<VV> 50 years ago today

[Marc Sheridan]

But the Corvair also caused the Mustang. And Chevy did redesign the Corvair
and renamed it Camaro.

Marc Sheridan


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:40 AM, <jvhroberts at aol.com> wrote:

> This was the introduction of the Ford Mustang. This is the car that killed
> the Corvair, not Ralph Nader.
>
> It was cheaper to make, had many paths to more performance, and was an
> instant hit.
>
> Now, if GM had redesigned the Corvair driveline (and let's face it, even
> the 180s were based on the original 80 HP engine without extensive
> redesign), it might have hung in there. But they would've had to market it
> as something other than an economy car. This mistake was repeated with the
> Fiero, marketed as a commuter car, where the market clearly saw it as a
> sports car.
>
>
> John Roberts
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