And in the following years, it became the first company in the world to mass-produce superchargers. However, soon after, the supercharger quietly gave way to a large-displacement engine, and then a more powerful turbocharged engine on the field.
This "dark" time of supercharger lasted until 2000. With the return of AMG to the design of supercharger, supercharger has returned to the public's field of vision, especially the production of Mercedes-Benz-McLaren -SLR and Ford GT in the later period, which has driven a large number of modified cars that want to adopt early adopters.
Why Mercedes-Benz chose to return to supercharger design in 2000 has always been difficult to understand. According to the data, there are different explanations. However, most people think that the civil steam turbine technology at that time was not very mature, and many steam turbines had the problem of short life. That is, at that time, many car owners in China developed the habit of stopping after driving on the expressway, but continuing to cool the turbine without turning off the fire.