a nice thread about BMW and the naming of their cars . (Everything u wanted to know abt BMW)

[condor]

Originally Posted by whatcanthisbe

Maruti 800 ... does not have an 800 CC engine

Originally Posted by Rehaan

Please atleast grant the manufacturers 5-6cc s of grace

OT: Standard Practice, so, pls let us not pick hairs on this point atleast. Just that it is easier for every one this way since the cubic capacity of an engine is an odd number [odd as in, not exactly 1L, 2L, or 800cc, 150cc etc. The actual capacities would be close to these figures].

[Desert fox]

On the other hand,NOT badging 'Turbo' can lead to silly arguement's with half-intelligent spicies too!

I know a dozen people owning 'Dicor's' argue that there is no turbo in the vehicle! Infact some claim that sales representive's themselves said so!!!

Only after shoving their noses down the engine bay and (to some) the manual they agree,but ask,"why is there no turbo badge then!!!

I know this may sound like a crazy claim to some,for that i can give you the number's of some who still claim its a crdi and not turbo,and some who have realised the truth.

[maxbhp]

Originally Posted by Desert fox

On the other hand,NOT badging 'Turbo' can lead to silly arguement's with half-intelligent spicies too!

I know a dozen people owning 'Dicor's' argue that there is no turbo in the vehicle! Infact some claim that sales representive's themselves said so!!!

Only after shoving their noses down the engine bay and (to some) the manual they agree,but ask,"why is there no turbo badge then!!!

I know this may sound like a crazy claim to some,for that i can give you the number's of some who still claim its a crdi and not turbo,and some who have realised the truth.

Yeah and I've had a hell lot of trouble convincing people that my car , thats Sienna TD60 is infact a turbo one.....

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by Desert fox

Only after shoving their noses down the engine bay and (to some) the manual they agree,but ask,"why is there no turbo badge then!!!

I find this very strange actually...!
Most manufacturers of cars and other completely unrelated items do anything to to put a "turbo" badge on their product - (eg. Mach3Turbo, Turbo Pascal, TurboTax etc etc)...so why on earth did Hyundai, Tata etc decide not to expoit the T word???

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[Desert fox]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

I find this very strange actually...!
Most manufacturers of cars and other completely unrelated items do anything to to put a "turbo" badge on their product - (eg. Mach3Turbo, Turbo Pascal, TurboTax etc etc)...so why on earth did Hyundai, Tata etc decide not to expoit the T word???

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Have you seen the markings on their Turbo sumo?

It goes "TATA SUMO VICTA TURBO GX'...Yet some people(my own friend's even) ask "How the hell does a Sumo move like this"!!!

So i guess Turbo pascal is a easier product to explain these Turbo Rascal's!!

Cause i gave up long time ago, nowaday's i completely agree that "Dicor" is a non-Turbo! And say my Sumo is a freak piece.

[CrAzY dRiVeR]

Originally Posted by maxbhp

Yeah and I've had a hell lot of trouble convincing people that my car , thats Sienna TD60 is infact a turbo one.....

Yo wont belive how many people in my class argued with me few days back that the accent CRDi didnt have a turbo...

Even the owner of the car wanted to bet that his car didnt have a turbo...

HAd to open the bonnet and show them the intercooler and turbo...

Now, if you guys are thinking what is weird in some guys in class having no knowledge o0f automobiles!!!!! Its a pre-final year automobile engineeing class ...

[v1p3r]

Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Yo wont belive how many people in my class argued with me few days back that the accent CRDi didnt have a turbo...

Well I have heard well-known tuners in BLR claim the same thing. This was a few years ago, when the Accent CRDi was first launched.

[Steeroid]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

...so why on earth did Hyundai, Tata etc decide not to expoit the T word???

Probably because a Turbo on a regular car is a performance enhancement while for a Common Rail Diesel is a requirement rather than an enhancement.

[theMAG]

Originally Posted by Steeroid

Probably because a Turbo on a regular car is a performance enhancement while for a Common Rail Diesel is a requirement rather than an enhancement.

Oh - give these companies a cm and they'll take a foot. Still wonder why they havent propped up their cars image with the T badge.