<VV> The New Corvair

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

The engine, for one, is unshared with any other car. There is NO spreading  
of development costs. Also, that all aluminum engine costs more to build, with  
all its extra pieces, than a water pumper. Just the fact it takes SO much 
more  time to assemble a Corvair engine than a water pumper should tell you  
something!

In a message dated 9/10/2007 6:29:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kenpepke at juno.com writes:

JVHRoberts said [in part]:

>If GM stuck to the rear engine  formula, (tough to do given the relatively  
>high production costs  of the Corvair), 

I have heard that claim for many years and always  wondered about it ... I 
mean, 
'high production costs' compared to  what??  The vast majority of cars built 
today 
feature  'Unistrut' bodies with the complete power package on one end of  the 
car.
Does which end of the car make a dramatic difference in  the 'production 
costs?' 

Does this make sense to  anyone?

Ken Pepke


 



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