Originally Posted by
curik
Thats a very conservative japanese mindset. It's like in the WWII, using samurais instead of rifles??! But thinking about it, japanese makers think that turbos are only for performance oriented cars (colt ralliart, evo, wrx, mps, etc) whereas europeans use turbos to downsize engines (E200K, A4 1.8 TFSI, Audi A6 2.0TFSI, golf 1.4TSI, etc). Fuel economy reasons? The 335i can achieve similar economy to a euro when driven conservatively (look at EPA's website). But I agree with groovetek, honda needs to get a better engine. Look at BMW, AUdi and merc. Do they proudly slap a sticker to let ppl know there is VVT in their engines? It's like 10 yrs ago when jap cars slapping 16valve stickers on their cars. Utterly rubbish.
Honda: K24 since 2002 up to now
BMW: Vanos, valvetronic, bi-Vanos, direct injection, turbo, efficient dynamic
Audi: turbo, VIS, FSI, TFSI, TSI