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First turbo-charged car?
Posted by F. Bassett (more from F. Bassett) on Wed, 9 Apr 2008 04:32:47
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In several books and ads about Saab, and most recently in the 99 classifieds, you will see statements that the 99T was the "First production passenger car with a turbo-charged engine". Will someone please explain to me why the Corvair Spyder, which fits all of the criteria mentioned, and was produced by Chevy in the '60s (I think '62-66, but might have been '61-66; '65-66 was called the Corsa) is ignored? True, Saab used a wastegate, which helped things a lot, but they were not the first turbo. And yes, the Spyder was a production car and was definitely a passenger car. This is not an anti-Saab rant (I am on my 3rd 99T, and have more Saabs than I care to admit), but I would love to hear this one properly explained.
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