The Rover T3 was a gas turbine powered coupe developed in the 1950s by the Rover Company, its third turbine car, designed by Charles Spencer King and Gordon Bashford. It was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show in November 1956 to showcase Britain's lead in the new technology. The modified Rover 2S/100 turbine had a single combustion chamber and a single centrifugal compressor turning at up to 52,000 rpm, with a free turbine driving the output shaft, rated at 110 bhp and capable of 100 mph. The chassis had four wheel drive, De Dion tube rear suspension and inboard Dunlop disc brakes under a blue glass fibre coupe body. It became part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust collection and is displayed at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon.
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Rover T3 is a gas turbine-powered coupé developed in the 1950s by the Rover Company.
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the Rover T3 was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show in November 1956
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The Rover T3 became part of the BMIHT collection and in recent years has been on display at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon.
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Rover T3 is a gas turbine-powered coupé developed in the 1950s by the Rover Company.
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A free turbine drives the output shaft, separate from the compressor turbine.
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