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The Chrysler Turbine Car seemed impossible, perhaps even ridiculous. Yet when this jet car for the masses debuted, it was an instant hit. The design was revolutionary yet realistic, and with that incredible, fantastic sound under the hood, the message was clear: the future is here. Generations later, the Chrysler Turbine Car and the program that saw its launch are remembered as life-changing experiences.

The Jet Age

The Hagerty Drivers Foundation captures the dynamic story behind the people who re-wrote the rules of automotive design in its latest documentary, The Chrysler Turbine Car: Engineering a Revolution, available for free on its official YouTube Channel.
With archival audio clips and video footage, Hagerty’s filmmakers show us a brief history of life in the United States in the 1950s. Economic prosperity flows from the post-World War II boom, the word historians use to describe society at the time. It’s an era where baby boomers discover their formative years in a then-new concept called “the suburb.” Meanwhile, President Eisenhower has enacted the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which gave birth to our modern interstate system. And behind the scenes in Detroit, a skunkworks engineering team at Chrysler was building a car for the jet age. 

Heart & Soul

The Hagerty ...