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Fiat Turbina
The Fiat Turbina was a gas turbine-powered concept car built by Italian car manufacturer Fiat in 1954.
Fiat was the second car manufacturer, after Rover, to introduce a car propelled by a gas turbine—Fiat touted the Turbina as "the first turbine car built in Continental Europe". The project took a long period of planning, studies began in 1948 and ended with a first track test on 14 April 1954 on the rooftop track of the Lingotto factory.
The car was first publicly shown
with Eddie Butler. It was long, low and sleek, and was built on a Chevrolet Impala chassis. One of the two screen-used Batmobiles is now housed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The other is in the garage at Jon Peters home in Malibu. The back of the Batmobile resembles the back of the Fiat Turbina, which was a gas-turbine concept from the 1950s.
Appearances in other media Live-action "Batman" (1989 film) / "Batman Returns" Technical specifications.
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