sonic,
i referred to americans being anti-turbochargers meaning the general public and their views on turbocharged cars. this may not apply to those in the motorsport scene who actually know about engines and the benefits of forced induction
it is common knowledge that the americans hate oil changes, thus nissan's possibly putting a V8 in the GTR so that their own habbits don't bury the reputation of such a great car when its purely a maintainance issue.
and why of all japanese cars do they like honda's? no factory turbocharged integras/preludes etc. is there?
it wasn't untill the introduction of the TT supra that america raised its eyebrows and even then the supra released in america had steel ehaust wheels and some other internal changes so that the americans couldn't shoot themselves in the foot trying to get more power with little knowledge of the engine.
after all, it is the home of 7sec stroked-10L drag cars which you really don't see much elsewhere!
Back on the thread topic...
duncan, i think its the fact that many people are set in their old ways of hp etc. that they use this as the measurement. i don't think the larger number thing is too much of an issue.
after all, we still say 3" exhaust rather than the centimetre equilivalent...
Waz.