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How a 1960s Safety Panic Killed a Car - Then History Vindicated It
How a 1960s Safety Panic Killed a Car - Then History Vindicated It
The Corvair went from selling 26,000 cars in its first two days to a 93% collapse in sales within three years, and a 143‑page government study later found it handled at least as well as contemporaries. What sequence of decisions - an engineering fix rejected on cost grounds, a tire‑pressure workaround, lawsuits and a bestselling book - turned a commercial success into a cautionary legend?
In this episode, we tell the story of the Chevrolet Corvair, the engineering choices behind its rear‑engine swing axle, the rejected front…
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