1977 Chrysler LeBaron Turbine

TURBINE CONCEPT car with a new dramatic aerodynamic design to go with the Upgraded Engine has been built for the U.S. Department of Energy by Chrysler Corporation. The base car, a Chrysler LeBaron, was restyled and equipped with retractable headlamp doors and a T-bar roof, and will also have a polyurethane "soft" front end.

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This 1977 Chrysler LeBaron Turbine, sometimes referred to as a "LeBaron-based Special," clearly shows some styling cues that would later be incorporated into the 1981-1983 Imperial design. In many ways, this Turbine car looks like a late ’70s Dodge Magnum with a "futuristic" ’81-’83 Imperial front clip. This design exercise provides an interesting mid-point between the rounded Mopars of the late 1970s and the sharp lines of the ’81-’83 Imperials.

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