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...compact, the Tempest. The first four-cylinder engine in a G.M. car in 30 years, the new water-cooled engine will generate 130 h.p. It will be mounted at a 45° angle to provide the Tempest with a low hood line. The Tempest will be similar to the Corvair in styling, but will be five to ten inches longer. The Tempest will also feature a trans-axle, a driveshaft system that has the engine up front but the transmission and differential in the rear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1961-Model Preview | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

Chevrolet is planning a two-door Corvair convertible built largely on the same body shell as the present Corvair. Factory suggested list price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Action & Reaction | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...Chevrolet checked in with a record first-four-month total. April sales were 140,136 cars (up 20% from April 1959), with the compact Corvair accounting for nearly 13.5% of the total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Happy Motoring | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

SPORTS-COUPE CORVAIR called the Monza-900 (named after Italian race track) will go into 1,000-per-month production in May, have bucket seats and fancier dash-and-panel trim, but keep standard Corvair 80-h.p. rear engine. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, may 9, 1960 | 5/9/1960 | See Source »

Valiant, after starting later and well behind, is beginning to roll; last week's production of 7,000 units edged Chevrolet's Corvair out of third place behind Ford's Falcon and American Motors' Rambler. This fall, announced Colbert, Chrysler will market another compact, the Lancer, as a somewhat larger stablemate for the Valiant. It will have a 30°-inclined, six-cylinder engine turning up 101 h.p., and a price tag just a bit more than the Valiant's factory list price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Battle at Chrysler | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

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