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  • noun A diesel engine fitted with a turbocharger

Etymologies

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turbo- +‎ diesel

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Examples

  • The sprightly 1.4 16V 95bhp petrol version available from £12,895 OTR is joined by the acclaimed 1.3 JTDM-2 95bhp MultiJet turbodiesel, which is available from £14,410 (£219 a month with a £1000 deposit).

    Autoblog 2010

  • Zumapress.com Volvo unveiled its three-mode plug-in turbodiesel hybrid V60.

    A Gas-Guzzling Future? 2011

  • For us, VW offers the much-coveted 2.0-liter turbodiesel 30/40 mpg, city/highway; 236 pound-feet of torque as well as the company's 280-hp V6.

    Cost-Cutting Done (a Little More) Right Dan Neil 2011

  • For us, VW offers the much-coveted 2.0-liter turbodiesel 30/40 mpg, city/highway; 236 pound-feet of torque as well as the company's 280-hp V6.

    Passat: Cheaper and Roomier 2011

  • It has all-wheel drive and is powered by a 2.8-liter turbodiesel engine.

    All-new Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck shown overseas 2011

  • I bought a 92 Dodge a while back because it has the best engine ever put in a pickup truck ... the Cummins 6BT turbodiesel.

    Motor City shakedown (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Volvo unveiled its three-mode plug-in turbodiesel hybrid V60 estate, a 2012-model car that nominally delivers 472 pound-feet of torque, 7-second-to-60-mph acceleration, around 30 miles of all-electric range and 123 miles per gallon.

    In Geneva, Guessing at a Gas-Guzzling Future Dan Neil 2011

  • After that, a 48-hp, 800-cc two-cylinder turbodiesel engine basically half of a smaller version of VW's TDI comes on to give the car a 341-mile range.

    Volkswagen reveals 261-mpg Formula XL1 concept car 2011

  • He also became the first American to pilot one of Audi's multi-million dollar turbodiesel roadsters in competition.

    Racing's One-in-a-Million Story A.J. Baime 2010

  • It capitalizes on German design (smooth lines, clean interiors) and a variety of engineering: Drivers can choose from four different engines, including a 2. 0-liter direct injection turbodiesel and a gutsy 2.0 TSI in 2011.

    The New Small Cars 2010

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