1963 Chrysler Turbine


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The Plymouth XNR was designed by Virgil Exner late into a storied career that included work at GM, Studebaker, and finally Chrysler where he created this two-seat concept intended to spawn a Mustang/Corvette competitor for Plymouth.


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The Chrysler Turbine Car is an experimental two-door hardtop coupe powered by a turbine engine and manufactured by Chrysler from 1963 to 1964. The bodywork was constructed by Italian design studio Carrozzeria Ghia and Chrysler completed the final assembly in Detroit.


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To showcase the DoE program, Chrysler dropped the gen-7 turbine into the car shown here, an extensively restyled 1977 LeBaron coupe. Based on the company's M-body platform, the LeBaron concept featured a 112.7-inch wheelbase, a curb weight of 3884 lbs, and coupled the gas turbine to a three-speed automatic Torqueflite transmission.


1963 Chrysler Turbine

The gas turbine relates to the jet engine, patented by England's Frank White in 1930. Rolls-Royce speeded the development of jet fighter planes, which came too late to significantly affect World War II but which proved decisive in Korea.


1963 Chrysler Turbine

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A Chrysler Turbine car silhouetted by light coming through garage door windows. By Brian Corey (author). A pre-production version of the Chrysler Turbine Car, an experimental coupe powered by a turbine engine, debuted on this day in 1962 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.


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The Turbine Engine. The real innovation in the Chrysler Turbine Concept was the engine. It featured the fourth-generation of the company's research into liquid-fueled turbine engines and could run at up to 44,500 revolutions per minute. It was capable of burning diesel fuel, unleaded gasoline, kerosene, vegetable oil, or even JP-4 jet fuel.


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A classic car connaisseur tells the interesting story of the 30 year development of a full scale production car with an airplane engine, the Chrysler Turbine.


1963 Chrysler Turbine

The Chrysler Turbine Car was an experimental concept car as it never reached full production. Manufactured from 1963 until 1964, the Turbine car was only ever tested and used as a prototype, even if members of the public could test it.


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Hagerty Drivers Foundation To make the Chrysler Turbine behave like users expected cars to behave, throttle response and fuel supply also had to be radically altered. What engineers did not have to deal with, though, was vibration. A turbine engine's internal parts only rotate; they do not reciprocate.


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The objective of the Chrysler Turbine program was to test consumer and market reaction to turbine power and to obtain service data and driver experience with the Turbine cars under a wide variety of conditions. Automotive Industries magazine cover featuring Elwood Engel


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IThe definitive blend of design and technology, the all-new Chrysler 200C EV concept redefines the idea of responsible mobility with a touch of class and sophistication never before embodied so elegantly in one vehicle. The Chrysler 200C EV concept.. Chrysler EV Concept


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1963-1964 Chrysler Turbine Car. The jet age of the 1950s and 1960s had a lot of influence on the auto industry. The finned rear ends of many cars—such as the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado, and 1958 Plymouth Fury—reflect the interest in space rockets, jet airplanes, and other forms of new-age, sky-riding transportation.


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Here we see the Chrysler Turbine concept car designed by Ghia driving around at the 2021 Concours d'elegance of America. At one point, you can hear the turbi.


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If any car deserves to be called iconic, it's the Chrysler Turbine, which aside from its obvious technical advances is also a uniquely handsome automobile. "Styling was done in-house, overseen by the new design chief, Elwood Engel," the dealer explains.


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DtRockstar1 records a very rare Chrysler Turbine concept car at the 2015 Eyes On Design car show driving around with the turbine engine whirring. This car wa.

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