There were two generations of the Chevrolet Corvair, the first from 1960 to 1964 and the second from 1965 to 1969. Ed Cole, a 44-year career executive with General Motors Corp. (including as the ...

Named for the slick Corvette and elegant Bel Air, the Chevrolet Corvair has a storied history. With its appearance in January of 1960, it was apparent that Chevrolet’s then-General Manager Ed Cole had ...

We all have that one car that left a lasting impression on us when we were kids, the one we can still remember every detail of the first time we laid our eye on, even if it was twenty, thirty, or even ...

The Chevy Corvair, a blending of the Corvette and Bel Air monikers, was built for the 1960 to 1969 model years. The Corvair began as a 1954 GM Motorama concept car built as a fastback version of the ...

One day as I was sitting at my desk networking (aka Facebook-ing), I saw a strange car with a candy paintjob and wire wheels pop into my newsfeed asking for people to vote for it. Upon further review, ...

The Corvair is the most un-Chevrolet ride ever made and possibly the weirdest American car to roll off the line. A rear-engine flat-six, compact sounds like something that would come from Germany or ...

Corvair. Say that word even softly in the presence of off-road enthusiasts and you can bet a week's pay that some sort of argument will follow. The engine's use and misuse off the road is second only ...

Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss race car driver who partnered with William Durant in 1911 to form the Chevrolet Motor Co., which became part of General Motors in 1918. During the 1960s and 1970s, ...

There are many “what were they thinking moments” in the automotive industry, the most recent of which include the Dieselgate scandal and Takata debacle. The Ford-Firestone controversy also springs to ...

For car and truck enthusiasts, Monterey, California, is well-known, primarily for hosting one of the world's most prestigious car shows, held annually (August 21 this year) on the oceanside grounds of ...

The sticker price on the window of the 1966 Corvair owned by Paul Whittington, of Lima, showed a base price of $2,575. The price for the new car increased to $3,123 with add-ons such as a push button ...

This is an excerpt from Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars, opens new tab,published this month by Simon & Schuster. The historic events, however, were set in motion 40 ...