The first turbocharged passenger car was the Oldsmobile Turbo Jetfire in 1962.

In 1966 a top-line Cutlass Supreme was introduced as a four-door hardtop sedan with a more powerful 330 CID Jetfire Rocket V8 than the regular F-85 / Cutlass models, a more luxurious interior and other trimmings.

The Autobot Jetfire was repainted from a Macross toy, specifically the VF-1 Valkyrie, and the character was renamed Skyfire in the animated television series program for copyright reasons.

This was reflected in the toy line, as characters such as Hot Shot, Jetfire, Optimus Prime and Megatron were all released with entirely new molds.

The Saab 99 turbo was one of the first " family cars " to be fitted with a turbo after the 1962-63 Oldsmobile Turbo Jetfire ; other contemporary turbocharged automobiles were very " specialised " vehicles and were difficult to drive.

Bigger news was the arrival of the Jetfire model, a Cutlass hardtop with a Garrett turbocharged version of the 215 V8 rated at and, bucket seats and console, unique trim, and a vacuum gauge mounted in the console ( where it was almost invisible ).

Although much faster than a standard F-85, the Jetfire was criticized for having the same soft suspension as its less-powerful brothers, for its lack of a tachometer and other instruments, and for the poor shift quality of both the automatic transmission and the optional four-speed.

Ultimately the Jetfire engine was far ahead of its time.

A bigger 400 cu in ( 6. 6 L ) engine was included with the 442 option, based on the newly introduced 425 cu in ( 6. 9 L ) engine from the full-sized Oldsmobiles while the Oddfire Buick V6 and Olds 330 cubic-inch Jetfire Rocket V8 were carried over from the previous year with increased power ratings for the V8 options.

The Buick V6 was replaced on base models by an Oldsmobile-badged " Action-Line 6 " version of Chevrolet's " Turbo-Thrift " straight-6 engine, while the Jetfire Rocket V8 continued with power ratings of.

Some technical developments of the early sporty compact cars offered in the U. S. ( 1961 – 63 ) included a turbocharged six-cylinder in the rear-engine Corvair Monza Spyder / Corsa ( 1962 – 66 ), turbocharged aluminum V8 on the 1962 – 63 Oldsmobile Cutlass Jetfire and a standard four-cylinder engine mated to a rear transaxle on the 1961 – 63 Pontiac Tempest LeMans in several states of tune, including a four-barrel high-performance option, as well as ( in 1963 ) a large ( for a compact car ) V8 that was optional with up to.

For both years, the standard Supreme engine was Oldsmobile's 330 cubic-inch " Ultra High Compression " Jetfire Rocket V8 rated at with a four-barrel carburetor with transmission offerings including a standard three-speed manual with column shift, floor-mounted four-speed manual with Hurst shifter or a two-speed Jetaway automatic.

Starscream was formerly a scientist and explorer, working with the Autobot Skyfire ( Jetfire ), during the Golden Age of Cybertron, shortly before the Autobot / Decepticon war re-erupted.

Spacewarp was a repaint of Transformers: Armada Jetfire as a Decepticon.

The appearance of Timelines Shattered Glass Astrotrain is almost entirely identical to the Transformers: Armada " Jetfire " toy and very close to that of the Timelines Unicron Trilogy Astrotrain, however the toy was sold as the later.

After a lengthy trip in suspended animation, their craft was attacked by Scourge, and crashed in the Arctic, where Jetfire was frozen in an avalanche, and Omega remained in stasis in the crashed ship.

Jetfire proceeded to reactivate Omega Supreme, who bested a weakened Sunstorm in combat and then tried to apprehend Starscream, but the Decepticon freed Sunstorm from the power-dampening siphon that was inhibiting him, and Omega was forced to return to battling him.

Outside of helping Jetfire through some morale issues on Christmas Eve, the boy was not seen again for some time, until Sparkplug himself fell victim to a trap laid by Decepticon local commander, Ratbat, which Buster foiled by breaking the hypnotic trance he and the other human victims had been placed under.

The SR-71 that is on display in the museum was used as Jetfire, a Decepticon who switches sides to become an Autobot, in the film.

