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1956 General Motors Firebird II turbine car | SuperStock
General Motors Firebird II. Designed with two large front air intakes, a bubble canopy, and a vertical tail fin, four wheel disc brakes, fully independent suspension, its bodywork was titanium. A sophisticated guidance system for "the highway of the future" detected electrical wire embedded into roadways to guide cars and avoid accidents (1956)
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1956 GM Firebird II at Pebble Beach, CA ~by ZipQuote.com -The General Motors Firebird II, a gas-turbine powered engineering concept car, was introduced at the 1956 GM Motorama. This four-passenger Firebird II was characterized by innovations like a titanium body, a regenerative gas turbine, all-wheel independent suspension with automatic load-leveling, power disc brakes, alternator, magnetic ignition key, electric gear selection, and individually-controlled air conditioning.
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Harley Earl poses with his GM Firebird concept Cars in 1958. Harley J. Earl (November 22, 1893 – April 10, 1969) was the initial designated head of Design at General Motors, later becoming Vice President, the first top executive ever appointed in Design of a major corporation in American history.
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Harley Earl with the General Motors Firebird I, II, and III at the General Motors Desert Proving Ground in Mesa, Arizona.