8. Chrysler Turbine
During the early ‘60s, Chrysler was heavily involved in turbine car testing. At the time, this kind of engine, similar to jet aircraft engines, made sense as the future of internal combustion engines. After extensive testing in laboratories and test tracks, there came a time when Chrysler needed valuable real-life data. So, they built 55 cars and sent them to the Ghia design house in Italy to get fancy hand-made bodies.
Then they gave the cars to random families they chose from all over America for them to use as regular cars for a time. The Chrysler Turbine was basically a concept car with an innovative power train. In fact, it was on the verge of becoming a fully-fledged production model. However, Chrysler decided to kill the project and destroyed almost all of these cars.