The Olds Jetfire turbocharged V8 featured a four-barrel, 10. 25 to 1 compression and was rated at 215 horsepower-one horsepower per cubic inch.

The compact engine was lightweight, at just 144 kg ( 318 lb ), and capable of high power outputs: the most powerful Buick version of this engine rated, and the very similar Oldsmobile " Jetfire " turbocharged version made 215 hp ( both numbers SAE gross ).

In Dreamwave's 21st century re-imagining of the Generation 1 universe, Jetfire was once again presented as friends with Starscream before the Great War started.

With Bruticus defeated by the arrival of Starscream's Shockwave-spawned, super-powered clone, Sunstorm, Starscream fled and brought online Jetfire, who the Decepticons had previously uncovered frozen in ice.

Starscream turned on Sunstorm, who fell into the liquid, which reacted with his own powers and destroyed both him and Jetfire.

In the game his character adheres much to his G1 behavior and established history as a friend of Jetfire who joins the Decepticons with desires of usurping Megatron when the time is right.

Before Shockwave could animate Jetfire, however, Prime transferred the Creation Matrix to the mind of Buster Witwicky, who used it to take control of Jetfire and rescue Prime.

The TV series would also differ wildly from the origins Budiansky had created for the Dinobots, the Decepticon turned Autobot Jetfire ( known as Skyfire on TV ), the Constructicons ( who combine to form Devastator ), and Omega Supreme.

", Perceptor summoned his fellow Autobots Blaster, Hot Spot, Jetfire, Omega Supreme, Ratchet and Silverbolt in order to decide who should take leadership of the Autobots.

Buster soon found that the Matrix gave him the ability to manipulate metal and circuitry, and he used it to disassemble, rebuild and reprogram Shockwave's lifeless drone, Jetfire, and employed him to rescue Optimus Prime, who took the Matrix back into his own body.

Among these Seekers is the elderly Jetfire, a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and originally a Decepticon who, tired of destruction, later chose to side with the Autobots.

During the course of the movie, Sam's group tracks down Jetfire who has defected from the Decepticons and has become a " mercenary doom-bringer.

", Perceptor summons his fellow Autobots Blaster, Hot Spot, Jetfire, Omega Supreme, Ratchet and Silverbolt in order to decide who should take leadership of the Autobots.

He was among the team of Autobots led by Jetfire who investigated mysterious Space Bridge activity at the Decepticon Headquarters — unaware it had been taken over by the Heralds of Unicron. Bludgeon was still present and stalked Jetfire's team.

He bursts out of the sand and disembowels Jetfire, who in turn kills him by smashing his head with his fist.

Attacking a meeting between Jetfire and Shockwave, hypnotizing the former and incapacitating the latter, they were then beaten by Grimlock, who arrived because he believed that Jetfire was betraying them.

In the many stories of Jetfire ( who was referred to as Skyfire in the TV series, known in Italy as Aquila ) told through the numerous Generation 1 continuities, there is one constant aspect — an early alliance with the Decepticons, which has served only to convince him to side with the Autobots.

Buster then reconstructed Jetfire and used him to rescue Optimus Prime, who infused Jetfire with true life.

Immediately after this — in the UK's sister Transformers comic series, which interspliced its own original material between reprints of the US Marvel title — Jetfire participated in the " Dinobot Hunt ," helping to track down the rogue Dinobots, who were running wild across America.

", Perceptor summoned his fellow Autobots Blaster, Hot Spot, Jetfire, Omega Supreme, Ratchet and Silverbolt in order to decide who should take leadership of the Autobots.

Sometime later, Jetfire was among the Transformers who attempted to defend New York from the cosmically-powered Starscream, only to be deactivated alongside everyone else.

In the story Crossing Over by Fun Publications, Jetfire was among Autobot troops of Optimus Prime who responded to the sighting of Megatron and arrived in time to save the dimensional traveling Autobot Skyfall from Megatron's wraith.

Jetfire was among the Transformers kidnapped by the ancient Cybertronian called the Fallen, who planned to use the genetic potential in his spark to awaken Primus, but he was freed by Grimlock, putting the grudge to rest.