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Long before Chrysler fitted a turbine engine to an automobile and shortly after World War II concluded, Rover began experimenting with smooth-spinning turbines as an alternative automotive power source. Although it never made it to production, it’s certainly an interesting and significant part of automotive history; they even printed this brochure.
It stated: “Since experimental work on ‘JET 1,’ the world’s first gas turbine car began in 1946, there has been intense activity at Solihull, headquarters of The Rover Company. In 1955 a second prototype was produced which had a rear mounted gas turbine in a normal saloon body. But now comes ‘T.3,’ Rover’s first practical, specially designed gas turbine-powered motor car.
Another infamous powerplant that didn't quite make production...
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