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Fiat Turbina was a 1954 model of car produced by Italian manufacturer Fiat. It was designed as a sports car.
In 1954 Fiat was the first car manufacturer in Europe to introduce a car propelled by a gas turbine. The project took a long period of planning, studies began in 1948 and ended with a track test in 1954 on the track of the Lingotto. The engine had two compressor stages, one turbine stage, power turbine was single stage with a geared reduction. The declared power was 300 hp (220 kW) at 22.000 rpm, and the estimated top speed was approximately Template:Auto kmh. The Turbina held the record for lowest drag coefficient on an automobile (0.14) for 30 years. [1]
The concept was shelved due to high fuel usage and problems with overheating.
The Fiat Turbina is found today in the Automobile Museum of Turin.
- ^ http://www.hemmings.com/hsx/stories/2006/01/01/hmn_feature29.html (the 1/5 scale model)
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