<VV> RE: 2002 Corvair - why did GM stop making Corvair ?

[Charles Lee]

I've always heard that the Corvair was discontinued and hence never 
"resurrected" because it would simply compete with some other car already 
successful in the Chevy (or GM ?) line.  Since they are only in it for the 
money, why compete with themselves ?

The Corvair, in my opinion, was mis-marketed from the beginning, being sold 
as "America's cheapest hardtop," when it was really "America's most 
innovation hardtop."

By the time they realized what they had, Nader had poisoned the well, plus 
they already had cheaper cars that were already successful, like the Nova 
SS, Camaro, and Chevelle (not to mention Corvette), all of which cost much 
to produce than the Corvair, and sold for higher prices !

So, selling the Corvair as a sports/sporty car would only cut into those 
other cars ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cliff Tibbitts" <tibbitts at qx.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:28 AM
Subject: <VV> RE: 2002 Corvair


Why Not!  What a great looking car.  Like Bruce, who started the thread with
his ponderings of what the Corvair might have grown into, I often wonder the
same thing.  I do traffic control for a ½ hour each morning in front of the
elementary school where I work and one of the parents regularly drops a
student off in his P-Carrera. I often wonder, why GM didn't try to resurrect
the Corvair, for example when it came out with the mid 70's Monza, or some
of the other attempts at cashing in on the small to mid-size car market.



Not un-related:  My father-in-law had a 68 Corvair, long before I came into
the picture.  The third of his four kids totaled the Corvair.  Number four
didn't think much of the Corvair, one way or the other, until the dad came
home with a replacement for the Corvair, a Chevette. Enough said?



The 2002 Corvair ?



If you can't get the pix, here's a link to them ...



http://www.foresightsoftware.com/Corvair2002/2002Corvair.htm





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