<VV> Marketing vs. Engineering

[Dennis & Debbie PLEAU]

One of the complaints about the Corvair was lack of trunk space.  A battery 
and spare would have decreased it even further.  The Corvair was sold as an 
economy car not a performance car so it porbabloy would have hurt sales to 
take up more of thetrunk space.

dp


>From: Borrrris at aol.com
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Marketing vs. Engineering
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:00:40 EST
>
>The discussion here about moving the battery up front for  f/r balance
>improvement got me thinking once again that Chevy coulda/ probably  shoulda 
>done it
>that way all along.  Same deal with the spare  IMO.
>    So I wonder, what other no cost/low cost engineering  decisions could
>Chevy have made if their perception at the time was that the  market 
>demanded
>better balance over more trunk space? And how close to ideal do  you think 
>they
>could have come (at about the same cost) if that had  been their top 
>priority?
>
>   I've noticed that, counting me, there seem  to be at  least 3 Matts 
>here,
>so I'll start signing my posts....
>   Matt from L.I.
>   ('66 Monza coupe 110/PG)