Fiat Turbina. Thanks to Roarington and Mauto, it can be driven.

  • 22 July 2023
  • 2 min read
Fiat Turbina. Thanks to Roarington and Mauto, it can be driven. image

With the arrival of jet aircraft, initially for military purposes and later for commercial use, such as the British Comet, the first to enter service, car manufacturers became fascinated by this new technology and imagined its potential for road vehicles. The three notable examples in automotive history were General Motors, Renault, and Fiat. Their approaches were quite different. In 1953, General Motors unveiled the Firebird, the first of three prototypes that essentially transformed a jet into an automobile.

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