What Car Has The Most Hilarious Turbocharging?

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Modern turbocharging is all about smoothness of delivery, of hiding the fact that a turbocharged engine is turbocharged. What about the old school iterations of the tech?

If you find yourself behind the wheel of an Alfa Romeo 4C, you’ll end up spending a bunch of time on the highway intentionally going from 3000 to 3100 rpm, just to hear the turbo spool whoosh.

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But compared to real brutes in automotive turbocharging, the Alfa is positively refined. What car did you find had the most completely laggy, simple, hilarious turbo tech?

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Photo Credit: Raphael Orlove

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