<VV> Corvair v. Falcon

[Crawford Rose]

Cost accounting guys. GM has a five year accounting convention for plant and equipment. Corvair was made until 1969 to amortize the plant and equipment. 1959-1963 and 1964-1968.  See, Uncle Sam's tax policy, not Ralph Nader, kept the Corvair alive. Has anyone ever noticed that domestic vehicles have a five year life cycle?
 
Crawford Rose> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair vs Falcon> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org> Message-ID: <216696.89175.qm at web53606.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-7> > Found this analysis of interest:> > "Car Wars> ...> > After giving Ralph his due, Corvair fans list the Mustang, horsepower, manufacturing costs, and cheap gas as the main reasons for the Corvair?s end. In a strange twist, some Corvair fans believe that Ralph Nader actually prolonged the life of the Corvair because General Motors didn?t want to give the impression that Nader had won. Let's look at the production numbers of the competing cars to see how these theories play out."? ...> >