<VV> The Corvair Fiasco
Dave Keillor
dkeillor at tconcepts.com
Thu Jul 3 14:34:20 EDT 2008
I don't mean to offend anyone, but from several perspectives the Corvair
WAS a fiasco.
>From a public relations perspective, GM's reaction to the Nader book was
a fiasco.
>From a bean counter's perspective the lack of parts commonality was a
fiasco.
>From a marketing perspective, GM's inability to exploit the car's true
potential as an "American Porsche" was a fiasco. Can you say, "DOHC"?
However, from an engineering perspective it was brilliant. And therein,
perhaps, lies its biggest weakness.
Dave Keillor
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