That Time GM Stuck a Ferrari V12 in a Pontiac Firebird and Called it a
The General Motors Firebird II, a gas-turbine powered engineering concept car, was introduced at the 1956 GM Motorama. Firebird II was the successor to the famous 1954 Firebird I. The four-passenger Firebird II was characterized by innovations like a titanium body, a regenerative gas turbine, all-wheel independent suspension with automatic load.
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Published: 5 Feb 2022, 17:02 UTC • By: Ciprian Florea Semi-autonomous cars are already a thing in 2022, and it won't be long until we won't need a steering wheel commute in our personal cars..
Pontiac Firebird TT Concept HiConsumption
In 1956, GM introduced its second Firebird concept car, known internally as the XP-43 and constructed under S.O. 2683. Unlike the performance-oriented original, the Firebird II was built to demonstrate what the family car of the future might look like, assuming, of course, it relied on a gas turbine engine for propulsion.
This Pontiac Firebird TT Concept Will Make You Want to Raise the Dead
1959 GMC Firebird III. The two-passenger Firebird III features a double bubble cockpit, multiple winglets, and a toned-down power plant guided by an aircraft-inspired control system. Dual power sources - a primary 225-horsepower Whirlfire GT-305 gas turbine engine and a two-cylinder 10-horsepower gasoline engine that runs the accessories.
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The Firebird concept was spearheaded by General Motors head designer Harley Earl, the man who ushered in the tailfin era of car design. Compared to the excesses of the latter half of the decade.
Historic Firebird Concept Car Pics Page 4 Third Generation FBody
The XP-21 Firebird wasn't the last gas-turbine concept car GM built during the 1950s, nor was it the wildest (that title belongs to the 1958 Firebird III), but it was the purest and most.
GM Firebird I Concept Car (1953) Old Concept Cars
Car Renders The Pontiac Firebird Returns To Battle The Ford Mustang And Dodge Challenger One Last Time By Cody Colella Updated Mar 27, 2023 Burt Reynolds would be proud of this present-day take on the iconic sports car that's a little bit of Camaro with a lot of nostalgia.
GM and Disney Take a Trip to Tomorrowland
Published Sep 2, 2018 Back in the 1950s, GM was working on some interesting car concepts, mainly the Firebird 1 XP-21, inspired by aircraft of the time. Via Forums (VWvortex) The 1950s was a time when cars were as glamorous as supermodels, with bright paint jobs and chromed to the nth degree.
Is It Just Me, Or Does This Pontiac FirebirdBased Ford Dodge Mismash
From 1967 to 2002, Pontiac built the now defunct Firebird. It was a pony car in the purest sense, similar to the Mustang and Camaro that it rivaled, it featured a rear-wheel-drive setup, six-.
GM's Firebird III concept was more influential than it looks today
Motivated by the space race, a generation of General Motors employees created the revolutionary Firebird series of concept cars. Today, GM continues to challenge expectations of what can be achieved. "We're generally trying something right at the limit of what could be done." - Norman James, retired General Motors designer.
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Conceived strictly as an engineering and styling concept, the Firebird I was ready in 1953. Designed by Harley J. Earl, the man behind Project Opel which eventually became the Chevrolet.
Firebird III One of the Most Intriguing and Influential Concept Cars
There are cars that look like jets, and then there are cars that basically are jets without wings; the latter can said for General Motors' Firebird III, one.
Historic Firebird Concept Car Pics Page 4 Third Generation FBody
1950s Airborne Fin Tales You can find several classic GMCs for sale in the Classic Driver Market. Is it a car? Is it a plane? Well both, sort of. GMC's Firebird concept of 1953 was the first of a trio of concept cars that brought fighter jet styling and technology to the road…
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Regular GTOs, Firebirds, or Azteks aside, let's take a look back at probably the most incredible concept car ever built by the now-defunct brand, the 1-of-1 Firebird Pegasus concept. How it all.
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The 1956 Firebird II was an early experiment in automated driving-an electronic brain guided the car down the Safety Autoway, a road with an embedded metallic conductor. GM's turbine-powered.
GM’s spaceage Firebird turbinecar concepts on display
This is the GM Firebird II Concept car from circa 1956. It is a running concept with a number of innovative design and engineering concepts. It is turbine powered and carries on the GM space ship design theme of the era.