Like the other cars in his collection, Jay Leno's Chrysler Turbine Car saw regular use— until its engine failed. So Leno sent it to Williams International, the Michigan-based company founded by one of ...

Chrysler's best and brightest minds worked hard to not only miniaturize the turbine engine but also make it work with a car's driveshaft. These engineers redesigned many parts of the motor and ...

Technical difficulties were never fully overcome, the increasing cost of fuel made gas turbine cars uneconomic to run, and meanwhile by the 1960s the piston engine had improved immeasurably over ...