<VV> [FC] Corvair Research

[Eric Aos]

It would be an interesting read to tie in everything that was happening in GM at the time of 'he who must not be named'.  A brief overview would have GM / Ford / Dodge being forced to leave racing by the AMA just a couple years earlier. Pontiac starting the whole Muscle Car segment, to keep their performance image alive, and selling cars. Chevy, Olds, and everyone else jumping on the bandwagon chasing the new market. Ford just creating the Pony car segment, which Chevy had to play catch up to... Then there is the Corvair, it was ahead of its time in Engineering, but was it that relevant to GM's plans for the future at the time? I have heard of other times that GM didn't do things, or allow its divisions to do things, that might win too much of the market. As there was talk of the government intervening on the grounds of monopoly. Did GM protect it to their fullest extent, or did they use it as a sacrificial cow?
   
  Eric
   
   

       
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