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Chevy tried to get buyers to carefully keep the tires inflated to a precise differential to reduce oversteer induced crashes; Sports Car Illustrated noted "it's unlikely that most Corvair owners will ever maintain the pressures recommended."

Chrysler had an engineering report done and found the same thing (they were hot to compete with the nes sleek Corvair).

In its testing, Sports Car Illustrated also found the car had a strong tendency to oversteer and said "one of the first things that should be done" is to put an anti-roll bar on the front - Chevy did not do that for quite a few years, maybe due to cost controls.

Chevy's engineering design had specified a rear end wt. of 148 lbs., but the car wound up at 175 lbs. in production, further exacerbating the oversteer.

The engine was supposed to have lots of Al parts, but wound up with some parts being made of steel, resulting in a wt. increase from the target 288 lbs. to 366 lbs. (a LOT!)