Chrysler Turbine Cars being destroyed

Film footage of Chrysler Turbine Cars being destroyed after testing.

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[kamikazeOS]

@carlover2013 because someone didn't want a car that runs on anything ...just like they did with the electrical car EV-1

[carlover2013]

WHy destroy something that people put A LOT of hard work into..

[Willitmakeitcom]

We may crash cars for a living but never a classic

[rotax7804]

I live just north of Detroit , when i was 13,14, 15 or so i had a chance to see one of these . It was driven on the street and parked two doors down from my grandmas in Gross Point Woods. I was of the age that i knew what it was and the sound was really something to hear. That was the only time i saw it , someone had it for the weekend i'm guessing.

[CornerstoneAutoLLC]

To all who wonder why oh why? Because all car manufacturers have corporate policies that state all prototype vehicles are to be destroyed beyond a usable point after the research program is over. These vehicles are not allowed for sale or on the road, and do not even have VINs. This is all based off of liability, as dictated by their lawyers. Some do escape their fate, as with around 3-5 of these. Chrysler has 1 or 2 I hear, and a museum in Kansas has 1. NATMUS in Auburn, Indiana has an engine.

[lamoboy]

hey at least they recycled the engines so it not much of a loss although you could refit a more efficient engine and still maintain the looks

[MrDasher01]

That is truly a nightmare

[jetpoweredgriffin]

So the bodies had to be destroyed because they were imported from Italy-what happened to the the engines/transmissions?

AFAIK,they were destroyed,too.

What was the excuse there?

In the full version,some engineers were seen crying nearby.I'm sure they would have removed them for free.Litigation was not as big a problem then as it is now.

There is no excuse for this.

No wonder the world is in economic crisis.

[blue68falcon]

what was the point in this?

[ArniepII]

Just another reason I won't buy Chrysler products. Stupid people running a stupid company.

[rattmaddnes]

Our political lab rats hard at work...;

[ThatMiserableCat]

@kamikazeOS Lawyers and Liability Lawsuits are the reason why limited-run Test & Development Cars like the Chrysler Turbine & the General Motors EV-1 are routinely destroyed. No other good reason. Lawyers and Liability Lawsuits. That's all.