Trivia Question! First turbocharged cars?

[firebirdvert305]

With no answer cuz i dunno the answer myself....Well guys i was sitting home b/c hurricane dennis wondering what the first 5 or maybe 10 (if u know them) cars that was available turbo? Was the 1983 conquest/starion one of the 1st? Dodge colt turbo on that list maybe? If u know post up.

 

[olmytsi]

Gran national, turbo trans am, omni?

 

[Ken]

We'll just work backwards from the ones you mentioned so if anyone has an earlier turbo car than the one mentioned in a previous post describe it.

Before those there was a Turbo Firebird, Volvo started using turbos in the mid to late 70s, and before that in the 60s buick had a turbo car and the Corvair could be ordered with a turbo. So that puts at least 4 cars before any Mitsubishi product was sold turbocharged in the States.

 

[firebirdvert305]

corvair was optioned turbo as well???

 

[dirk3]

BMW 2002 tii

First turbo charged passenger cars were the corvair monza, and the Oldsmobile Jetfire.. 1962/63

First turbocharged passenger diesel's were the Mercedes 300sd 1978.
VW Golf TD 1981.

 

[Ken]

Forgot about that one, does anyone know of any factory turbo offerings in the 50s excluding large trucks.

 

[scirio]

There was a supercharged car in the 20's. I forget the name though, I saw it on that car show on the history chanel hosted by that wrestler. And the first turbo charged anything was a the "turbania", a boat built by the guy that invented the turbine, saw that on KQED last night when i couldn't sleep
me for teh win

 

[dirk3]

There was a supercharged car in the 20's. I forget the name though, I saw it on that car show on the history chanel hosted by that wrestler. And the first turbo charged anything was a the "turbania", a boat built by the guy that invented the turbine, saw that on KQED last night when i couldn't sleep
me for teh win

Good job, but we were talking about passenger cars. Not boats, or planes. Also supercharged vs. Turbocharged are two different animals...

Good info tho

 

[sherloc123]

bmw made a turbo charged car? any pics?

 

[dirk3]

bmw made a turbo charged car? any pics?

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[sherloc123]

i work at a bmw dealer and i didnt know that. thanks

 

[falcone4g63]

On the show Rides, Jay leno had some late 20's early 30's car that was twin turbo and Jon from tre said the first turbo mitsu was a 1979 model but I dont know the name.

 

[Burnett03]

jay leno had an old 20's car that was turbocharged.

 

[Burnett03]

pretty sure it was a bentley!

 

[jp171]

First turbo charged passenger cars were the corvair monza, and the Oldsmobile Jetfire.. 1962/63.

What does he win?

Since we're playing auto trivia, name the AMC car that was originally supposed to be powered by a rotary engine.

 

[Nick McCardle]

What does he win?

Since we're playing auto trivia, name the AMC car that was originally supposed to be powered by a rotary engine.

Pacer

 

[Defiant]

pretty sure it was a bentley!

Bentley only used Roots-type superchargers until recent times. Same for Bugatti and Auburn/Cord/Duesenburg. Avanti and Studebaker used Paxton centrifugal-vane blowers, as did the 1910 Chadwick, the first supercharged American car. Judson used to make little superchargers for VW Beetles, MGs and the like, little smog-pump-like air pumps with fabric-reinforced composite vanes. They could be good for 5-10 hp, which doesn't seem like much-- until you stop to consider this was on a 30-hp engine.

 

[jp171]

Pacer

You're two-for-two.

What company built the first FWD rotary-powered production car?

 

[Below Ambient]

"The Chevrolet Corvair Monza and the Oldsmobile Jetfire were the first turbo-powered passenger cars, and made their debut on the US market in 1962/63. Despite maximum technical outlay, however, their poor reliability caused them to disappear quickly from the market."

http://www.turbodriven.com/en/turbofacts/index.asp

 

[Ken]

What company built the first FWD rotary-powered production car?

NSU

It just told me my post had to have at least four character in it! I guess it keeps people from just poting ""

 

[ShadowWulf]

Bentley only used Roots-type superchargers until recent times. Same for Bugatti and Auburn/Cord/Duesenburg. Avanti and Studebaker used Paxton centrifugal-vane blowers, as did the 1910 Chadwick, the first supercharged American car. Judson used to make little superchargers for VW Beetles, MGs and the like, little smog-pump-like air pumps with fabric-reinforced composite vanes. They could be good for 5-10 hp, which doesn't seem like much-- until you stop to consider this was on a 30-hp engine.

Its this obscure, out of the way and yet DAMN detailed information that i love the old fat geezer for

 

[Ken]

What was the year Mitsubishi of Japan first started manufacturing automobiles?

 

[Defiant]

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[TierNose]

What was the year Mitsubishi of Japan first started manufacturing automobiles?

i'm not sure on that, but i know Mitsubishi cars weren't sold under the Mitsubishi name in the US until 1982

 

[jp171]

Here's a trivia stumper:

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