GM/Chevy used 'Turbo' for naturally aspirated engines, too. Like Turbo Thrust, Turbo Thrust Special, Turbo Fire, Turbo Jet... just a catchy name is all, IMHO.
why, ya wanna know why,, well I'll tell ya why..
in the 50's up the auto designers had a love affair with rockets and air planes..
and it just sounds kool even if you have no idea what a turbo was or
rocket..
olds owners pride themselves with not only having a 350 c.i.d. engine..they have a ROCKET 350 or 400 etc..
Uh, no. Oldsmobile owners KNOW that the "Rocket" name is pure marketing BS. It's the uninitiated who seem to think that the "Rocket" motors have some magic superiority over others.
The tailfins and such in the late 50s and early 60s were because of the publics awe for rockets and planes.
Carmakers found people bought cars with those big fins , so they put them on and called the engines "turbo fire" and "rocket350" etc.
Strictly a marketing ploy.
Because the marketing people where bright enough to realize that "Turbo 400" sounded better than "Piece of Crap 400" and the public might buy more cars.
Marketing pure and simple.
BB:thumbup:
In the "Old Days" (1939-1956) G.M. had the Hydramatic 4 speed transmission. In the "New Days" they brought out the updated Turbo-Hydramatic.
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