<VV> how do you "nader killed the corvair"

Bill Elliott Corvair at fnader.com
Tue Oct 18 22:49:59 EDT 2005


I do the same thing but also tell them that the Corvair killed itself. The success of the 1960 Monza is what gave Ford the idea to build the Mustang from the 
cheap Falcon and to compete GM had to build the Camaro. The Corvair launched a new market where it couldn't really compete!

Bill

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:44:36 -0500, Roger Gault wrote:

>I tell them:
>No, Nader is just an idiot that wrote a book.  The Mustang and Camaro killed
>the Corvair.
>If they want more details, I tell them that it was cheaper for GM to build a
>water cooled V8 car to compete with the Mustang than to get that kind of
>straight line performance from the air cooled Corvair and that GM did not
>really want to advertise the fact that the Corvair could already out corner
>their flagship Corvette.

>Roger

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bill Brafford" <turbobraf at cox.net>
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:28 PM
>Subject: <VV> how do you "nader killed the corvair"


>after i say i have a corvair, most every person states that it was the "car
>that nader killed"

>i have a "canned" response to this, it would be interesting to see what
>people that read this site would say to such a person.

>Bill Brafford
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