Case Study

Corvair Underground, Inc. | |
|Corvair Myths                                                                                                                   |
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|Where do we start?                                                                                                               |
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|                 Over the years you have probably come across a number of "Corvair experts" who have been more than glad to     |
|share their genius with you. The opinions they will try to present as fact range from the comical to the annoying. Here are some|
|of the best:                                                                                                                    |
|HEY, ISN’T THAT THE CAR RALPH NADER GOT BANNED? First, no car of any kind has ever been banned from American highways, and       |
|certainly NOT the Corvair. In fact the Corvair is, to date, the only car that was thoroughly investigated and found perfectly   |
|safe by the federal government. Keep in mind that, at that time, the senate committee doing the investigating was made up of     |
|folks who dearly wanted to prove Nader right.                                                                                    |
|WELL, OK THEN, RALPH NADER GOT CHEVROLET TO DISCONTINUE THE CORVAIR - Sorry, wrong again! When Nader’s book came out in early 66|
|Chevrolet had already (2 years before) made the decision to quit making the Corvair after 1966. Because of the controversy       |
|Chevrolet made the decision to make 3 more production years (til 69) just to prove that Nader had no effect on them!            |
|CORVAIRS ARE DANGEROUS! Horse manure. (Refer to comments already made above). The 1960-64 Corvair body was deemed "the... [continues]

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