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    Jetfire

    Apr 25, 2021 2 minutes
    WORDS MICHAEL STAHL

    Puff and bluster

    GROUNDBREAKING TURBO WITH A FAMOUS AUSSIE CONNECTION

    FANS OF FORCE-FEEDING often trace automotive turbocharging to 1970s Euro exotics like the BMW 2002 Turbo or Porsche 930. In fact, it began with General Motors in 1962, with the Chevrolet Corvair Monza and the Oldsmobile Jetfire.

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