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I don't recall the Ford Falcon or the Chrysler Valient marketed as a sporty car. However, I do recall Chevy's marketing the Corvair as such.
When driven sedately as in other passenger cars, the car was fine (other than the oil leaks from valve covers repurposed from tuna cans and limited-life fan belts). They didn't address the oversteer at all; there was a slight suspension mod in '64. By then, enough people had performed the same VW off-road maneuver. GM gave up, didn't mount a defense considering the '65-on Corvairs had fully independent suspension plus a 4-cam, fuel injected flat six in the wings. I guess GM's priorities diverted toward finding an answer to Ford's to-be-introduced Mustang. Back then, corporate bureaucracy slugs that they were, it seemed they only wanted to pump out minimum products and barely improve on their perceived competition.
Early 911s never had the same swing-axle suspension and thus a high roll center. The early 911 base suspension and ride height settings didn't provide a lot of road-hugging confidence compared to my modified Corvair at the time.
I guess one could write a book just to gain notoriety, but one first has to write one. Not all book authors have that same result. How many detractors have actually read beyond Chapter 1 of "Unsafe At Any Speed"?
Sherwood
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