# Arguably "Detroit's Coolest Creation." . . . Hey Dude, Is That Jay Leno?

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**Tags:** chrysler\
**Created:** [August 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/arguably-detroits-coolest-creation-hey-dude-is-that-jay-leno/54354 "2010-08-29T20:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/arguably-detroits-coolest-creation-hey-dude-is-that-jay-leno/54354/1 "2010-08-29T20:08:07Z")

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The year: 1964  
  
 The car: From somewhere in the future.  
  
  
  
 Turn up the volume on your speakers before you run the video that goes with today’s Detroit News article.  
  
  
  
 Link:  
  
 [http://www…ge-journey](http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100829/OPINION03/8290301/1148/-Chrysler-s-Turbine-Car--on-a-strange-journey)  
  
  
  
 What do you think ? I’d love to drive it ! I saw these cars running on Woodward Avenue back in 64.  
  
  
  
 P. S. You can search for and download the Operator’s Manual for this vehicle.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/arguably-detroits-coolest-creation-hey-dude-is-that-jay-leno/54354/2 "2010-08-30T15:59:15Z")

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I would have to argue that it’s not Detroit’s best look. I saw it at a car show back in the mid-sixties. I thought it was ugly then and it still is. The AMC Pacer might have been uglier. My all time favorite is the 1938 Buick Y Job. It brought automotive styling into the modern world.

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/arguably-detroits-coolest-creation-hey-dude-is-that-jay-leno/54354/3 "2010-08-31T01:44:05Z")

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Never seen one run but I have seen them since I was young. There is a Chrysler Turbine car at the National Museum of Transportation in a suburb of St Louis, MO.

As the article stated, Chr loaned them to families for 3 months. This car may be ugly but its still cool. Maybe it was the idea or aesthetics, I cannot put my finger on it but cars in general are cool for things like this. On the flip side Ford Fairmont, Chevy Lumina, cars like that give metal a bad name. BORING