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Who was the king of the small capacity turbo way-back-when?
Honda and Renault spring to mind, with BMW being powerful but splitting the block too often.
The other question is whether that pedigree translates to the modern era, given the new regulations- the fuel they used in the old turbo-era was barely a kissing cousin to pump fuels of the time, for example.
I think the electronics may be the defining factor- given that some of the speculative articles which I have read talk of the kinetic energy system being interfaced directly with the turbine shaft, braking and speeding it using the battery energy reserve.
This last point sounds crackers to me- my old, estate road car spins it's turbine to 150,000 rpm regularly.