<VV> Corvair as the GM VW ?

[Charles Lee]

GM thought it was a long-term investment, and figured they'd amortize their 
tooling over ten or more years, like the VW ?

Then the Corvair became more of a success than they imagined and the rest is 
history !

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HallGrenn at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:48 AM
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>
> In a message dated 8/26/2010 9:06:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kenpepke at juno.com writes:
>
> The  original GM plan was to build 10 to 20 thousand Corvairs per year, 
> for
> 10  years, without changing the body style just to see how they would do
> using VW  product planning.
>
>
> Ken,
>
> I'd be interested in the source of that number range.  With all the
> tooling costs for the new engine, new body and suspension I've always read
> Chevrolet meant to be number one in a growing market for compact, more 
> fuel
> efficient cars selling in the hundreds of thousands per year.
>
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> Corvanatics (I just sent the renewal check)
> CORSA
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