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BrianF=> the corvair died a premature death ... Well, the line did last for a fair number of years in the context of the times, so I don't think it should be seen as a failure in itself, and it did lead to the pony-car phenomenon, so I don't think it was a failure in terms of market-making, either. What's left is the engineering concept of the air-cooled rear-engine design, and that seems to have survived pretty well overall even though GM got out of it. And if GM lost some public face on the Corvair, I say it serves 'em right for trying to kill VW by copying. Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ '66 KG1600 (no, it's *not* a Corvair!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~