<VV> Chrysler/Fiat orders Rare Collector Car Crushed -

[J. R. Read]

Ownership!  The owner is liable for the use of the vehicle.  Once sold, the 
buyer is the owner.

Let me also mention the new Fiat-Chrysler relationship.  Who knows what 
impact (if any) that may have had on the decision to destroy?  I don't know, 
but I could see that playing into this whole situation.

But, in the long run I'd guess that in this case these cars were not 
completely "street legal" since they were essentially pre-production cars. 
I can see that they cannot be SOLD to be driven for that reason.  So what is 
left?  Pay out every time a student cracks one up or just destroy them and 
be done with the liability.  The destruction route would seem like the 
corporate decision to me.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Haakonsen (cityhawk at pobox.com)" <karlhaakonsen at comcast.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Chrysler/Fiat orders Rare Collector Car Crushed -


> Still, it seems fishy that this liability is at the root of the 
> destruction of the vehicles. Liability is always an issue in our 
> tort-crazy society, but if that were the reason for automakers crushing 
> special cars, then they'd crush all the high performance muscle cars they 
> make lest they get into the wrong hands after they're sold.


BIG SNIP

> Karl in Boston
> CORSA Eastern Director
> Bay State Corvairs
> Stock Corvair Group
> Corvanatics
> 1966 Monza Convertible 110/PG project car
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 7:55:16 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Chrysler/Fiat orders Rare Collector Car Crushed -
>
> Manufacturers, and car dealers routinely loan out vehicles to school
> systems, vocational schools etc to be used for training.
> They do not ever come with titles of ownership.
> Without that, you cannot get insurance to register the vehicle for the 
> road.
> That was not the intention of the manufacturer.
> It was to be used for educational purposes only.
> Many schools vocational or otherwise would not be able to operate without
> these vehicles on loan. Their budgets cannot afford the purchase, and in
> essence, these are vehicles which would be dis-assembled and re-assembled
> hundreds of times, making their value and safety in the end, questionable 
> at
> best.
> In turn, the manufacturer or dealer can get a write off.
> A car which may have been damaged in shipment, or has sat on the lot too
> long, or in the case of the Vipers, pre-production serve a useful purpose 
> in
> education.
>
> But, a student sooner or later may get the notion to go on a joy ride. It
> may be their once in a lifetime to drive a car like this. Student held
> responsible?
> Sure, try and collect!
> The school?
> Not deep enough pockets.
>
> Student could be killed, or crippled for life, or they could take someone
> else out as well. Follow the money, it leads to Chrysler.
>
> Many years ago, in my area. A car donated by a car dealership for drivers
> education was hit head on by a drunk driver. 4 killed, including the 
> drivers
> ed teacher. The drunk went to jail, but had no assets. The school was 
> sued,
> the car dealership who loaned the car to the school was sued, the estate 
> of
> the drivers ed teacher who died was sued. The estate of the student 
> driving
> the car was sued. This went on for over 10 years. The only winners were 
> the
> lawyers.
>
> What did the car dealer do wrong? What did anyone do wrong?
>
> It's ugly, but that's the way things are..........
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>


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