Just for reference there are a LOT of modern engines using forced
induction to improve economy and performance.  It must be an American (oil
company) thing to restrict effective economical fuel consumption imports to
the US.....I'll be surprised if it is allowed to transplant a diesel like
that into a Vanagon for long, here in the US.

 Our Vanagons are actually sort of pathetic when it comes to fuel
economy.   Page around on the Fuelly site and see what kind of mileage some
of the Super or Turbo vehicles are getting.  It shows most Vanagons run in
the 15-20 mpg range...Double that and you are in "modern vehicle" gas
mileage...
   Yes, we still go further on a gallon of gas than most US Domestic camper
vans or cargo vans...but not much further

http://www.fuelly.com/dashboard

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yeah, it looks pretty cool! I'm not entirely convinced about this
> electric supercharger/turbocharger idea... Maybe it will augment
> exhaust gasses in spooling the "big" turbo?
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:13 AM, PSD <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Wait, a TDI augmented with an additional "electric" turbo?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Zeitgeist
> > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 11:02 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: New diesel from VW
> >
> > I believe that's the regular common rail 2.0L TDI augmented with an
> > electric turbocharger.  Nifty concept
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 7:52 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> A new 2.0 L four cyl 269 hp engine has just been shown by VW. And the
> > thing
> >> gets 40-50 mpg.
> >>
> >> Thats all i can tell you right now. Saw a picture of it an its little
> >> monster .
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Casey
>