6. Chrysler Turbine
During the early `60s, Chrysler was heavily involved in turbine car testing. At the moment, this kind of engine (similar to jet aircraft engines) made sense as the future of the internal combustion engine. After the extensive testing in laboratories and test tracks, there came a time when Chrysler needed valuable real-life data so it built 55 cars and sent them to Italy`s Ghia design house to get fancy hand-made bodies. Then the cars were given to randomly chosen families all over America to be used as regular cars for a while.
The Chrysler Turbine was a concept car with an innovative power train and was on the verge of becoming a fully fledge production model, however, Chrysler decided to kill the project and destroy almost all cars.