Ultra-rare 1963 Chrysler Turbine car sold to mystery buyer

A 1963 Chrysler Turbine experimental vehicle has been sold in a rare exchange of the vehicle. The car is one of just two that are currently in private hands.

It is one of a run of just 55 experimental vehicles Chrysler built to evaluate the use of a turbine in an automobile. The hope was that a relatively simple, smooth operating engine that could run on a variety of fuels would offer a reliable and efficient alternative to piston engines, but its poor emissions and extremely hot exhaust doomed it to the history books after a couple of years of testing. All but nine of the cars that were built were sent to the crusher, with seven of the others ending up in museums and two in private hands.