Word: corvair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CORVAIR The novel car with its rear-mounted engine is prized by collectors, but its glaring deficiencies helped launch the automotive-safety movement, leading to seat belts, air bags and antilock brakes...
...Armstrong's contention that the club is operating on a more economical basis because of the strike reminds me of a comment issued by an auto expert years ago, when Chevrolet introduced it's Corvair model: "It's the ultimate economy car. It doesn't start...
...early 1960s GM was having trouble building small cars to compete with imports like the Volkswagen Beetle. Chevrolet's ill-fated Corvair, which Ralph Nader judged to be "unsafe at any speed," made few inroads against imports. Yet GM was lulled into complacency by the success of its Pontiac GTO and other trend-setting muscle cars. When buyers flocked to small cars during oil crises in the 1970s, GM's failure to produce a winning model was ominous. "They had become so arrogant and efficient at defining trends that when a fundamental shift took place, they failed to adapt," says...