The World’s First Turbocharged Car Was American, And Horribly Unreliable

These days, the turbocharger lives underneath many new cars’ hoods. Put simply, the turbo is a great way to inject some much-needed power into a smaller engine. In today’s age of powerplant downsizing, the turbocharger has become an increasingly important weapon in many manufacturers’ arsenals in order to keep their small-engined models adequately powerful.