Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...
When you think of turbochargers, performance quickly comes to mind. While that thought might be right, turbochargers are actually efficiency devices. According to automotive history, the Oldsmobile ...
Turbocharged engines are common in cars today, but that all started with the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire featured on this episode of "Jay Leno's Garage." It was restored by Eric Jensen, who explains the ...
Introduced in 1962, the Jetfire isn't the most iconic Oldsmobile out there, but it was the company's most innovative automobile at the time. That's because it featured a turbocharged V8 engine, which ...
Brand Ave. Studios Contributing Writer [email protected] Tri-Power Trivia: 1. What Oldsmobile model series was the Jetfire part of? 2. What was cousin Buick's compact named for 1962? 3. The 1962 pop ...
The Oldsmobile Jetfire is a special car for a whole lot of reasons aside from the snail under its hood. It wasn’t made for very long so finding a nice one today is hard to accomplish. Oh, and it also ...
Most people have never heard of the Oldsmobile Jetfire. It was released just a few weeks after its more famous corporate twin, the Corvair Turbo. Unlike the Corvair, Jetfires came with the 215ci, ...