In the modern world, turbocharged engines seem to be the norm. With strict emission and fuel economy requirements, carmakers ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 1974 Porsche 911 Turbo was a car that started a revolution. It arrived ten years after the first turbocharged production car (the 1964 Oldsmobile Jetfire Turbo) but was the first turbo car that ...

Turbocharging has a seductive allure for engineers because it recovers “free” energy that is otherwise lost. A gas turbine inserted into an engine’s exhaust stream will spin a compressor, or ...