guru me wrote:A turbo-equipped car can achieve around about 20 percent better economy over normal gasoline vehicles, and as much as 40 percent for diesel vehicles.
http://www.autotrader.co...aner-more-efficient.jsp
Personally, would go for a turbocharged car over a naturally aspirated car within the same model.
My experience has been that turbo cars are more fuel efficient when driving tamely. When you chose to floor them, which I confess I do a lot (currently own one and cant control myself), the fuel consumption is not so good, but believe it is commensurate to the increase in performance.
I haven't owned my car long enough to know if the turbo increases frequency of breakdowns so will update as we go along.But I am a performance car aficionado which may not be everyone's cup of tea.
If you start penny pinching, utaona cha mtema kuni.

Turbos need discipline, knowledge and meticulousness.
Oil ni synthetic, without exception, and needs changing after a shorter cycle than a naturally aspirated car, otherwise the turbine will start eating itself and sending finely ground metal dust into the engine. So the man at the former PAC said.
When the oxygen sensors go, and they will go because this is Kenya and dust is in abundance, you must go to the parts shop and caugh the thirty something K for a new one without hesitation, or the engine management unit starts recalibrating itself, setting you up for a bigger break and hence cost down the line.
Also, many people overboost, installing larger turbines than the spec of the car prescribes.
And finally, guys have been known to race from sijui Nakuru to Mombasa at full speed, maximum boost. Do this enough times and the heat is too much for the cooling system, material deformation starts to develop, a slow knock or a sudden knock will ensue. Sprint occasionally but also 'coast' (let the turbos spool down) regularly, or use torque to gradually develop speed without screaming the engine, giving it much needed breathers. Ni hayo tu. Happy power driving