<VV> Modern Corvair vs. mundane FWDs

[scottygrover at aol.com]

He was possibly thinking of the Chrysler Airflow (also DeSoto) which is, to 
 my mind, one of the ugliest cars around.  I don't think the Volkswagen had 
 come over at that time.
 But the Tatra---the inspiration for the VW, and better styled as well  as 
being aerodynamic--now that's beautiful, if rather strange-looking, and so 
is  the '53 Studebaker coupe, which is still in demand for cars trying for  
Bonneville records. Corvairs are, in their way, aerodynamic--it's just that 
the  prow wants to ride higher when it should be digging in for more air flow 
OVER  the car (like old-time battleships with the ram on the prow.)
 
Scotty
 
 
In a message dated 1/19/2010 6:51:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
airvair at earthlink.net writes:

And as  far as modern cars being mundane, like Gordon Buehrig (the stylist 
of
the  coffin-nose Cord) said about it, "aerodynamics makes for lousy  
styling."