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Taking with my favorite what ifs, what if the much-maligned Chevrolet Corvair turned out to be a major success?

For those who don't know, the Chevy Corvair was a very unconventional car design from GM, produced from 1960 to 1969, which had a air-cooled flat-6 engine mounted in the rear, very similar to the 1964-1998 Porsche 911. The car gained a bad reputation for evil handling, largely due to GM's decision not to use quality tires and a rear anti-roll bar. Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed, was a death knell to the car.

Now, let's assume that the car did get its better tires, better fabrication and rear anti-roll bar. The car was said to be the last time an American small car truly commanded respect, instead of the three-ton chromed land arks that Detroit made right into the 1980s.

Here's my TL along those lines.......
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