GM's 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire and Corvair Monza Spyder were the world's first mass-produced turbocharged cars, beating Europe ...
General Motors tried to bring turbocharging to the mainstream in 1962, introducing the the rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair.
Before becoming famous worldwide for stuffing obscenely powerful big-block V8s into the engine bays of Camaros or Novas, Don Yenko transformed Chevy's compact Corvair into a legitimate sports car. In ...