<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 32, Issue 25

[djtcz at comcast.net]

I believe DeDion is a completely different suspension design, where the wheels are not independent, but held in fixed alignment to each other like a typical RWD rear axle. 
http://www.km77.com/glosario/e/med/dedion.jpg

The "emergency" handling of my 1963 Spyder was quite thrilling under trailing throttle.
Compared to a docile MGA (even with steel belted Michelins that, legend had it, "let go" suddenly) that put up with my silly teenage driving with nary a bite, or most understeering cars I think unstable is not an unfair description.

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Dan Timberlake

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the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = 
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />U.S. auto industry's overall 
reluctance to take safety seriously.

FALSE- US MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING VEHICLE SAFETY SINCE THE START

The Corvair's alleged problems stemmed from its unusual rear-engined lay-out and the suspension that held it up. 

DI DION SUSPENSION IS USED ON TENS OF THOUSANDS EUROPEAN CARS FRONT & REAR ENGINE BOTH; HARDLY UNUSUAL

That design led to unstable emergency handling, 
FALSE