Originally Posted by
sjanzeir
Oh, well, now that we're being technical, the badge may have been slapped onto the tailgate in 1992, but the rest of Piece Of *beep* Chassis No. 573 - and the idea that turbocharging a V6 is a substitute for V8 displacement - are deeply rooted in the 1970s and 1980s, wouldn't you say?
Actually that body came out in 1982. I had a 1986 with the crappy 2.8 engine and I drove that thing for 18 years.
Turbochargers are more common now than ever before. It's a way to get more power from a smaller engine. Chevy has released a full sized pick-up with a 4 cylinder turbo engine.