Rover JET1

[1] Rover won the Dewar Trophy in 1950 for this work, in recognition of its outstanding pioneering achievement.

In March 1950, Rover showed the JET1 prototype, the first car powered with a gas turbine engine, to the public.

[3] JET1, an open two-seat tourer, had the engine positioned behind the seats, air intake grilles on either side of the car,[4] and exhaust outlets on the top of the tail.

[5] During tests, the car reached a top speed of 88 mph (142 km/h).

[citation needed] After being shown in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1950,[6] JET1 was further developed,[7] and was subjected to speed trials on the Jabbeke highway in Belgium in June 1952,[8] where it exceeded 150 miles per hour (240 km/h).