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5 of the Most Influential Turbocharged Production Cars
5 of the Most Influential Turbocharged Production Cars

26 Mar 2024, 23:05 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / During the last six decades, we were threated with some epic turbocharged cars, but none were more influential for the turbo's adoption than these five models

 
Super-Rare 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire With Original Turbo Is a Rocket Fluid Survivor
Super-Rare 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire With Original Turbo Is a Rocket Fluid Survivor

19 Mar 2024, 17:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / One of the few remaining Jetfires with the original turbo system is now looking for a new home; the car comes in spotless shape

 
Turbo-Rocket V8: Remembering the Automotive World's First Mass-Produced, Turbocharged V8
Turbo-Rocket V8: Remembering the Automotive World's First Mass-Produced, Turbocharged V8

27 Nov 2023, 11:34 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / For gearheads, the 1960s is the decade when muscle cars were born in the US, but it's also when the first mass-produced turbo engines were introduced in cars

 
20 Ways Oldsmobile Revolutionized the Car Industry
20 Ways Oldsmobile Revolutionized the Car Industry

17 Sep 2023, 08:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of America's oldest automakers, Oldsmobile was shut down in 2004. But its legacy lives on thanks to countless iconic cars and innovative technologies.

 
Jay Leno Drives the First Turbocharged Production Car, the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire
Jay Leno Drives the First Turbocharged Production Car, the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire

22 Feb 2022, 08:17 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / It's arguable which between the Corvair and the Jetfire is the first turbocharged production car, considering they came out weeks in between

 
Rare 1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire Spent 50 Years in a Barn, It's an Amazing Time Capsule
Rare 1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire Spent 50 Years in a Barn, It's an Amazing Time Capsule

21 Feb 2022, 15:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Oldsmobile built more than 9,000 units in the 1960s, but only 100 are believed to run today, with only 20 still relying on fully functional turbochargers

 
The Pioneering Oldsmobile Jetfire: World's First Car Powered by a Turbocharged V8
The Pioneering Oldsmobile Jetfire: World's First Car Powered by a Turbocharged V8

15 Oct 2021, 12:17 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / One of the world's first turbocharged production models, the Oldsmobile Jetfire added forced induction to a good ol' American V8