![Odd and Interesting Vehicles: 1953 General Motors Firebird 1 XP-21](https://gaukmotorbuzz.com/upload/media/posts/2019-04/18/27c2cf817e7ab2ac95949e947f6cf3c5_1555547842-b.jpg)
We describe today's supercars as being like jet fighters. The 1953 General Motors Firebird I XP-21 was an actual jet fighter.
To describe today's supercars, we fall back on likening the Koenigseggs and Paganis of the world to jet fighters. The 1953 General Motors Firebird I XP-21 was an actual jet fighter, with four wheels, a tail fin, and a bubble cockpit. The turbine engine spun at up to 26,000 rpm to generate a whopping (for the time) 370 horsepower.
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