<VV> Corvair as the GM VW ?

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 I think the Corvair suffered from some of the same schizophrenia that the Fiero suffered. GM came out with the Fiero as a commuter car, but the marketplace knew it was a sports car. After the first year, more were V6 powered than 4 bangers. 

The Corvair may have started life as GM's idea of what Americans wanted the VW to be, but after a while, the marketplace wanted a LOT more power, sportier handling, etc., and the original platform soon became too limited in the HP department to ensure long term success, since the competition was no longer the VW Beetle, but it was now the Mustnag, etc. 


 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
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Sent: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 3:06 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair as the GM VW ?


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





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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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