The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet over two generations from the 1960 through 1969 model years. The Corvair was a response to the in
1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
First use of Corvair name was the 1954 Chevrolet Corvair concept car styled as a fastback
Ralph Nader is an American lawyer and political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes. He has been a presidential candidate repeatedly. His 1965 book
Chevrolet Corvair
…aspect of the Corvair's legacy derived from controversy surrounding the handling of early models equipped with rear swing axles, argued aggressively by Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed but tempered by a 1972 Texas A&M University safety commission report for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA…
Nader in the Princeton University yearbook, 1955
Nader, far right, at a meeting with Sylvia Porter and U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1974