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How Chevy Built A Rear-Engine Rebel
A car can be ahead of its time and still get remembered for the loudest headline. That’s exactly why we brought on Greg “Riley” Riley, Corvair author, lifelong enthusiast, and engine builder, to walk with us through what the Chevrolet Corvair actually was and what really happened to its reputation.
We start with the 1950s roots of the project under GM engineering legend Ed Cole and why Chevrolet aimed the Corvair directly at Volkswagen. Then we follow the market twist that turned a plain economy idea into the sporty Monza phenomenon, plus the sales numbers that don’t match the “failure”…
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