<VV> Bite the ignorant...

[Secular]

  I maybe wrong but:

  The Corvair was part of GM's innovative Y-body ("Z"-Body from 1965-on) line of cars :)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair

  Regards,


  Tony I. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jvhroberts at aol.com 
  To: rusecular at yahoo.com ; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:57 AM
  Subject: Re: <VV> Bite the ignorant...


  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.