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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
Stats show that they were much more dangerous than other cars of the same period, do they not?

some of that is no doubt dumb drivers

OTOH, the design predates the 911, and Chevy was not exactly known for engineering excellence back then (except for A/C and automatic trannies)
I read "unsafe at any speed" years ago but don't remember the actual stats.
The cars were sold to ordinary drivers many of whom were unable to deal with a car that had terminal oversteer. Not unlike a swing axle VW or a Triumph spitfire .
All cars of the vintage had deadly steel dashboards,no crumple zones etc etc etc.
The sporty versions of the Corvairs had better brakes and stiffer suspensions(sway bars and camber compensator) but only made up less than 10% of the production.
Short wheel base 911's had ballast added to the front in 1967 or 68 if I recall to reduce it's sudden terminal oversteer.
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