<VV> Modern Corvair - Was Nadir the ONLY reason ?

[Charles Lee]

Yes, the air-cooled engine, not the rear-engine part, may have caused the 
Corvair to go water-cooled in the 80s due to emissions being harder to 
control from uneven cooling, etc, which is one the things that drove the 
'Bug" to go that route.

Even if The Nadir had not come along, the Corvair may have been shelved 
anyway for economic reasons.

The motivating factor that drove Corvair to evolve (devolve ?) into the 
Camaro was the cost of production and return on investment.

What make a better car that no one (except of course the intellectually 
elite) appreciates, and costs most to produce and sells for less, when you 
can make Camaros (what the plural of "Camaro" anyway except "mass marketing" 
?) ?

Cz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Modern Corvair


> The "modern" Corvair is called the Camaro.  Had it not been for Ralphie, 
> it
> might still be called Corvair.
>
> One man's opinion, anyway.
>
> Heck, the VW beetle even went to front engine in recent years.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>
> To: <scottygrover at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Modern Corvair vs. mundane FWDs
>
>
>> The Corvair was beautiful then and still is, and a new "retro" version
>> would
>> be unique because it would NOT have the antiquated FE/RWD package.
>>
>> A "retro" Corvair would be beautiful in its own right, not just because 
>> it
>> looks like the car you had in high school.
>>
>> I get annoyed at people who like the 60s Ford Falcons and put them in the
>> same category as the Corvair, simply because they're "old" !
>>
>> The Corvair is a "classic" for so many more reasons than other cars of
>> that
>> era !
>>
>
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