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Four Turbocharged Production Cars Existed In 1978, And Two Of Them Were Buicks

By staff@jalopnik.com (Chloe Clougher)โ€ขJalopnik

Alongside a pair of European entries with turbochargers in the late 1970s sat a couple of Buicks, carrying forward a banner America had dropped in the '60s.

While Buick had the only American production turbo engine on the market in '78, plus half of all turbo models for sale, the brand wasn't the first to offer a boosted American automobile to the massesโ€ฆ