#SOCEMA

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SOCEMA Grégoire, 1952. An experimental gas turbine-powered, highly aerodynamic coupé created by French automobile engineer Jean-Albert Gregoire. Powered by a single rotor kerosene-fuelled ‘cematurbo’ engine developing 100 bhp at a 25,000 rpm. The lightweight aluminium frame and bodywork and the aerodynamic shape – a Cx of just 0.19 – enabled a 200km/h top speed which placed it among the fastest cars on the planet in 1952. The project went no further than a single prototype due to the high cost of construction and braking issues; a gas turbine doesn't generate any engine braking effect upon deceleration.

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1952 Socema Gregoire Turbine Concept

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1950 Socema-Gregoire

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SOCEMA GREGOIRE concept-car

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L'Histoire du Futur 1952-62 : Acculturation - 1952 voiture expérimentale à turbine à gaz, la SOCEMA-Grégoire - Automobiles Classiques N° 52 octobre / novembre 1992.