<VV> Bite the ignorant...

[Secular]

  General Motors has a pattern of killing its products just after all the bugs
   have finally been sorted out, consuming vast resources and trashing 
  the automaker's reputation. That cycle may be coming around again, 
  only this time at a level that dooms the entire organization, rather 
  than just spelling the end for a single product. 

  Looking back, this type of thing has been going on for decades. Time was, 
  GM was an innovator, trying new things with varied success. Let's start 
  with the Corvair. While the Corvair was an A-body, like the Chevy II that 
  came shortly after, it was like nothing else GM had ever done. Rear engined 
  with an air-cooled flat six, the Corvair was the Porsche 911 before 
  there was a 911. 

  Vast amounts of engineering muscle went into all aspects of the revolutionary 
  car, and when it initially appeared on the scene, it made a case for itself as 
  an economy car totally unlike anything else on the market. What did GM 
  get for its troubles? A tarring and feathering at the hands of safety 
  advocates; it was later proven that the Corvair was no more dangerous 
  than its contemporaries, though there were some peculiar quirks like 
  staggered tire pressures that could bite the ignorant...

  Source:

  http://tinyurl.com/bite-the-ignorant


  Tony I.