Express Yourself: Looking Back at Chevy's Gas-Turbine Concept From the '80s

Before Chevrolet unveiled the Express full-size van, the bow-tie brand pinned the name to a sleek concept car-that also appeared in a Back to the Future movie.
Almost a decade before Chevrolet pinned the Express moniker to its full-size van , the American brand showed off the Express concept car. Designed specifically for use on a proposed government high-speed highway network, the bar-shaped gas-turbine-powered Express could theoretically cruise from point-to-point at 150 mph, at roughly 25 miles per gallon (of kerosene). Despite packing as little as 120 hp, the limited mass and aerodynamic shape of the Express (its coefficient of drag was less than 0.20), not to mention the powertrain's healthy 350 lb-ft of torque, allowed the vehicle to reach and maintain triple-digit speeds with relative ease.