Car and Driver needs to give up the woke narrative, period.
Engines WIIL prematurely wear out if manufacturers bolt on a turbo-science!
All this BS cause a cult of loons believe CO2 is a poison and danger at 400 parts per 1,000,000 of our atmosphere (hint-that’s a miniscule part of the atmosphere)
If you are comparing apples to apples, then yes. Take a naturally aspirated dodge hemi and turbocharge it, and it will likely fail sooner. However, an engine that was designed from the ground-up to be turbocharged is likely a different story. Plus, ditching that hemi with it's cylinder de-activation system will be a blessing.
I'm sure you will also start hearing those throngs of "..but that turbo will fail!" The turbo on my Jeep (another Stellantis owned company) is built by Garret. Garret has been building turbochargers and turboprop engines for aircraft for decades. I would well-imagine that turbocharger will outlast any of the other bolt-on components of that engine.
I've owned two other vehicles in the past with tubocharged engines, and they both exceeded 200k with no major issues. Like any other engine, the life of these turbocharged engines will depend upon proper maintenance and how heavy the driver's foot is.
Turbo in my Chevy Trax does not even activate unless RPM’s exceed a certain limit. But it is nice to have that acceleration in reserve when needed.
“Engines WIIL prematurely wear out if manufacturers bolt on a turbo-science!”
You should inform Cummins of this new science. Class 8 Diesel Cummins turbos last a half million miles between overhauls some go two overhauls without a bearing rebuild that’s a million miles. I have driven 5.9 Cummins 6cyl turbo diesels with 400,000+ miles on them.
Dodge has a long history with 6 cylinder in lines. You can bet the lower end for this motor is the same as the European 3.0 liter diesel that means it is bullet proof for gasoline engine pressure levels even boosted to 20+psi that’s nothing to what diesels put up with.
Cummins has gone to all common lower ends for its motor lines. The they intend on having different heads for different fuels diesel,propane,hydrogen,natural gas,and on the smaller engines gasoline. The bottom part of the engines are identical from fuel to fuel only the heads are different and piston bowl shapes.