<VV> GM had every reason to discontinue the Corvair

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

Well, to give the Corvair a future, it would've needed an entirely new 
engine and transaxle, and those are big ticket engineering items. 
Furthermore, with emissions controls on the horizon, it was clear air 
cooling was going to make this more challenging than its water cooled 
stablemates.

And yeah, the Corvette problem... One of the reasons the Fiero was 
killed. Imagine a 3800 SC in that car. You think Chevy would've let 
that happen?

John Roberts

-----Original Message-----
From: chaz at ProperProPer.com
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; jvhroberts at aol.com
Sent: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 5:30 pm
Subject: <VV> GM had every reason to discontinue the Corvair


Good point, John !

The Corvair was, not only **NOT** their 'bread 'n butter' but it could 
also
step on sales of other GM products had they continued Corvair 
production,
primarily Nova, Chevelle and eventually Camaro, and to a lesser extent 
it
could even have been an alternative to Corvette (except for those who 
were
buying the name, and had the money to buy one.)

In my opinion, the Corvette was at best, what it was advertised to be, 
while
the Corvair was so much more !  A "sleeper" if that term has not be 
worn out
?

So, GM had every reason to discontinue the Corvair, but didn't (thanks 
in
part to Nadir ?), despite higher cost of production for a car that was 
being
promoted as "America's Cheapest Hardtop" !

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: jvhroberts at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 1:11 PM
To: chaz at ProperProPer.com ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re:  Nader and the book!

That, and VW being German, was harder to hit. He didn't have the
connections into their government, etc. Plus, the Beetle was VW's bread
and butter, the Corvair was NOT for GM.

John Roberts

-----Original Message-----
From: chaz at ProperProPer.com
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 3:11 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Nader and the book!


Ralphie allegedly tried the same thing on VW, but VW shut him down, 
while GM
mishandled the situation and denigrated the auto industry by trying to 
bribe
him, etc., which as we know, turned out badly.



 _______________________________________________
This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights 
are the
property
of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
http://www.corvair.org/
Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Change your options: 
http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
 _______________________________________________