Dodge Turbine Car Commercial Promo Film

This is a Dodge Turbine car promo film from Chrysler Corporation in January 1962. This is a cross country drive of the 1962 Dodge Turbine car. This is a Stardard Dodge 2 door Hardtop modified with the experimental Chrysler Turbine Engine and some slightly different styling. This is 18 months before Chrysler launched the famous test of the Chrysler Turbine Car among the US public

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Turbine
• Chrysler
• Dodge
• 1962
• Sinclair
• Gas

[clap5]

Why did they stop the project?

[OsbornTramain]

@clap5 They did. All thru the 60's and 70's, Chrysler worked on this. There's much documentation. For 1981, Lee A, Iaccoca wanted to launch a Chrysler New Yorker that offered this Engine Design as an option. But, this was 1980 and the Government Bailed Out Chrysler but Gaurantteeing loans with Banks. Many of those Banks didn't feel comfortable with this new unproven technology. As part of the deal, all of the work was turned over to the Government (I think to NASA) and locked away.

[OsbornTramain]

@clap5 During the 1980 Chrysler Government Bail Out (Government gauranteed Loans for Chrysler with Banks) the technology was turned over to the Goverment. Chrysler agreed not to move forward with it. The Banks who loaned the money were nervous about the new technology. They did burn a lot of gas too.  The plan was to use this engine in 1981 in chrysler new yorkers which were big luxury cars. It never happened.

[AirmanCylon401]

Wow, I had no idea- I was basing my theory on my old snapshots that look kinda bluish. I know, whole different thing. Gotta say, I love all the old car stuff you have! My dad had several of those cars and is a fan of many others- his Rivieras were cool. Nice first car you had! A real land yacht. I miss those days. So..... does your shadow miss Rip Taylor? LOL!!! :)

[OsbornTramain]

thanks and ugh on my shadow joke....I have to tell you, I can't believe how un funny those johnny carson jokes all were! lol The cars have aged better than the humor

[spencnaz]

Now a turbine/electric hybrid would be perfect. Just have that turbine humming along at a constant speed and get all the torque you want with the electric drive!

Multifuel capability and lower emissions? Sign me up! I'll run that thing on my homebrew biodiesel!

[markfran11]

I rode in the Chrysler turbine car as a 5 year old, since my Dad was an engineer for the turbine program and he would bring it home. He is also in this video, riding in the car that drove coast to coast. The engine sounded like a jet!

[OsbornTramain]

@jayocular Chrysler Designed and built those tanks but only when they ran into finaicial difficulties in the late 70's were they forced to sell the Military division to General Dynamics. Those Tanks are all Chrysler.

[jayocular]

@PAMAROSHOUSE i know they were used in the huey helicopters but never heard of chrysler using it...seems too big a motor for that car

[PAMAROSHOUSE]

@jayocular those m1s are running the chrysler turbine engine.it was given to them after chrysler stopped.

[lcar4000]

I think the Exner designs got too bizarre for public tastes by 1960-1961. Chrysler really had a talent for engineering, trying out new technology. I wish they could get that back.

[steffidude]

I love the 62 Dodge and Plymouth I alway wondered why Chrysler fired designer Virgil Exner.

[Tamerplane]

Sounds like a jet in a car.

[jayocular]

@clap5 lots of reasons...1, it was very sluggish take off,2, the heat generated by a turbine is immense and the cost of creating an engine bay that could withstand all the heat was very expensive and it wasnt practical.also the fuel milage on these thing is rediculously bad.the last thing i can think of is they put out a whole lot of heat out of the rear.youd have to stand at least 20 feet away to not get burnt up.i was a tanker on the m1a2 tank and they have turbine so i am familiar with it

[MADDD0GGG]

This car, the design and the engineering was a big threat to the economy. If this car took off and other companies followed, more than half of the auto and oil industries would have lost much. The infrastructure to support this type of car would have put a lot of Americans out of work, and your local mechanic would have been most likely an aircraft engineer!

[66Beanshit]

@10yroldcarlover And whilst you're at it, look up the Rover gas-turbine experimental car--from 1950. Hate to break it to you, mate, but 'Murrikka didn't invent everything--nor actually, all that much of anything.

[66Beanshit]

@10yroldcarlover Actually, no, that was the British. Frank Whittle, Google/Wiki, go.