eye of einstein
any speed
Why did the Corvair fail? It certainly seems to have been because of a combination of factors. Some people and many books blame the success of Ford's mustang for the death of the Corvair, but of course that really doesn't make much sense - if it were true, a great redesign of the Corvair into a sportier car (as was apparantly planned, as described in my Future Corvairs page) would have solved this problem. (And if GM killed off a car line every time it was beaten in sales by the competition, how many would exist today?) There are those who choose to blame Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe At Any Speed"'s attack on the early Corvair exclusively for the Corvair's demise - though others point out quite rightly that Nader's book may have actually prolonged the Corvair's life Personally, however, I feel that blaming Nader is just blaming the messenger for giving us the bad news.
any speed
Why did the Corvair fail? It certainly seems to have been because of a combination of factors. Some people and many books blame the success of Ford's mustang for the death of the Corvair, but of course that really doesn't make much sense - if it were true, a great redesign of the Corvair into a sportier car (as was apparantly planned, as described in my Future Corvairs page) would have solved this problem. (And if GM killed off a car line every time it was beaten in sales by the competition, how many would exist today?) There are those who choose to blame Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe At Any Speed"'s attack on the early Corvair exclusively for the Corvair's demise - though others point out quite rightly that Nader's book may have actually prolonged the Corvair's life Personally, however, I feel that blaming Nader is just blaming the messenger for giving us the bad news.