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Old 02-16-2011, 09:09 PM
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Turbo History?????

Today as i was driving home from work i was pondering this... not paying any attention to motor vehicles, pedestrians, road signs, or emergency vehicles, while driving my piece of cow fouling 96 saab 900se turbo i was thinking about the origin of turbo cars????? Since MB and BMW (and my 96 saab, sorry E55/63 guys but i beat you guys to the turbo ) are obviously moving this way in the future/now, i was wondering what the first car ever to feature a turbo was? Im talking about a production car too, not some f.ucking car timmy made in his garage when he was 16... Does anyone know the anwser to my thought provoking question? it really makes you take a step back and think doesnt it? because as we all now know, turbo is the catalyst to preformance..
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Can't believe I am saying this but I think first production car was good ole GM with a Cutlass. P cars didn't start using um til the 70s.

62 Cutlass using a Garrett Turb
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Can't believe I am saying this but I think first production car was good ole GM with a Cutlass. P cars didn't start using um til the 70s.

62 Cutlass using a Garrett Turb
I do believe it was the 62 Cutless Jetfire.. (I cheated and looked on wikipedia though LOL)

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