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Written by Ollie Kew
Britain gave the jet engine to the world, having developed it for powering aircraft across the sky. Obviously. Rover had the bright idea of seeing if this exciting new technology could, in gas turbine form, power a road car. Its prototype JET1 roadster broke speed records, achieving 152mph in 1952.Despite producing, ahem, 100bhp at 55,000rpm, the slight noise problem, niggles with heat management and fuel consumption of about 6-7mpg meant the jet-powered Rovers remained one-off prototypes. If only someone could have seen those qualms coming
Date written: 4 Feb 2019
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Britain gave the jet engine to the world, having developed it for powering aircraft across the sky. Obviously. Rover had the bright idea of seeing if this exciting new technology could, in gas turbine form, power a road car. Its prototype JET1 roadster broke speed records, achieving 152mph in 1952.Despite producing, ahem, 100bhp at 55,000rpm, the slight noise problem, niggles with heat management and fuel consumption of about 6-7mpg meant the jet-powered Rovers remained one-off prototypes. If only someone could have seen those qualms coming
Date written: 4 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14738
