In the early 1960s, Chrysler did something no other Detroit automaker dared to attempt at scale: it put a jet-style turbine engine into a sleek, copper-bronze coupe and handed the keys to ordinary ...
NMAH copy 39088015217177 Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. From the Publisher: In 1964, Chrysler gave the world a glimpse of the future. They built a fleet of turbine cars-automobiles with ...
In 2012, Jay Leno featured his 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car on his channel for the very first time. A couple of years later, the rare and innovative vehicle became inoperable due to a damaged turbine. It ...
In the 1960s, Chrysler built a handful of cars powered by aircraft-style turbine engines. And where does one take a turbine when it's in need of a rebuild? To the original manufacturer, of course.