Part of the team that developed the Saab 99 Turbo, Geoff Kershaw went on to found turbotechnics and create a host of performance icons of the original turbo era. We dive into his Life & Cars -
In 1975, Geoff Kershaw took a flight to Sweden. In his hand luggage was a small device that would decide his career path and change the course of motoring. At the time he was working for Garrett AiResearch and the device in his flight case was the prototype of the now-legendary Garrett T3, the first turbocharger designed specifically for use in cars.
Saab became the lead project for the T3 and Kershaw spent the next couple of years proving the T3 and helping with the installation. He found the Swedes great to work with and admired their ‘can-do’ attitude. At the Swedish motor show in 1977, Saab revealed the 99 Turbo to the world and the first turbo era for series-production cars began.Kershaw started Turbo Technics four years later and in 2021 his company celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Kershaw joined the diesel design department at the end of his apprenticeship, gaining experience working on a new V8 before moving into performance development, looking at cam timing on a current truck engine with an inlet fouling issue.
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