Original rare promo video created by chrysler for their milestone, the Turbine Car Have a look at a 25 minute doco on the car by Jay Leno here www.youtube.com Thanks To Jay Leno’s Garage www.jaylenosgarage.com http
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Original rare promo video created by chrysler for their milestone, the Turbine Car Have a look at a 25 minute doco on the car by Jay Leno here www.youtube.com Thanks To Jay Leno’s Garage www.jaylenosgarage.com http
As a youngster I remember viewing this impressive car at an exhibition in Athens, Greece ca. early 1960′s. At the time of my visit with my Dad, the tall John Wayne celebrity was also at the booth. A double treat for a lad! I also remember that there was a mirror placed at the rear so that the huge exhaust pipe would be clearly visible. What a thrill to see this period video and to learn all the details of a car which is hard to forget!
If half of what Chrysler said in this video about this engine is true, it is a crying shame that in this year of 2012, all cars aren’t using it. My POS subaru just died because darned piston engines have so many parts that can fail ruining the whole engine. The Crhysler turbine has 1/5 the moving parts! If only… *sigh*
Turbine engines are HUGELY more reliable than any piston engine, and require far far less maintenance.
This is why they are used in place of diesels on millitary vessels and large cruise ships, and why they run for literally months on end in industrial power generation and pumping applications.
They use slighty more fuel than piston engines, but not ‘a lot more’ but the fuel costs are often offset by the lower maintenance and repair costs of piston engines.
sad world is sad.
the fnky chicken brought me here
Big oil… price
heat, low speed mpg, noise, low end power
makes you feel like a proud owner
12michaelh got his facts backwards – turbines are many, many times more reliable than any piston engine. Fuel consumption and high production costs are the reason they are not practical automobile powerplants.
The fact that these cars could practically run on anything that burned really threatened the big gas companies
Big Oil
Depends on the appication, a turbo prop plane flying at faster speeds is more effiecent for distance than an ICE powered plane.
turbine engines tend to be a lot less reliable than piston engines. Also they tend to burn a lot more fuel. Id still drive one if they made more though
i love that old music, its just makes me feel happy
Unfortunately, people were not interested. Also, they were a mite on the homely side. They were trying to look futuristic…personal opinion is that they missed.
What killed the chrysler Turbine Jet Car?
Too bad they didnt produce more..
Unreal , I want one