Bert Willing wrote:

Errr, no. There is even a famous upperclass car manufacturer who uses the
word "Kompressor" for turbo-charged engines.

Well, to be as correct as I can be:

"Kompressor" is the German word for, you guessed it, a compressor. So to
call a turbo charged engine a Kompressor charged one is, strictly
technically spoken, correct.

Historically, though, the first cars with charged engines had
mechanically driven compressors (driven by the crankshaft). They were
called Kompressor engines.

Then came the charged engines where the compressor was driven by the
exhaust stream. They were called turbo charged engines, just to
distinguish. Technically spoken, the "cold" side of the turbo charger is
a compressor, too, of course. I should be surprised if any marketing
guiy understands this.

Oh, and then came the sailplanes with a sustainer. They are called turbo
sailplanes, to distinguish them from self launchers. It's a crazy world
out there.

Stefan