<VV> Marketing vs. Engineering

[Frank DuVal]

Chevy should NOT have done it that way as there is very little trunk 
space there now for a family. And the family was the intended market! 
Even for a single guy, a cooler and a tool box and wait, we already have 
more weight up front, no need for a battery there too....  Pack to drive 
to a convention and you will see how little space there is for all your 
stuff. Just look at the  space lost in an air conditioned model. The 
marketing people should have designed matching luggage to fit the odd 
shaped space. Older luxury cars have that!

Winning an autocross was not in the marketing plan.

Maybe it should have been, more Yenkos sold...


Frank DuVal

Borrrris at aol.com wrote:

>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?
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>  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)
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