Internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, in particular for a motor car

An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an exhaust tract fluidically coupled to a combustion chamber such that exhaust gas from the combustion chamber flows through the exhaust tract;
• a turbine in the exhaust tract and configured to be driven by the exhaust gas;
• a suction tract fluidically coupled to the combustion chamber so as to introduce air flowing in the suction tract into the combustion chamber;
• an intercooler in the suction tract;
• a throttle flap in the suction tract upstream of the intercooler and configured to adjust the amount of air introduced into the combustion chamber via the suction tract;
• a compressor in the suction tract upstream of the throttle flap and configured to compress the air flowing in the suction tract;
• a secondary air conduit fluidically coupling the suction tract to the exhaust tract at a diversion point downstream of the compressor so as to introduce a portion of the air flowing in the suction tract into the exhaust tract into a bypass channel upstream of a wastegate valve, wherein the bypass channel bypasses the turbine in parallel flow with the exhaust tract;
• and
• an ignition plug in the exhaust tract downstream of the turbine and configured to ignite a mixture of:
• (a) the air introduced into the exhaust tract, and (b) un-combusted fuel components in the exhaust gas.