1964 Chrysler Turbine Car
date: label: Date made
content: 1964
name: label: maker
content: Chrysler Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: As America soared into the Jet Age, Chrysler touted the possible advantages of aircraft-style automobile engines over piston engines. In 1963 and 1964, Chrysler assembled 50 automobiles with turbine engines for consumer testing. Special turbo motif bodies made by Ghia in Turin, Italy visually highlighted the futuristic promise of jet power. Three families in the Baltimore area and one in the Washington area took turns driving this car. The turbine engine was smoother and simpler than piston engines, but poor fuel efficiency, high emissions levels, and a peculiar lag when accelerating helped to kill the chances of a mass-produced turbine-engine car.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Piedmont, Turin
label: place made
content: United States: Michigan
label: used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: used
content: United States: Maryland
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Automobiles
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Chrysler Corporation through William P. Stempien
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.328002
label: accession number
content: 272376
label: catalog number
content: 328002
label: serial number
content: 991245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: car
label: Object Name
content: automobile
label: Object Name
content: automobile, turbine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 ft x 6 1/8 ft x 16 11/16 ft; 1.524 m x 1.85928 m x 5.07797 m