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Originally Posted by RWebb
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)
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GM bean counters and product planners had a big hand in presenting the car eventually sold to the public. They didn't play favorites; they screwed up most every GM car until they started to act responsibly only recently.
However, the engineers knew what they were doing. Recall GM had a skunk-works racing dept. that assisted/supported Smokey Yunick, Jim Hall and Zora Duntov (among others). For the Corvair program, Chevy hired PAG as a consultant for their engine design. Chevy even considered and built a prototype twin cam, MFI engine and fitted a mid-engined vehicle around it at one time.
Yeah. I had one too.
Sherwood