Evaluation Of The 1960-1963 Corvair Handling & Stability

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Evaluation Of The 1960-1963 Corvair Handling & Stability

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Some boring stuff and some juicy morsels too.

The Q&A testimony is toward the end after the Nader letters.

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Thanks for posting this Kevin. I was very curious about this report and now I actually have access to it. :tu:
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The last few pages including Letters from Ralph Nader.
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This is the historical document from the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that clears the Corvair of being "Unsafe at any speed" Unsafe at Any Speed proven wrong about the Corvair.
Thanks for posting it for us. :tu:
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Awesome! Thanks!
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This is obviously a lengthy report wit a lot of reading. I did note some interesting data in one section, as follows...

It is interesting when reading through the "Corvair Handling and Stability Report" that GM submitted data concerning passenger car handling that included the following...

MEASURED MAXIMUM LATERAL ACCELERATION AT LIMIT OF CONTROL OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PASSENGER CARS:

Year Name Lat. Accel. "G" Units
1960 Falcon 0.57
1960 Valiant 0.58
1961 Chevrolet (Biscayne) 0.52
1961 Corvair 0.60
1964 Corvette 0.69
1964 Corvair 0.68
1965 Chevrolet Impala 0.61
1965 Volkswagen 0.57
1965 Mercedes "600" 0.62
1965 Corvair 0.70

Amazing how well the Corvairs did against conventional American cars, including the Corvette, and foreign cars like the Volkswagen and Mercedes!
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