<VV> Bite the ignorant...

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

I thought the Corvair was an R body? At least that's what the parts 
manuals say.

I think the real reason the Corvair was killed was cost. For all that 
it is, it is also more expensive to build than what GM is used to 
building, and to compete with the Mustnag, it would've cost even more.


-----Original Message-----
From: Secular <rusecular at yahoo.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 9:51 pm
Subject: <VV> Bite the ignorant...











   General Motors has a pattern of killing its products just after all 
the bugs
   have finally been sorted out, consuming vast resources and trashing
  the automaker's reputation. That cycle may be coming around again,
  only this time at a level that dooms the entire organization, rather
  than just spelling the end for a single product.

   Looking back, this type of thing has been going on for decades. Time 
was,
   GM was an innovator, trying new things with varied success. Let's 
start
   with the Corvair. While the Corvair was an A-body, like the Chevy II 
that
   came shortly after, it was like nothing else GM had ever done. Rear 
engined
  with an air-cooled flat six, the Corvair was the Porsche 911 before
  there was a 911.

   Vast amounts of engineering muscle went into all aspects of the 
revolutionary
   car, and when it initially appeared on the scene, it made a case for 
itself as

   an economy car totally unlike anything else on the market. What did 
GM
  get for its troubles? A tarring and feathering at the hands of safety
  advocates; it was later proven that the Corvair was no more dangerous
  than its contemporaries, though there were some peculiar quirks like
  staggered tire pressures that could bite the ignorant...

  Source:

  http://tinyurl.com/bite-the-ignorant


  Tony I.




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