<VV> yat ming corvair info on a website

[robert harvey]

>1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
>    * Exterior Color: Red
>    * Body: Convertible
>    * Company: Yat Ming
>    * When Volkswagen began importing the 'Beetle' into the US in the mid 
> '50s, all the other American car companies saw their success, and 
> immediately wanted to jump into that market niche. Although Chevrolet 
> seemed to have copied the 'Beetle' in features, the body style was 
> completely different.
>    * Corvair was launched in Year 1961 and it represented several 
> production 'firsts' for Chevrolet including: their first rear air cooled 
> engine, unitized body, and fully independent suspension for each wheel - 
> front and rear. Corvair rapidly became known as the 'poor man's Porsche', 
> and by the time in 1969, when production stopped, 1,786,243 vehicles had 
> been produced.
>    * Some say that the Corvair was the most important car ever built, 
> because a few rolled over in accidents, and that caused lawyers to notice 
> an opportunity to sue and make money. When a book was published 'Unsafe 
> at any speed' by Ralph Nader, the press was terrible against Chevrolet, 
> and in 1964, a stabilizer was fitted, due to pressure from the media, 
> which people interpreted as the car had some design flaws. Sales died and 
> in 1969 production ceased, but governmental bodies around the world had 
> been put on alert about car safety, and started writing rules and 
> regulations about car safety.
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