Going Like Hell Some more. Back in the 1980s, Carroll Shelby turned his hot-rodding expertise in a new direction, helping Dodge make its turbocharged front-wheel-drive cars into genuine scorchers.
The Shelby Dodge is, of course, based on the Omni econobox. But with a turbocharged 2.2-liter four making 175 horsepower and a curb weight around 2,200 pounds, the GLHS was a real performance car.