Last normally aspirated diesel?

Last normally aspirated diesel?

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12gauge

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176 months

Tuesday 20th March 2012
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We've had threads like 'last car with cassette player', but what about one about the last diesel car on sale in the UK without a turbo?

Was a time not so long ago when most base model diesels, especially the small ones, had no turbo, but even the Volkswagen/Skoda SDIs seem to be gone from the price lists.

Cant even think of any non-turbo commercial pickup trucks either.

12gauge

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176 months

Wednesday 21st March 2012
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Fastdruid said:
AFAICT there are no downsides to a turbo on a diesel apart from something else to go wrong. They can improve power, mpg and IIRC decrease emissions too. Win, win, win.

If you have to burn the devils fuel why wouldn't you have one?

I believe that you soon (if not already) won't be able to get one without a turbut because of emissions.
Do turbos agree with bio dieseasel and chip fat though? I was under the impression they muck up the turbos and only non-turbos like old Mercedes 300d are hardy enough to take it as fuel.

Turbo is just another gimmick to go expensively wrong IMO, like electric seats.
Who an earth is so lazy to need electric seats? They take ages to adjust and are expensive to repair if they go wrong.