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In an interview published in the October 13, 1959 issue of LOOK magazine Ed 
 Cole predicted that total 1960 model year production for the Corvair would 
be  400,000.  In fact, total U.S. 1960 model year Corvair production was 
only  250,007 units.  Canadian production would only account for an additional 
 3,261 units.
 
~Bill Stanley
 
<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
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