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Old June 1st 04, 01:29 PM
Bert Willing
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Errr, no. There is even a famous upperclass car manufacturer who uses the
word "Kompressor" for turbo-charged engines.

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Bert Willing

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"Stefan" a écrit dans le message de
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Bruce Hoult wrote:

Given where they come from, if they were what we call "turbocharged" it
would proabbly say "Kompressor".


No. In German, Kompressor is used for a mechanically driven charger,
turbo for the exhaust driven charger.

Stefan