In a message dated 97-01-01 22:15:49 EST, KWHines@aol.com writes: << This summer their top salesman told me the 1.8T was supercharged, not a turbo. >> Any good mechanical engineer will tell you that a turbocharger _is_ a supercharger. (Not that I want to go around defending the honour of sales people. He probably thought he was right, he just didn't know he was right.)